Which one of you did it?

Case 001 “The Red Folder” is set in your company – with your boss as the victim, ideal for team building. Case 002 “Cold Cash” is set in your club – after the club fête, with your chair as the victim. Process, packages and prices are the same, the puzzles completely different. So you can play both, one after the other.

Always someone from your group – drawn at random, new every round. Not even the organiser knows in advance, and neither does the culprit. Everyone who appears in the case should have agreed beforehand.

Yes. Then you play against the clock: the ranking and certificate show your time including penalty minutes. With several teams it becomes a contest – whoever solves the case first wins.

4 to 6 is ideal, 3 to 6 is possible. Each team enters its answers on one main device and can connect up to 5 more phones or laptops via QR code to follow along – so you can split up the evidence. More of you? Then split up: 12 people play best as 3 teams of 4 – with at least 4 per team everyone stays involved, and several teams make the contest more exciting. The order form works out the right number of teams for you.

No person needed. Instructions and the digital case desk guide you through the case: start, automatic hints, answer entry and award ceremony. One person from your group just starts the clock – and can still play along.

Similar, just without actors or a set menu – your team does the investigating. More: Murder mystery team building.

No. From the start the clock runs for all teams at the same time and without a pause – that keeps the contest fair. So plan the playing time in one go.

The countdown is your maximum time, not a fixed playing time: Basic 50 minutes (one act with four questions), Premium 70 minutes (after act 1, the case desk unlocks a second act), Premium Plus 90 minutes (with an AI finale). How fast you finish depends on how experienced you are at solving puzzles. We played every case in many test runs and set the time so that it can be solved within it. If the countdown runs out, you keep playing until you as organisers end the round – the clock then shows in red how far over you are. If a team gets stuck, HQ sends hints automatically.

Yes. You choose the game language (German or English) when you order – independently of the language of this website. The whole case, the case website, the case desk and the AI in the finale then speak that language.

The case is localised for your country: police, currency, number plates, bank details, phone numbers and cities fit – for the countries of Europe as well as the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. For all other countries we set it in a fictional place.

One laptop, tablet or smartphone with internet per team – for the case file, case website, answer entry and ranking. Up to 5 more devices per team can follow along via QR code. That's all you need.

Please don't – with one exception: the AI in the game (Premium Plus only) – ARIA in case 001, the honorary chair in case 002 – helps you in the grand finale. Otherwise the case is built to be solved with brainpower – outside AI and search engines only spoil the fun. A matter of honour among detectives.

Not at all. A crime story with a wink – no blood, no shock effects, and nobody is shown up.

No. But it's most fun with your real colleagues and rooms – you can also choose a fictional company or club with invented characters.

Our cases are written for adults – with a poisoning or a fridge trailer, fraud and dark humour. Premium Plus with AI (ARIA or the honorary chair's interrogation) is intended for participants aged 18 and over. If younger people play along, for example apprentices or the club's youth section, choose Basic or Premium: no AI runs there.

Usually, yes. Your devices only connect to mordsteam.com; the AI runs via our server and only knows the invented world of the case. We don't send real names from your personalisation to the AI provider but replace them with placeholders first. If your policies prohibit AI applications altogether, check briefly with your IT or choose Premium without AI. Tip for all packages: open mordsteam.com/spiel on a company device beforehand – then you know no web filter will get in the way.

Immediately, in all three packages. After paying you see your game code right on the screen and can start straight away – or any time in the next 12 months. Each case can be started once. Everything is digital, nothing is shipped.

Yes: enter the €5 voucher from Mordsteam Solo in the payment step. One voucher per order, not combinable with the early bird discount.

Yes, automatically by email. If you order as a company, club or organisation, enter the company name, billing country and – if you have one – VAT ID in the order form, and the address when paying.