How Persuasive Could You Be If Your Life Depended On It?
Folklore puts you and your group at the centre of a story that doesn't exist yet. You'll receive a hidden identity, a secret ability, and a reason to lie.
The next three hours become a battleground of deception, accusations, and navigating alliances with the people you came in with.
Our professional storytellers come to your venue of choices and orchestrate everything: the atmosphere, the mechanics, the chaos. Your job is to play your role, which might mean protecting the village, or quietly feeding it to the monster.
What Makes Folklore Murder Mysteries Different?
Most Nights Out Are Predictable. This One Isn't.
Folklore has created a modern, murder mystery experience built on our social deduction games. We pair a puzzle like information system with thrilling social interplay to make unforgettable murder mystery game nights.
Step into a world of high stakes communication and conversational tightrope walking. Forge alliances, make wild accusations, and form angry mobs in an experience you'll be talking about for weeks on end.
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Folklore's Murder Mystery Games
Folklore murder mystery events are built on our social deduction game systems. Social deduction is a genre of game where a small group of players (normally the bad guys) know who each other are. The rest have to rely on abilities, information released over the course of the game, and intuition to figure out people's secret identities.
10-15 players per storyteller
Folklore's flagship medieval fantasy murder mystery. A social bluffing adventure where villagers and a hunting party fight back against a monster and their henchmen.
10-15 players per storyteller
A roaring 20s murder mystery. Set in the golden age of Hollywood at a lavish party that people are dying to get into, and where everyone has an incentive to lie.
All Guns Blazing
10-18 players per storyteller
A Wild West themed murder mystery that rewards active game play and taking big risks. Search for gold, clash with cannibals, and survive standoffs while you hunt for outlaws.
10-20 players per storyteller
A sci-fi, space opera in which players join an evil, interstellar empire under attack by rebel fighters. This is a system built on double claims and transformations.
What does your booking include?
2 x 75 min games
Each folklore murder mystery game runs for approximately 75 minutes and no two games are the same. Running two gives players the chance to learn, get comfortable, and put new strategies to the test.
Expert Storytellers
Our storytellers are trained to facilitate exciting, thrilling, and engaging experiences for you and your fellow players to enjoy. Our deep love of games, and flair for the dramatic ensure a great night.
We come to you
Everything we need to make your gathering memorable is compact and mobile. That's why our storytellers can come to you, running Melbourne murder mystery events from Werribee to Dandenong.
What to know before you book
Folklore is 18+
Our parties are adults only at this stage. Because why should kids have all the fun? Your inner child is more than welcome though! So bring along your sense of curiosity and play.
Halftime breaks
After finishing the first game, our expert storyteller will take some time to set up for the second game. This break can be 10-30 minutes. A great time for bathroom breaks, food, drinks, and to recap the game
Non-Gamer friendly
Our best reviews often come from people who "never play games"! Intuitive and easy to learn, it's surprising how quickly skeptics are drawn into the excitement. You might just discover a new obsession.
