Can I play if I am the hostess?

1 – As hostess the only role that is less active are the detective roles as they are not vital to the story line and only ask a question at the end of each round. Not all games have the detective rolls, so far just Alice, Titanic and the Fairytale game. The main roles are all the same in involvement in all games. I have played both host and at the same time played a role at my party (in this case the Hatter) with relative ease. The trick was making the dinner simple and quick to serve between rounds (about 15 minutes) An easy to serve soup, salad, a crock pot meal or lasagna, and an easy serve desert. By doing this you can serve the meal quickly and play at the same table as your guests.
2 – The outcome is only in the solution. So know one knows who the killer is until the solution is read, this way everyone has the same playing field. People can even guess for them selves if they think the evidence in strong enough. The solution is page 21 of the Clues.PDF file. So just don’t read this page when printing out!
3- I actually put the booklets for each player at their dinner plate. They should not get their booklets and clues early as part of the fun is the development of each round, if they know what will happen in rounds 3 and 4 lets say, it may change the way they answer questions in rounds 1 and 2. So just send them the invitations and character bios only. Not the booklets and clues.
4-The download is a zipped file. Which means once downloaded you will have the files. You can burn them to a dvd and save them. If you loose them just send me an email with the purchase email so I can find your order and I will resend the download link.

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