Post originally by Frank Branham at 2003-05-28 09:51:59
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I've played Murder/Mystery in the Abbey a lot over the years, and question formats have never really been an issue.

It seems that there are 5 states that a suspect can be in...Unknown, in hand, seen, eliminated, and possibly eliminated. All of our questions ever have concerned the first 4 cases.

The only issue we've ever had is with folks asking questions that can map directly to names. (e.g. "What are all of the characteristics of the leftmost card in your hand?" )

Curiously, we never hit upon the issue of one answer being required. That would need to be there...imagine:

"How many Dominican Brothers do you have, and how many Dominican Fathers have you seen?"

Technically legal-though in our group, there would have been cries of derision and questioning the parentage of the asker. Followed by a quick vow of silence and a nasty glare.

Moo
Frank