It is 1924 - the height of the gay, roaring Twenties, when wit and wealth are at a premium; where women are beautiful and charming, and men are dashing and full of derring do (although perhaps scarred by their experiences in the Great War.

It is Christmas, and as Christmas Eve dawns, you are on your way through a snowstorm to Little Staughton Hall, a fifteenth century manor house deep in the heart of the Cotswolds in England. You have been invited for Christmas and the New Year as the guest of Wallace Emerson, a wealthy American industrialist, who made his fortune during the war, and his lovely wife, the former Swedish silent movie star Anja Ericksson (you can decide for yourself how you know either one of these two - and whether you like them, dislike them or want to murder one or other of them).

It is Christmas ... and murder is about to happen ...

Murder at Christmas was a special pbem (play by e-mail game) that ran on e-groups (now Yahoo groups) from December 21st 2000 until 7th January 2001 (roughly the Twelve Days of Christmas. There were eleven players - all of whom had a character - and the GM. Each player had to promise to post at least once a day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day excepted. In the event, most people posted far more often .. and by January 7th 2001 we had the equivalent of a detective novel written by twelve people. This web-site gives you a chance to read that book ... and see how the game was played ...

Visit the Yahoo groups page here or contact us here.