Instacrime: Munford Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Instructions

Instructions

1. Take all the photos out of the envelope without looking at them, and deal each player 1 photo face down. If this is your first INSTACRIME case, deal the photos in the order in which they lie in the envelope. If you want a greater challenge, you may shuffle the photos before dealing them.

2. Read the background story on the next page.

3. Agree on who starts. This player looks at their photo and describes to the other players what they see in the photo, without showing it to them. Each player may only look at their own photo! Afterwards, the remaining players describe their photos in turn, clockwise. Once every player has described their photo, give each player 1 new photo. Continue this way until you have dealt all the photos. If there are not enough photos left to give each player one, place the remaining photos face up in the middle of the table so that everyone can see them.

4. In order to solve the case, it is essential that you share your information with one another. Once all players have given a first description of their pictures, you can turn to the details. Find out which details in the photos are important and which are unimportant. Try to trace the paths of the suspects and of the murder weapon.

5. You may discuss your considerations and theories with everyone at any time. However, you must never show your photos to your fellow players!

Note: At the beginning, it is normal that after the round of photo descriptions you feel that important details needed to explain the sequence of events are still missing. If the case becomes far too difficult, you may, as an exception, reveal your photos and compare them with those of the others. Please only do this once you truly cannot make any further progress!

6. In order to be able to rule out suspects, you must find out in which order the events shown in the photos took place. Equally important, you must find out which places the photos show. Several pictures may show the same place at the same or at different times!

7. Once you have agreed on a solution, you may read the solution aloud from the second sheet and check the result of your investigation.

8. The solution consists of 5 scenes, each of which includes several photos that are linked to one another by visual elements or that show parts of the story that belong together. The most important conclusions for each scene are highlighted in the text. If your solution contains all of these conclusions, you receive 1 point for the scene. You can compare your total score with the table on the back of the solution sheet.

9. The game begins! Turn this sheet over and place it in the middle of the table so that everyone can see it well.