The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Hello. I'm new here, and just wanted to say that I am also an avid gamer. Some of the best mystery games I've played include Clue, the Mystery Case Files series, and a few of the oldies like Judge Dred.

I love the mystery case files, james patterson's women's murder club and also like all hidden object games

If they are still available the mystery puzzles are great. We have a few and they basically start you with a short story. Then as you put the puzzle together you get clues to the solution of the who done it. It is loads of fun and they have popular authors such as Sue Graffton and I even found an Alfred Hitchcock mystery puzzle as well.

How about Liars' Poker?

Warren wrote: "How about Liars' Poker?"

How does that work, Warren?

In addition to reading, I also am a cross-stitcher, and I found a mystery cross-stitch pattern that is on my "to do list". Lots of fun combining two of my favorite pass times!

Do the topics (in Fun and Games) needed to be associated with crimes?

hahaha wrote: "Do the topics (in Fun and Games) needed to be associated with crimes?"

Not at all. If you read the threads on each of the games, you will see we discuss a variety of topics, from entertainment to food to news events.

Kelly wrote: "In addition to reading, I also am a cross-stitcher, and I found a mystery cross-stitch pattern that is on my "to do list". Lots of fun combining two of my favorite pass times!"
Sounds intriguing. What is the pattern of?

Sounds intriguing. What is the pattern of?

We used to play a fun game in my family. You try to string together titles of movies or books, the last word of one title being the first of the next title, to make one long string. Whoever comes up with the longest string is the winner. You can eliminate words like "a," "the," etc., to make your string work. Example (I will italicize the word that is the last word of one title/the first of the next: The Morning After the Fall of the Roman Empire Strikes Back to the Future Shock to the System.

Hello!
This section is about fun, so I decided to post a brain twister which I read from mystery novel Codename: Chimera.

“Well, a certain Mrs Meyer, arriving at work, realized that she’d left her purse at home. She borrowed 100 dollars from her colleague for lunch, but lost it on the way to the restaurant. Luckily, Mrs Meyer met a friend at the restaurant, who loaned her 50 dollars. She used this to buy two ten-dollar hamburgers leaving 30 dollars over. Back at work, Mrs Meyer gave this back to her colleague as part of her loan, which left her owing 70 dollars to her colleague, and 50 to her friend. Altogether, she owed 120. Plus, she’d had two ten-dollar hamburgers, making it 140. But, if you remember, Mrs Meyer first borrowed 100, and then 50, so she’d borrowed 150. The question is, what happened to the other 10 dollars?”

Hello Michael, question about your poem/riddle game about the missing $10 I think she might of been ripped off and the restaurant but that's just my guess and I only read it once!
Thanks

Michael
That reminded me of something that happened to me; three of us were on a business trip and checked into a hotel. It was $30 for one night and we each gave $10. Late a bellman came up to the room with 5 $1 bills and said we over paid it was really $25 a night. So we we could not divide $5 between three so we each took $1 and gave the bellman $2. So we each wound up paying $9 which comes to $27 and we gave the bellman $2. $27+$2=$29 so where did the other dollar go? hmmm.

Your math logic is wrong. You didn't pay $9 each. For the room you each paid $8.33333 ($30 - $5 = $25 divided by 3). You were then each given back $1 which made the calculation $8.33333 times 3 = $25 + $3 = $28 + $2 tip to bellman = $30 (the original 3 ten-dollar bills).

Hello Everyone...I'm new to this group and just learned about this thread.

I downloaded a mystery electronic game for my Kindle...

The Secret Society - Hidden Mystery by G5 Games.

Has anyone played it?

Love the puzzles, the clues, and the challenges...

Michael wrote: "Hello!
This section is about fun, so I decided to post a brain twister which I read from mystery novel Codename: Chimera.

“Well, a certain Mrs Meyer, arriving at work, realized that she’d left her..."
this is going to drive me mad - SOMEONE tell me the answer!

husband tied to the bedposts. Definitely the answer :)

I have no clue to the answer. But I'll be keeping an eye on the thread.

Michael wrote: "Hello!
This section is about fun, so I decided to post a brain twister which I read from mystery novel Codename: Chimera.

“Well, a certain Mrs Meyer, arriving at work, realized that she’d left her..."

This puzzle has a red herring, and that's the $20 she spent on the burgers added to the $120 she owes, because that's already included in the $120 and not a separate amount to be added into the equation. ie that $20 was put into the equation an extra time.

The arithmetic is simple. She borrowed $100 + $50 = $150 and has paid back $30, so she owes $120.

You're welcome :)