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Big Sky Games | The James O’Brien Mystery Hour | Board Game | Ages 12+ | 2+ Players | 60 Minutes Playing Time

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Only just over two years – but as you can see, we’ve already secured a number of exciting licensed titles. And all of this on the backdrop of widespread condemnation of the government’s response to the covid crisis. Our group of three were keen not to let these early setbacks dampen our expectations of the game, and we were subsequently pleased with the quick set up and speedy explanation of the rules. And if they choose not to spend time beforehand inventing false answers, the game has the potential to descend into a 50:50 guessing game. Shelagh wanted to tell her story and to speak with various experts to understand more about obsessive and controlling behaviour, to deal with what happened to her on a personal level and to help others identify the behaviour that can lead to stalking.

James is a champion for us and although the world is hard, having a sense of humour helps us get through. Brands Untapped will also play host to a suite of events taking place across the year; more announcements on those to follow soon! Our group did spot one glaring omission in the rules though: there is no penalty attached to incorrectly guessing an answer before the correct and false answers are revealed. That subsequent winner must respond within 24 hours of the time of which they are notified, or they will also forfeit the prize. The objective is to get the other players to believe your own false answers to gain maximum points, while answering questions correctly yourself.

The Promotion is only open to residents of the UK aged 18 and over and who are based in the UK at the time of entry.

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As Stephen moved away from Children’s TV to become one of the most prominent and regular primetime TV hosts, we decided to start a new company and re-engage in this market.

Exchange - Normally exchanges are completed within 1-2 working days but we will always let you know of a delay. There is a correct answer and a false answer on each card, but the player asking the question (the host) is allowed to invent a false answer of their own to replace the one on the card before the game begins.

This makes committing to answers for 3 points not as high stakes as it seems - a big payoff, but little to lose by sticking your head above the parapet.

In accordance with Clause 19 below, in these circumstances, we reserve the right to substitute the prize with another prize of equal or greater value at our absolute discretion. I tried to invent one answer “on the hoof” - I was successful, luring one of the other players into choosing it as the correct answer, making sure I stumbled through the “correct answer” text to make it seem like I was making it up on the spot. I’m currently finishing off Queen Secret, A Kind Of Magic ebook as a publisher, so this is a good distraction while I am editing. It's not a test of intelligence - you get a question, and two possible answers and you have to choose which one you think makes the most sense and is right. The informative, witty, conversational, argumentative board game based on James O’Brien’s Mystery Hour.I’m totally going to check that out when we’re done… Before I distract myself with that, though, how did you go about converting that show to a board game? He was delighted with everything we suggested, but then his daughters scrutinised our proposal – and they’re not as forgiving as James! This flip of a coin approach to trivia hardly emulates the sixty minutes of intellectual stimulation that fans of O’Brien’s Mystery Hour have come to know and love.

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