What is a Charcuterie Board?

A charcuterie board is an appetizer typically served on a wooden board or stone slab, either eaten straight from the board itself or portioned onto flatware. It features a selection of meats surrounded by foods that complement those meats, most commonly fruits, nuts, cheeses, crackers, bread, and dips.

What is a Mocktail?

A mocktail is a non-alcoholic mixed drink. Mocktails are designed to look and taste like a fancy cocktail but without all the alcohol.

When a drink is categorized as a mocktail, it is usually a replica of a real cocktail but the alcoholic ingredients have been replaced with juice, seltzers, water or simply eliminated.

The same effort and energy goes into making a mocktail as goes into a craft cocktail. The drinks are still made with love, care and effort!

The same mixology methods and tools are used to create mocktails as would be used with a regular mixed drink. This is one thing that separates a mocktail from a simple juice.

What is it?

The game box is full of realistic evidence like police reports, witness testimony, and forensics that you will need to figure out what really happened. 

Use the clues to eliminate suspects, identify murder weapons, and construct timelines until you can point the finger at the real suspect. 

About this game?

After a riotous night of drinking and partying aboard The Old Thunder, a premier luxury yacht, passenger William Bonnys finds himself embroiled in a sinister murder mystery. Upon entering the sauna to nurse a hangover, William discovers the body of Rachel Veinson, the yacht’s stewardess. Though Captain Javier Rackhams initially rules Rachel’s death as an accident, the passengers and crew can’t help but whisper about the strange circumstances surrounding the death below deck.

And though everyone would like to believe that Rachel’s death was an accident, other strange incidents and stories on board are making it all too clear: those on board are stranded in the middle of the Caribbean with a killer.

Was Captain Rackhams covering up for something when he said Rachel’s death was an accident? Was the lively Rachel at deadly odds with a fellow crew member? Or perhaps she ran into an unsavory guest…Captain, crew, and passengers—everyone is a suspect.

How to play?

Dead Below Deck is an all-in-one box experience, so you don’t need a subscription to enjoy this fishy murder mystery. You’ll need to use both the box’s physical evidence and digital evidence to crack the case. This kit includes handcrafted, realistic clues like:

• Vacation maps, brochures, and tickets

• Personal notes from the victim and suspects—each with distinctive handwriting

• Recorded witness statements

• The victim’s personal online drive

• Locked boxes and other puzzles

Made for 1–5 players and 45–90 minutes of gameplay, Dead Below Deck’s high-seas and high-stakes mystery game works well for a game night with fellow crime crackers, a unique date night, or just fun night on your own.

To solve the mystery and bring the waves of justice crashing down on Rachel’s killer, you’ll have to:

• Learn the inner workings of The Old Thunder and its several crew members.

• Watch witness statements to suss out lies and deception.

• Review important case documents for missed details.

• Examine Rachel’s past and work for connections to suspects.

• Unravel challenging ciphers, puzzles, and timelines.

Audience (ESRB) Rating?

We recommend this below deck mystery for audiences aged 14 years and up. With a difficulty rating of two out of five stars, it’s a good fit for those who like a mild to moderate challenge with lots of fun included.

Storyline

Hercule Poirot, the best detective in the world, decides to travel on the Orient Express. The train accidentally gets stopped because of a small avalanche. Little did he know that a murder was planned and that a person on this train was capable of committing such crime.

Motion Picture (MPAA) Rating

Rated PG-13 for violence and thematic elements.  Click HERE to view the Parents Guide on this feature film.

Storyline

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping Egyptian desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this tale of unbridled passion and incapacitating jealousy features a cosmopolitan group of impeccably dressed travelers, and enough wicked twists and turns to leave audiences guessing until the final, shocking denouement.

Motion Picture (MPAA) Rating

Rated PG-13 for violence, some bloody images, and sexual material.  Click HERE to view the Parents Guide on this feature film.