Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, December 06, 1991, Page 7, Image 7

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    ENTERTAINMENT
Mystery game boasts clues, cash
By Ming Rodrigues
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Nc.'ii something I” take your iniriii nti-tln .-vim
blui's tonight' How about pl.ivmg detntne u: i
murder mysterv game Instead of doing vour im; ..
round of parties ’
Skullduggery n\ Night' m if g.,i , w h. r,- ,
follow slues in lig.irr out a murder
With .1 1111.n< ,m lii! mil fn■;>, I■ r rd .. f lothie
it- nii- oKi \ i.:••••• d Mhll.iinous \ ;111!• ■
written h\ senior burry .Hoffman r : junior Neal
Skn: pen, the games w ho daunt! pint promises !i:
he (jiiite ,i oh.i.Iirnge to .ill dontt p<ir!t' ;p.iHN i
\ reside ,1 ,1'*.: vI ; ii
i ioilll.an sen| the idea do of.;..n>/. ' v jtv-.ith.lt.'
would get students invoked in something other
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the game
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pie e ■ t ; t; i. ri;i , d r i llk : iig aod 'r a; k ;eg w ■■
ought Vs) . . : re
. intvttI and slirjiul.iljng Wiry toph.ivi' smog fun
•said Hoffman, who started planning g.em s »4 m
tet .i. to,i- nature in. High sohuul Vsisen he .Was ■
member o! .. group l ulled Student., \.;.i.:.st ; >:.;gs
This is lh'- fourth -.in h 14.1 m«- 1 •1 ; .iii!f:i.'. .uni
t!u . vth urn iliiiii by Holfm.e. in-; Si.r. u ; ;!:.'ii
games lli.it range from a spi.1d im sutsm rhymes
In one bused on the novel Sftcllbiiuh’l This lime
around. Hodman and Nkorpen have teamed up to
write Skullduggery Bv Might as pall of their fi
nal project lor a (lothii literature 1 nurse
The game goes like this (.roups of five people
start off al 15-minute intervals armed with a set of
riddles they have to break in order to find e.u li of
I I locations At each lcx:ution. there w ill fie peo
ple in costume acting out a scene from the game
plot, and participants have to interpret the ait to
find the 1 lues that solve the mystery
Along the wav. if a group should find them
selves stumped they i an use fake money given to
them at tile start of the game to buy more 1 lues
Km-rrv hu xxili he p.tt.rolling !hi- .tt.-.ts ..! am
; • \ wluui- th-- g.i:u•• v* i!! hr (icM v\ .: i;ur ,nv.o
■It:-’ i ,Mnl i! ,i group is short o| mum \ :!.«•>
i .m sing, liitrto* or ad in ri'turn for a t itn*
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rough tho vvhoftT gatrii!. iinii Ibo group Shut
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‘Instead of the typical dorm
party where people just sit
around drinking and talking,
we thought a murder mystery
game would be more of a
novel and stimulating way to
have some fun.’
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Thr garni', open tu -ill siutlentv vs ill star! ai >
p in ami run through to ! I p in Spar ■ . an- limit
i-iI, ami pariu i pants an- ait\ ra-if in .Irrss w arm I v
( ash pri< is will In- avvariii il, a! thr rriii of the
night. to thr top groups
At S I per person, you gr! morr value out of
thr gamr than watching a movie for thr same
price." Hoffman said - It's a grr.it vva> to ha\r
fun
I'or morr information, contact Hoffman at
t in ante.
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