Cebu City Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

The trail opens at the Casa Gorordo Museum in Cebu, a merchant house in the oldest quarter of the city. It runs past the Heritage of Cebu Monument to the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral and the Basilica del Santo Niño, and ends at Magellan’s Cross. The Parian district and the old Spanish quarter are the setting for a murder mystery game played entirely on foot. Downtown Cebu is flat, but it is busy and hot: the route crosses real traffic, so keep to the pavements and carry water. The game suits families with children, friends, couples and colleagues, and one person can play it alone without missing anything. A team is a maximum of four people sharing one phone; larger groups buy a ticket per team and set off separately. Nothing runs to a schedule and no guide is involved, which matters on a street as crowded as Colon. How to playGetting under way in Cebu takes four steps. 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. You break codes, complete photo tasks and collect statements from digital characters whose stories will not sit together. The walk from the Basilica towards Magellan's Cross brings up a piece of evidence that changes the order of things, and from there the list of suspects starts to shrink. With several teams playing at once there is a result to compare at the end, which makes this a practical teambuilding option as well as a day out with friends. There is no clock to beat, so you can pause in the shade by the Basilica and pick the investigation back up, finishing wherever in Cebu the last answer takes you.