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Murder Mystery:
A Melancholic Memory At 2pm, participants joined the breakout rooms on the Zoom

video platform according to their pre-designated groups as the
event started. The host proceeded to send background stories
to each player according to their role, each consisting of self-
tracked motives and character relations. After reading their
backstories, the players started to introduce themselves. After

the introductions, the host began the story.

Then, players were allowed to choose clues regarding other

players or even themselves. After the host private messages the
Jointly reported by: clues, players then discussed and questioned each other based
Khoo Xin Yi Jr3Z(6) on the clues given. During the first questioning period, players

Essien Sea Yu Xiang Sr3ScC were asked to show everyone all the clues they received. Players
were asked to use this time to complete their tasks. After 40

On the 8th of June, the Kuen Cheng Board Game Society held minutes, the host proceeded with the storyline.
a Murder Mystery event (《剧本杀》) with the help of all their
committee members. All students of Kuen Cheng High School During the cutscenes involving the storyline between each

were allowed to participate and have fun solving the mysteries. questioning period, certain players got to voice-over their own
This article is based on the group joined by the reporters, titled characters based on the scripts given to add more realism and
《你好》(“Hello there”), though the content of other groups involvement into the game. A murder mystery was introduced
may vary. after the first act, allowing players to gain more clues and this

time, they were allowed to hide one of the clues they obtained.
Approximately 30 students participated in the event. They were This process repeated multiple times (depending on each script).
divided into 5 groups and each group had their own murder The murderer was then revealed and all players proceeded to
mystery to uncover. Participants used Messenger, a messaging the ending scenes where they got to voice-over their characters

platform, in order to communicate with each other beforehand once again.
and choose roles by ranking their favourites. The host of each
group sent in rules and operating procedures too, making sure
that everyone understood how the game worked.
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