{"product_id":"case-01","title":"The 9PM Files: Case 01 — A Murder Case for Two (Instant Download, Nothing Ships)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTonight, at your own table, the two of you are going to disagree about a stranger.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElena Vance, 41, gallery owner, was found dead in her studio on the evening of Thursday 5 March 2026. Four people were in the building. One of them is lying about a time, and the paperwork knows which one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of you gets FILE A: the four interviews, the doorman's log book, what everyone swears happened.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe other gets FILE B: the phone records, the medical examiner, the building logs, the bank transfers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeither file solves it alone. That's the whole game.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e17 exhibits · 53 pages · two links, one each\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFILE A, the statements.\u003c\/strong\u003e Four interview transcripts. The incident report and scene inventory. The lobby log book, written by hand, by a man who is about to be fired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFILE B, the record.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cell-site records for five phones. The medical examiner's report. The building systems event log. Lock and key-cylinder examination. The financial exhibit. The photographic plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTen steps. Three of them make you write the answer down before the case lets you go on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt opens in your browser. Print it if you'd rather. Either way, nothing ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat makes this one different\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo files, not one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nEight of the deductions need one document from each of your hands. One of you reads a sentence out loud, the other reads back a number, and the two won't fit. We checked thirteen competing case files: not one of them splits the evidence between two people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe documents are written the way real ones are.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nForm numbers. A custodian's certification. A carrier's note explaining what the record cannot tell you. Nothing is written to be pretty. Everything is written to be read the way an investigator reads it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou are told exactly what you're buying.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n17 exhibits. 53 pages. About two and a half hours. Two people. No host, no roles, no costumes, no acting, nothing to set up, and nothing in the mail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eDon't buy this if\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou want a party game for eight people.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is for two.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou want something to unwrap.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nothing ships. It's a download.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYou want to be entertained without doing any work.\u003c\/strong\u003e You do the work here. That's the point of it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eQuestions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo we need a printer?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo. Most people read on their phones. Printing is an option, not a requirement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs anything shipped to us?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo. Nothing ships, ever. Two links arrive by email in about 30 seconds. Nothing to download, nothing to unzip, nothing to install.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do we both get our half?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe email has two links. One is yours, the other you forward to whoever is playing with you. It opens in their browser, on any phone, and it never shows them your half.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan one person play it alone?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYou can, but you'd be reading both files, and half of what makes it work is not knowing what the other person is holding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow long does it take?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout two and a half hours. Some pairs take longer and enjoy it more, and you can stop halfway and pick it up the next evening exactly where you left it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if we get stuck?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nEvery step is provable with a document you already have, and there are three levels of hint if you want one. If a point ever feels unknowable, it isn't. Go back to the times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it scary? Is there gore?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nNo. It's paperwork. 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