Cancun Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

Downtown Cancún, not the hotel strip, is where this one plays out. It begins at Parque de las Palapas, under the trees on the square, and moves off through the surrounding blocks to the Parroquia de Cristo Rey, then along Avenida Yaxchilán. It is a self-guided murder mystery game, and the streets of Cancún are the crime scene. The centre of Cancún is flat and compact enough to cover on foot, though the afternoon sun makes an early or late start more comfortable. Families with children, groups of friends, couples and colleagues can all take it on, and a single player manages fine. A team is a maximum of four people on one phone; anything larger splits into several teams. No guide is involved and there is no fixed time at which you have to begin. How to playEverything the game needs sits on your own phone. Book the City Game Check the email with your play link Open the link on your phone Start playing whenever you like The case is the murder of Balthasar. There are codes to work out, photo tasks to complete in the right spot and digital characters whose statements have to be weighed against each other. Some of the evidence turns up in the aisles of Mercado 28 and near the Plaza de Toros, where one story about the night in question stops adding up. With more than one team playing, the search becomes a competition, which is what makes it usable for teambuilding as well as for a day with friends. Pause for something to eat, return to the trail, and close the case in Cancún whenever you like.