Bureau of Recreational Investigation

Commission a bespoke case file

Want a case file starring your own friends and family as persons of interest? Tell us about the people, the place and the occasion, and our writers will build the investigation around them.

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Your details

Your name *

Email address *

We’ll reply here with questions and a quote.

The case

What’s the occasion? *

For example, “Mum’s 60th birthday” or “a rainy weekend in”.

Where is it set? (optional)

A real place we can weave in, like “the village of St Agnes” or “Grandad’s allotment”.

Setting (optional)

How many players? (optional)

What tone would you like? *

Light-hearted and family friendlySuitable for ages 8+, no scares.

A classic investigationA proper case for grown-ups, worked for the satisfaction of it.

Dark and twistyHigher stakes and a sharper edge.

Who should feature as suspects? *

List the friends and family you’d like as characters, with a line about each one (a job, a quirk, a rivalry). The more we have, the better the case.

Anything else? (optional)

Inside jokes, a person to keep innocent, things to avoid. You can enter up to 750 characters.

Declaration *

I understand this is a work of fiction and that no one named will really be accused of anything.