The Masque at Carfax Hall
Carfax Hall, Kent · Monday 31 October 1932
“Everyone masked, which is convenient for somebody.”
- Players
- 6 to 12 adults, plus the host
- At its best
- 8 to 12 guests
- Runs
- 2 to 3 hours with dinner
- Setting
- Carfax Hall, Kent, 1932
- History
- Original fiction
- Suits
- Loud tables that like to accuse.
- Best for
- Halloween, Birthdays and bigger parties
- Difficulty
- Easy to moderate
- Acting
- None needed. Short lines to read where the story needs them
- You need
- A TV or laptop, and a phone each
- Delivery
- Instant access. Printable pack included
- The host
- Plays the victim, then runs the inquiry
- Price
- A$39, one payment
- Content
- This story involves money, fraud and a killing done quietly with a concealed blade. Nothing is described in detail, there is no gore, and there is nothing supernatural in the solution.
A costume ball at a Kentish house in 1932, the orangery lit, the band playing and every face in the room covered. A death during the evening, and a guest list where being seen is not the same as being identified. The masks come off at midnight, by which time it is far too late.
That is as much as the file will give you. The rest comes out on the night, one piece of evidence at a time, and the room will be well into the evening before the shape of it shows.
What you get
Fully scripted evening
Every act cued, every scene set, your lines where you need them. No prep, no printing, no experience required.
Clues arrive in stages
Evidence and private dossiers drop to your guests' phones as the night unfolds, one act at a time.
You play the victim
Set the table, welcome your guests, then haunt the evening while they work out who wanted you gone.
6 to 12 players
A core cast carries the case, with flexible roles as your table grows. Latecomers can join as observers.
App-hosted
The case runs from any screen in the room. Your TV is the stage, the phones are the wings.
Carfax Hall and its guests are invented. Original fiction, set at a masked ball between the wars.
Unlike our eight Case Files, which reopen real cases with real inquests, this file is invented from end to end. There is no historical verdict to look up and nothing to spoil by reading around it. The solution is fair, the evidence is all in the room, and your table settles it.
Want a real one? The eight Case Files are genuine historical cases, with real inquests and verdicts still argued over.
Take it to trial.
This case can end at the reveal, or it can go to trial: the person your table accused stands in the dock, your guests become the jury, and nobody learns who really did it until the verdict is in.
The Masque at Carfax Hall is the first case to go to trial. Its trial is coming soon. When it arrives, the trial can also be played on its own, as a jury case.
Host The Masque at Carfax Hall.
Host it at your own table. Nothing to print, no script to learn, and you play the victim, so you finally get to attend your own party.