OUR STORY

It started with a murder mystery in lockdown.

During lockdown, Jess’s virtual murder mystery parties became a mainstay among her friends, Amber included.

There was just one problem: Jess loved murder mysteries but was struggling to find high-quality and inclusive games.

So Jess and Amber teamed up to make their own games and Nobody’s Fool was born.

A better mystery, from the ground up.

The idea was simple: create murder mysteries that are easy to play, easy to host and genuinely satisfying to solve.

The players would be at the centre of the story. There would be no scripts to learn, no elaborate lies to improvise and no single player sitting on the answer.

Even the killer wouldn’t know they were the killer.

Instead, everyone could investigate together, follow the clues and work out what really happened.

That idea still sits at the heart of every Nobody’s Fool mystery.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

A lot of suspicious people.

What started as games for friends quickly became something much bigger.

Since then, we’ve hosted thousands of players, from birthdays and private parties to company socials and large-scale events.

We’ve created entirely new mysteries, built casts of questionable characters and worked with talented writers, artists and producers to bring our games to life.

In 2023, Amber and Jess joined the Roundhouse Accelerator Programme, helping turn Nobody’s Fool from a murderous side project into a growing creative business.

And we kept building.

WHERE WE ARE NOW

More mysteries. More ways to play.

Today, there are three main ways to play Nobody’s Fool.

READY-MADE GAMES
Choose a mystery, download the pack and host it yourself.

PERSONALISED MYSTERIES
Put your own friends into one of our professionally written games with Mystery Maker.

HOSTED EXPERIENCES
Bring us to your party, workplace or event and we’ll run the mystery for you.

We also create bespoke mysteries for organisations, venues and events looking for something completely unique.

MEET MYSTERY MAKER

Your friends. Our mystery.

For years, we personalised murder mysteries by hand. We wanted to find a way to give more people that experience without compromising the carefully written mystery underneath.

So we built Mystery Maker.

Choose your game, personalise the cast and story details, create your own title and cover, and generate a complete mystery made for your group.

WHY NOBODY’S FOOL?

Because a murder mystery should be worth solving.

Years of writing, hosting and watching people play have taught us what makes a great murder mystery night.

THE MYSTERY COMES FIRST

Every clue, secret and suspicious detail is there for a reason. Pay attention, ask the right questions and you really can crack the case.

EVERYONE GETS TO PLAY

Our games are built around conversation and deduction, not performances. There are no scripts to memorise and nobody needs to be the loudest person in the room to get involved.

NO BLUFFING REQUIRED

Lying is against the rules. Everyone works from the information they’ve been given and pieces the case together.

Even the killer is investigating.

CHARACTERS WITH PERSONALITY

We create distinctive, diverse casts without relying on tired clichés or caricatures. Characters should be fun to inhabit, whoever ends up playing them.

MADE BY REAL PEOPLE

Our stories, characters and artwork are created by writers, artists and producers. We don’t use AI to generate our mysteries or artwork.

TESTED IN THE REAL WORLD

Thousands of players have taught us a lot about what actually works around a table.

That experience feeds back into every game we make, from clearer instructions and smoother hosting to mysteries flexible enough for real-life guest lists.

STILL FOOLING PEOPLE

We’re still writing new mysteries, finding new ways to play and coming up with increasingly elaborate reasons to accuse perfectly innocent people of murder.

The aim hasn’t changed much since those first lockdown games:

Make murder mysteries that are easy to get into, brilliant to play and properly satisfying to solve.