Observed arrival · 2026-11-04
Lantern Files: a group murder-mystery game
Lantern Files gives groups a fictional murder case to solve together, with private clues for each player and a simultaneous answer reveal.
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$Paid
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✦Pretty
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◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
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- For
- Groups of up to six playing a shared mystery
- Worth noticing
- Players score separately for identifying who was responsible, how it happened, and why.
Field notes
A host creates a room and distributes a four-character code; players use separate phones to read shared documents and individual clues. The scoring distinguishes the culprit, method, and motive, with 5, 3, and 2 points respectively. The site describes its cases as fictional and AI-assisted, with a separate reviewer checking that each can be solved from the clues.
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◎NicheUnusually specific use
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