The evening
How It Works
Gather your party. Open the case.
Every mystery is a case: one mystery to solve in an evening, set in its own place and time.
What you need
- A screen
- A TV, a laptop or a shared video call.
- Phones
- One each. Nothing to install.
- An hour
- ~ 60–90 minutes.
- Sound
- The narrator speaks and the suspects answer aloud.
Explore / Investigate / Solve
The five steps
Begin the case
The host picks a case and signs in. The game has a five-character code, like K7MQ4, and a lobby where the table gathers.
Everyone joins
Players open lastcallgames.com/join on their phones and enter the code, or point a camera at the code on the screen. Each picks a name. The host chooses how the table plays and begins when the table is full.
The narrator sets the scene
The date, the weather, the place, the people. Then the suspects are yours.
The questions
Pick a suspect, hold the button and ask — or type, in text mode from the phone's menu. Ask as many as the table needs, from any phone, two at once if you like; each answer is read aloud on the big screen in turn and kept in the log of exchanges.
The accusation
When the table agrees, the host names the suspect and the case closes. Name the killer and the reveal follows: what really happened. Name the wrong one and the case closes unsolved, the reveal kept for another evening.
Voice and the AI
Asking by voice
Hold the button and speak; let go, and your words go to the suspect, written down on the way by a speech service. Only the words reach the table, and the recording is not kept. Prefer to type? Text mode is in your phone's menu.
What is keptWhat the AI is
Each suspect is a separate character with its own sheet: its own life and its own morning, beside the case's public facts. It hears what the table asks and what every suspect answers, but never sees another suspect's sheet. Where two accounts of one morning meet, the lies show.
Questions
Asked most
How does a game work?
The host picks a case and the game lobby opens on a screen everyone can see. Players join from their phones with the game code. The narrator sets the scene; then the table questions the suspects from their phones, as many questions as it needs, and every answer is read aloud on the big screen in turn. When the table agrees, the host names the killer. Name the right one and the reveal follows; name the wrong one and the case closes unsolved.
How many people can play?
We suggest one to eight, and three to five is the sweet spot. Nothing caps a table: anyone with the game code can join. Each case has a handful of suspects, and the table asks them as many questions as it needs, however many of you there are.
How long is a game?
About 60 to 90 minutes. A table that accuses early finishes sooner.
What do I need?
A screen everyone can see (a TV, a laptop or a shared call), a phone each, sound on, and a browser. Nothing to install.