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Pegasus North America
by Johanna Sadkovich, CEO, Pegasus Spiele North America
An otherwise pleasant gathering of friends is disrupted when someone is found dead! Murdered in cold blood – by one of you! Partygoers must unravel the events of the evening to identify the killer before they become victims themselves. Talking amongst yourselves will reveal some unsettling clues, as will exploring the venue. Slowly, over the course of three rounds, witnesses will gather evidence and discover details to help them determine where and when the murder occurred, and who among them is the culprit.
Deadly Dinners are neatly packaged classic murder mystery dinner “shows” that you can host at home – providing exceptional settings and an immersive experience for groups of five to up to 10 players.
Deadly Dinner is not only the name of the game, but also the design team responsible for the development of this innovative social-deduction experience. They were happy to answer some questions for us regarding the games.
First, can you tell us more about who is behind Deadly Dinner?
The project Deadly Dinner has its origin in our Escape Room “Breakout Göttingen.” We are currently five people working on Deadly Dinner: Verena, Martin, Tabea, Jannis and Lukas, who also work on projects for Breakout Göttingen.
When and how did you come up with the idea of publishing crime dinners?
Having very limited space in our escape room and therefore a limited number of games customers could play at our venue, we always wanted to create something customers could play at their home, while at the same time creating a similar feeling to our escape rooms. We created our first crime dinner in 2017 as a gimmick for our own X-mas party at the escape room and have been in love ever since. After a long creative process, we published the first Deadly Dinner at the end of 2019.
Is there anything that you especially focus on in the games?
First and foremost, we focus on our games giving people the opportunity to spend an exciting evening together. We are providing them an accessible story, funny and interesting plot twists, characters which people love to play and dress up as – just to name a few. Also, we find it important that all of our games are solvable with the right analysis of clues given. Therefore, all our games come with a detailed map of the crime scene and a strict set of rules to avoid any misconceptions. an escape room. We combine our crime dinners with riddles and authentic objects which enhance our stories. Also, we include personal goals for every character to fulfill on their own and to share these after the game.
The first two games in the Deadly Dinner series are expected for release in Q1-2022 from Pegasus Spiele. In Red Carpet in Ruins, six to eight players visit the set of a romantic comedy in the 1950s in Hollywood, where heartthrob superstar Henry Steward is found dead in his trailer next to his Oscar statuette. Now, the cast and crew have to find the culprit amongst them. In The Last Rose, five to seven players find themselves on the set of the popular dating show “The One.” But one of the final contestants is found dead. What enemies did TV beauty Cheyenne make after filming ended? Now it’s your turn to find out who is real and who is fake!
What would you say is special about your crime dinners?
Our crime dinners are a fusion between a traditional crime dinner and
One Group of Suspects. One Dinner. One Exceptional Mystery Adventure. Deadly Dinner certainly delivers on its tagline’s promise!
