Murder at Pettifog Hall, a country house murder mystery

Bought this for my wife for her birthday and we recently completed it together in an evening.

Let's be clear, this is not a murder mystery.

If you're expecting to piece together a series of events and make a conclusion based on motive, means and opportunity then you will be solely disappointed.

What this is, is a collection of disconnected puzzles that each straight up reveal a random answer. These exact clues could fit into virtually any escape room game because they do not take account of the context and worse still, they do not make sense within the setting.

Included was a backstory, character profiles and background information, which we made note of straight away, thinking it would all be important. Couldn't have been more wrong. This entire puzzle could seemingly be solved without any of these details.

My wife and I were disappointed with Murder at Pettifog Hall and won't be buying from here again.

If any of the creators of the game are reading this, please try to create a proper justification for each clue so that they actually make sense in the context of the story.

So much fun. Receive a murder mystery in the mail and get to play detective. Do it by yourself or in a group. Great presentation. What was received was exactly as presented online.

Bought as a present for my wife - we play a lot of these sort of games (Exit, Puzzle Post, etc.) and were hoping for something similar with a fun, vintage aesthetic. The puzzles though were really disappointing, often relying on arbitrary details or expecting external knowledge that isn't provided by the game. Having to Google the periodic table, how to make a paper fortune teller and morse code makes the game the opposite of immersive. Multiple clues can only be solved by drawing on them which means you can't play this more than once or regift. The answers feel arbitrary, the cast of suspects shallow and uninteresting, the story is poorly explained and lacks detail. Supposedly a key bit of information is that two characters used to be married, something which is only learned by reading the solutions rather than through any of the actual game material. The solutions and hints are poorly done too, either only getting you there 80% of the way there or not being fully explained. Really, hugely disappointed in this - if you want a fun puzzle, look elsewhere.

Look the outdoors puzzles were good. Cool even. The issue I'm having here is that this wasn't a murder mystery. This is a series of puzzles that simply give you an answer. I don't have to figure out who did it, I don't have to find a murder weapon. I just solve some dot matrix nonsense and the answer straight up IS the answer to the mystery. You don't piece together clues, you just get answers by solving puzzles. It would make a much better escape room than murder mystery.

I had shipping problems on my end, and Oliver & Natasha were very helpful on helping me find my package here. Beautifully made.