Frankfurt Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

Paulsplatz in Frankfurt is where the trail begins, beside the Paulskirche, and it leads straight into the old town. Within a few minutes you are on the Römerberg, in front of the Frankfurter Römer, with the rest of the route waiting in the lanes behind it. It is a self-guided murder mystery game played on foot through the middle of Frankfurt. The distances here are short and the ground is flat, so families with children, groups of friends, couples and colleagues all manage it comfortably, and solo players are at no disadvantage. Four people to a team is the maximum, sharing one phone between them; anything larger splits into more teams. You get no guide and no set departure, which matters on a square that stays busy all day. How to playThe case in Frankfurt starts after four short steps. Book the City Game Check the email with your play link Open the link on your phone Start playing whenever you like The murder of Balthasar sits at the heart of the game. You break codes, take photographs at points the app marks out, and question digital characters whose statements do not fit together. The Alte Nikolaikirche and the Schirn Kunsthalle both come up on the trail, and each puzzle you solve narrows the field of suspects. Put more than one team on the streets and it becomes a race, which makes it a reasonable teambuilding option as well as an outing. Stop for something to eat, take it up again, and close the case in Frankfurt whenever it suits you.