Newcastle Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

Old Eldon Square is the starting point, a few steps from Grey's Monument in the centre of Newcastle. The route leads down past the Laing Art Gallery and Newcastle Castle towards the Tyne Bridge and the quayside below it. It is a self-guided detective murder mystery game in which the city takes the part of the crime scene. Newcastle drops steeply towards the river, so the walk back up from the quayside is the one stretch that asks for any effort. A team is four people at most, sharing a single phone; larger groups split into several teams and compare results at the end, and solo players do fine. There is no guide and no fixed departure time, which suits families, friends and colleagues equally. Most of the route runs on paved streets, with one flight of steps down towards the water. How to playFour steps and the first clue is in your hands. Book the City Game Check the email with your play link Open the link on your phone Start playing whenever you like You are investigating the murder of Balthasar. You break codes, complete photo tasks and question digital characters whose accounts do not line up. Near the Discovery Museum and the streets west of the centre the picture finally settles. More than one team on the same case turns the walk into a competition, which is why it holds up as a teambuilding activity. Pause for a drink, come back to the clue you left, and close the case in Newcastle when it suits you.