Fancy solving a decades old murder mystery from the comfort of your own home? The Unsolved Case Files – Jamie Banks game sees you taking on the role of a cold case detective tasked with solving a murder that occured decades ago with only the original investigator’s case file to go off.
This really is a game to sink your teeth into, especially over the Christmas holidays!
Aimed at ages 14-18 years and upwards, this is an awesome gift for teens who want to hone their inner detective skills.
Case Files
The presentation of the game is outstanding and does resemble a real case file! Containing over 50 evidence photos and documents for you to analyse, including articles, phone records, suspect interrogations and more, the aim of the game is to solve three mysteries.
- Prove why the convicted man is actually innocent of the crime.
- Disprove a key suspect’s alibi.
- Identify the key piece of evidence that will see the real killer behind bars.
The game is made more exciting by the fact there are 3 different mysteries to solve regarding the fictitious murder.
How to play the game
You really do need to read through all the evidence, so make sure you block some quality time off for this. The Unsolved Case Files game does require internet access as you have to prove you have solved a clue on an online answer page. This basically tells you if you are right or wrong at that stage, though will not give away any spoilers!
Once a challenge has been solved, simply open the next envelope to get cracking on the next! The flow of the game is quite simple and bar requiring to go digital and use the internet, you can play straight out of the box. No batteries required, just your phone battery!
Wrapping up
This really is a great way to occupy your mind, especially if you love solving things. Why not set up your own detective agency and get family together for a fun night of sleuthing with a murder mystery game night!
The game is also a fabulous date night idea or something fun for a friends gathering. Though, it really is perfect as a Christmas gift idea for teens as it will get their minds ticking over. Alongside helping their research and evaluation skills. There is no time limit either, so no need to feel the pressure!
Unsolved Case Files Jamie Banks is available to purchase from Amazon, currently priced at £29.99. You will find there are quite a few different versions of the game, featuring different crimes to solve. So if you like this particular mystery game, then there are always more to try in the range!
You could even start a monthly murder mystery game session! You can play the Unsolves Case Files games by yourself but it is more fun with others. With 10 players, you may want to split into teams to battle it out to be the first to solve the case!
I nice bowl of chilli that I can batch cook in advance
I would serve some cheese and crackers and crisps.
I would serve sausage rolls, crisps, nuts and drinks.
Popcorn
Crisps, pizza, sausage rolls, sweets
I’d serve mini sausage rolls, chicken popcorn and mini pizzas
A roast with all the trimmings……murder mystery need a full tummy to solve.
dead mens fingers [hotdogs]
pizza and brownie
crisps and sandwiches
Cheeseboard
Pizza, potato wedges, chicken nuggets, & chocolate!
I would serve a selection of cheese and wines.
Sweet and savoury snacks to keep us all going
Crisps, nuts, wine pizza
Crisps, nuts, bite size sandwiches and more buffet snacks ❤️ Thanks
Buffet food to snack on easily while solving the crime
A buffet of continental meats and cheeses, with bread and crackers
Loaded nachos with lots of sour cream and guacamole!
Mini Pizzas, sausage rolls, crisps and cakes
eye ball cakes
A buffet of snacks, sausage rolls, sandwiches, crisps
Bloodied (Ketchup) hot dog fingers, worms (spaghetti) bolognese
chocolate peanuts and pizza
Severed fingers (almond biscuits)
Death by chocolate x
pizza and cake!!! YummY!
Bloody marys and death by chocolate cake
Guests can bring bottles – Local takeaway can sort the food. I’m very hands-off as a host!
I would probably serve whatever snacks I could find on Pintrest that related to the crime… like mini dirt cakes with pretzel shovels… a tombstone cake… m&ms for murder and mystery
Crisps, chocolate and cakes. As well as sandwiches and sausage rolls.
Cheese and meats!
Death by Chocolate Cake and Crime and Punish-mint cocktails
Crisps, nuts, pizza, sausage rolls, quiche, vegetable sticks & dips, cakes and lots of drinks
Finger foods, mini sausage rolls, cocktail sausages, cheese and pineapple etc
Bowls of home made extra hot chilli, assorted breads, nachos, crudités and dips and mini cocktails.
Hot dogs and burgers
Crisps, but without telling anyone what the flavour is…
Pizza and burgers!
pizza, fries, onion rings, breaded mushrooms and dips
I would serve mini burgars.
Sausages wrapped in puff pastry to look like fingers with pasata dip
I would serve “brain food” – loads of different types of nuts, blueberries, tomatoes, I’d make mini frittatas and pumpkin seed muffins!
Nachos with salsa and melted cheese and some popcorn
I’d just serve standard party food and a death by chocolate cake to finish off x
Probably order in from a load of different takeaways and have a massive family style buffet
mini pizzas, crisps, sweets and cake
Tea and biscuits
cake!
I would serve crisps, pizza slices, various cheeses with crackers and a big bowl of mini sized chocolate bars eg Milky Way, Mars bars etc. Also I would have loads of alcohol and soft drinks on offer.
Eyeballs made out of marshmallows
Bloody Marys and strawberry jam doughnuts
hot dogs, nachoes popcorn and doritos
Popcorn
pizza and chips would be yummy
cheese savouries and after eights
Mini sandwiches
Mexican night with lots of nibbles
Nibble food (Chinese, Indian, American, Mexican, English)
Canapé foods
Death by chocolate cake
Sandwiches with mysterious fillings and savoury snacks with dips!
lots of finger foods and snacks like mini burgers in buns,vol au vents,hot dogs with dripping ketchup,popcorn and crisp
All the party finger foods, chicken nuggets, cheese & pineapple, crisps, cocktail sausages, nuts, etc and then a bowl of something red and juicy to drink.
Pizza, nice and quiet to eat.
Variety cheeses and savoury biscuits
Fries and tom sauce
Pizza and cake…. death by gluttony !
Probably Serve Bowls of SERIAL (Cereal) and a KILLER Hot Chocolate
Charcuterie platter & Wine
Sausage rolls and crisps
Bloody Marys’ and bring your own food thanks
Ohhh everything!!! Finger foods, little sandwiches, pineapple n cheese hedgehog! Trifle, fairy cakes, home-made sausage rolls, home-made lemonade – it would be a proper party! x
Nibbles, nuts, olives, crisps and dips
Cheese, wine and crisps!
Chicken and chips in a basket with a selection of savoury snacks and nibbles to keep folk munching through the night
I would serve cheese toasties with Tabasco sauce and Bloody Marys.
Lady Killer Cocktails x
The classics of popcorn, crisps, and maybe a red herring 🙂
Pie and peas
Bowl of crisps, bowl of popcorn and bowl of chocolate I think
Hotdogs in buns, with onions, ketchup and mustard! Minty hit mushy peas! And chunky chips with choice of toppings and sauces.
Shortbread dagger shaped biscuits decorated by the kids. Mini jam donuts. Chocolate fingers!
Blood orange juice.
Red wine as well.
nuts
Chocolate… no-one dislikes chocolate except my mum, and we’re gonna pretend she loves it, because… well, how can you not?!!
As a criminologist will definitely check this out for the next college reunion ️♂️
I’d serve lots of snacks that could be eaten with one hand so that we can argue and gesticulate with the other. Things like bowls of crisps, plates of cheese and pineapple or fruit on cocktail sticks.
Wine, nuts and dips
Cheese & wine
Pretzels
Has do be nachos and cocktails
Bloody Mary’s on arrival. I would find recipes for horror/Halloween based foods.
I would have loads of spirits available and Cocktails based on horror/Halloween.
Sausage rolls
Has to be a Pizza Party and some wine!
I’d serve a buffet of sandwiches, crisps, dips, quiche, pizza and sausage rolls
Cheese and Crackers with a cold glass of wine 🙂
Crisps and dips, a selection of different pizza, cocktail sticks with pineapple, cheese, ham, sausage and pickle. I’d also have some sweet snacks like cupcakes, biscuits, jellies!
Chips n Dips
Breaded mozzarella
I would serve crackers, spring rolls, vegetable samosas and mini pizzas
Alcohol, dead mens fingers, pickled eyeballs and plenty of old chestnuts
Pizza, wedges and garlic bread
Pie and peas
Salmon and broccoli mini quiches
I would serve food made to look like other food to add to the mystery
Scary nibbles, naughty cocktails
Plenty of crisps and nuts and if a complicated murder then maybe get pizza in.
Picky food. Like cheese and biscuits but more importantly lots of cocktails
I would theme it, so if it’s a murder at dinner, I would serve at dinner, if a ball, I’d have nibbles and so on
It depends what the theme was. Maybe fondue
Cheese, biscuits and lots of sweet treats to keep the energy going till the end!
Cheese and crackers maybe or themed iced biscuits!
Cocktails and canapes!
I’d go with cheese and crackers to try and make it a classy affair!
Cheese and crackers
Bloody Marys, blood oranges, and others along that theme
Lots of drinks, and a selection of mystery nuts and crisps in a roulette style – do you dare taste?!
Got to have some brain food ready – so smoked mackerel pate dip and crudites. Blinis and mini cakes.
Crisps nuts and sandwiches
I would love to serve lots of delicious ice cream treats
Lots of alcohol! And crisps, always crisps. Oh, and cheese!
Nothing that could be easily poisoned!
I would make cakes with “mystery” flavours that the guests would have to guess. Thanks for running the giveaway 🙂
Selection of sandwiches, crisps, dips, cakes and biscuits with bloody mary pitchers
I’d have to serve a range of crisps and nuts and cheesy nibbles
A good range of crisps. nuts and dips.
nachoes
Popcorn and chocolate biscuits
I would serve goulash with homemade bone bread rolls
popcorn, crisps and lots of sweets and chocolates!
Herrings (red) and a few old chestnuts
Crisps, olives and cheese
Ooh I would do a loveyl wine and cheeseboard!
Lots of crisps and popcorn, food you can just pick at as you are crime solving.
All finger foods, tiny sandwiches, crisps, sausages on sticks.
I would bake some cookies, but make them murder related. So, knifes, body outlines and magnifying glass etc. Or if I was feeling lazy some cake
‘Finger’ hot dogs and some “grey matter” cookies and cream mousse
finger foods, crisps sandwiches , scotch eggs
Pizza and sausage rolls! Some chips and dips too
Bloody Mary [Virgin Mary too], Death by chocolate cake, dead men’s fingers [sausage rolls] brain matter [fruit in jelly] C.S.I. = chocolate, sprinkles and ice-cream.
Lots of different cheeses and savoury biscuits, with plenty of beer and wine to wash it down.
I would serve jelly with gory sweets in the middle such as eyeballs and death by chocolate cake.
Nibbly bits followed by Death by Chocolate
Lots of nibbly buffet food
Pizza and fries!!
crisps cakes cheese and crackers and plenty of wine
Nachos, nuts and chocolate!
Blood orange cake
Fingers (hot dogs) in bread and meatballs in tomato sauce
would have to be crisps and lots of different nibbles such as chocolate biscuits, dips, breadsticks
A cheese board
I would order Pizza and then everyone could grab it as they wanted.
A big chilli with tortillas!
Has to be cake, because that goes with everything!
Olives, tortillas with hummus and baked mushrooms.
popcorn
lots of snacks and lots of red wine
Lady’s Fingers biscuits and Red blood punch
Lots of nibbles to keep energy levels up – crisps, crudites, dips etc
Alcohol!
Lots of snacks, such as crisps, popcorn and nuts
A cheeseboard
Gin and chocolate
Blood Orange fruit salad.
Pizza fingers
crisps and nuts
I would serve a selection of nibbles and finger food – sausage rolls, spring rolls, samosas, sandwiches, crips
Lots of nibbles – Sausage rolls – Pizza – Sandwiches – Salad bits and Crisps
Murderous meatballs with a deep red tomato sauce
Gin and blood orange dead mans fingers Rum with Blow fish sushi and seaweed
Palella night with tapas
Crisps, nuts, popcorn and wine
crisps, sweets, popcorn, ham/cheese/tuna/egg sandwiches should keep everyone happy x
Popcorn sweets chrisps and mini pizza, that should keep everyone happy.
A cheeseboard and biscuits plus some pickles.
Crisps, nuts, wine pizza
Fish and chips, as it be very fishy
Some red herring
Homemade sausage rolls, mini pizzas, cheese straws, along with some nuts and crisps!
Crisps, nuts and pizza cut up ready for everyone to help themselves
Finger sandwiches, crisps, snack bowls etc
mini sausage rolls, mini pork pies, crisps, salted peanuts
Crisps nuts biscuits and lots of biscuits
Death by Chocolate Cake
Crisps nuts biscuits and lots of biscuits
A murder themed buffet