Nantes Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

The Basilique Saint Nicolas in Nantes is where the trail starts. From there it runs through Place Royale and under the glass roof of the Passage Pommeraye, then east to the moat of the Château des ducs de Bretagne. It is a self-guided murder mystery game played on foot, with the old centre of Nantes as the crime scene. Distances in central Nantes are short and the ground is level, so the game moves quickly and suits families with children as much as a group of colleagues. A team is one to four people around a single phone; bigger groups take extra tickets and split up. You can also play alone. Nobody is guiding you and no start time is set, so a quiet Sunday works as well as a busy Saturday. How to playFour things to arrange, and only the last one happens outdoors. 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. Codes have to be cracked, photographs taken where the app asks for them, and statements weighed up from digital characters who contradict one another. One thread leads towards the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul; another towards Place Graslin and the streets around it. Each answer removes a suspect. Play with several teams and it becomes a race to the solution, which makes it a practical teambuilding activity for a work outing. Break off for lunch, come back, carry on. The case is closed somewhere in Nantes, at whatever hour suits you.