{"id":3285,"date":"2025-04-17T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3285"},"modified":"2025-03-13T18:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:27:19","slug":"butler-is-back-with-a-christmas-murder-mystery-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3285","title":{"rendered":"Butler is Back with a Christmas Murder Mystery\u00a0Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wish I had noticed this at Christmas, instead of the run up to Easter, but better late than never.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Det. Insp. George Butler, star of the <a href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Lockdown Murder Mystery<\/a>, returns with a Christmas Murder Mystery Game! This time he is assisted on yet\u00a0<em>another<\/em>\u00a0unsolved murder case by SYADS (Scotland Yard Amateur Dramatic Society).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Case<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Shallow Bottom at midnight; just as Christmas Eve gives in to Christmas Day, a shot rings out. Vic Timms is murdered on his own doorstep, allegedly by&nbsp;\u2018Father Christmas\u2019.&nbsp;One witness claims to have seen Santa escape into the sky. But with the village in floods, no-one had entered or left for days, so&nbsp;the gun and costume must still be there.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And yet they were never found.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Police Investigation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>D.I. Butler and his two Detective Sergeants have named the case&nbsp;<strong>The Nighty before Christmas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have produced three Christmas Murder Mystery Tapes that recreate the case. It is hoped that , by watching the testimonies of the witnesses and suspects from the original investigation, you, the audience (virtual sleuths) can solve a case that has baffled Scotland Yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Game<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The game costs \u00a320 and includes 4 videos, plus downloadable clues, including a CLUE PACK, MAPS and other snippets. It is suggested that the game takes approximately 2 hours to play and is challenging and comic in equal measure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The City Adventurers are looking forward to seeing this murder mystery. To get your hands on a copy, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/christmasmurder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><mark style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">https:\/\/christmasmurder.com\/ <\/mark><\/a> <strong>NB Once purchased, you have ONE WEEK in which to solve it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Nighty before Christmas trailer\" width=\"748\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zBCi_PYHfAA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nighty before Christmas trailer from Youtube \u2013 Copyright&nbsp;<strong>Murder Mastery<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wish I had noticed this at Christmas, instead of the run up to Easter, but better late than never. 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