Dortmund Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

The trail opens at Platz von Leeds in Dortmund, a few steps from St Reinold's Church. It runs past the Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte and on to St Petri-Kirche, before turning towards the Opernhaus. The inner city of Dortmund is the setting for a murder mystery game played entirely on foot. The centre is level and easy to cross, so 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 in Dortmund, where the main shopping streets can be busy and you may want to step out of the flow to think. How to playGetting under way in Dortmund 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 stretch out to the U-Tower and Museum Ostwall 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 for a meal and pick the investigation back up, finishing wherever in Dortmund the last answer takes you.