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Tips for creating murder mysteries in my games?
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Nah, Mafia/Werewolf is actually a third option, and served by games that exist outside "our" roleplaying industry. Look into murder mystery party games for that.
By "mystery-shaped storytelling" I mean more stuff like Brindlewood Bay, InSpectres, Technoir... stuff where even who did it and how just isn't decided at the start.
I know. I played Brindlewood Bay, and we felt that the endings were a little off because of the gameplay rules. That's why I was wondering about throwing an impostor out there to see what would come of it.
@Rhaxapopouetl That doesn't really seem compatible with "roll to see if your theory is correct at the end"...
True, but OP wants to run an impostor/mystery, so i feel i'm not completely out of touch, there.