Vilnius Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

In Vilnius the case opens at Vilnius Cathedral and heads out through the streets west of it. The trail takes in St Catherine's Church, crosses Vincas Kudirka Square and carries on towards Lukiškės Square, with the MO Museum a little further out. It is a self-guided murder mystery game in which the city stands in for the crime scene.

It fits families with children, groups of friends, couples and colleagues, and it can be played alone. A team is up to four people with one phone between them, and any group larger than four takes another ticket and splits. The centre of Vilnius is walkable but not flat everywhere, and the stretch out towards Lukiškės Square is longer than the rest, so teams settle into a rhythm early. There is no guide and no fixed departure time.

How to play

Four steps, and then the first clue in Vilnius.

1. Book the City Game
2. Check the instructions email
3. Download the Loquiz app
4. Start playing whenever you like

The case is the murder of Balthasar. You decode messages, carry out photo tasks and question digital characters whose statements do not agree with one another. The National Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights both come up on the trail, and every correct answer removes a name.

When two teams are out at the same time the game becomes a competition, which is what makes it work for teambuilding as well as an afternoon out. Break for a meal and come back to it, and finish the case wherever you happen to be in Vilnius.