Brindlewood Bay: Mrs. Blackwood Presents
A downloadable game
Mrs. Blackwood Presents
The sound of the typewriter echoes throughout the room as the diabolically energetic old lady captures her new ideas on paper: librarians in love, Thessalian poisoners, mysterious letters, old debts, hidden passages, family secrets, last dances, the forgotten era of disco and newly discovered fossils, the blizzard of the century, passion, envy, and tragic accidents. She is on the verge of becoming the most renowned crime writer. However, why do all the publishing houses she sends her manuscripts to end up going bankrupt, and her editors disappear in mysterious circumstances?
Mrs. Blackwood Presents is an anthology of four Brindlewood Bay mysteries inspired by the seasons, small-town tales, and the oddities hidden just around the corner.
◊ Primal Instinct (Complexity: 6) - At the beginning of spring, the remains of a new dinosaur species are discovered in the depths near Brindlewood Bay, but the find is overshadowed by tragedy.
◊ Dreams Die Last (Complexity: 7/8) – In a run-down hotel, amidst lost hopes and shattered hearts, a deceased actress's final wish is to solve her death's mystery.
◊ Saturday Night Murder (Complexity: 6) - This autumn, two former lovers come together to start a dance school, but the joyful rhythms of tango and disco are abruptly interrupted by a terrifying occurrence
◊ And Then There Was A Storm (Complexity: 7) - The blizzard of the century traps a group of feuding Brindlewood Bay residents in the town library with a murderer.
The mysteries also include new crowns and some unique moves.
This mysteries are not associated with Jason Cordova or Gauntlet Publishing.
llustrations: Anna Czyżewska (Sometimes Goblina)
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Hello! Very fun Mysteries. I am planning to run And Then There Was A Storm for my gaming group. Can I ask you about what you had in mind related to Sabine and Zeke? What we know about Zeke is that he was expelled from college because of Sabine, and Lydia was "tormented by remorse over her wife's behavior" and offered Zeke a job.
I know I can make the details whatever I want, but I got the feeling you had something in mind about that situation.
I'm running another Mystery set in the Brindlewood Bay Public Library (Tiles and Tribulations by Amanda Mullins, which is about a Scrabble tournament that happens in the library) first but I wanted to use it as an opportunity to set up characters that the Mavens will meet later in And Then There Was A Storm.
Anything you're willing to share would be great. Thanks!
Sabine subconsciously saw her own traits in Zeke and gave him a hard time because of that. She was struggling with her own issues (it's hard to live with yourself when you are tired of your own alignment) yet felt unable to change her behavior. She was right about one thing—Zeke was very similar to her, and it was hard to stay with him in the long run.
Have fun solving cases in Brindlewood.
Thank you very much!
Hello! I'd like to include this in a printed compendium of games, part of the Tiny Tome series. Please let me know if you're interested.
Sure, I'd be happy to.
Great! Can you send an email to ash@long-tail.games ?
Cool. I sent it.