{"product_id":"the-balsam-lake-unmurders","title":"The Balsam Lake Unmurders","description":"\u003cp\u003e Play Your Cards Right, Catch the Necromancer. A Journaling Game of Method, Motive, and Opportunity In a Forested Minnesota Town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the back cover:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a small town in the forested Minnesota hills someone is back from the dead. So now you're there, a lone FBI detective, to catch the criminal necromancer who did it. It's a nice town. Fishing for lake trout is pretty great. The diner serves a good cup of coffee. Hopefully you just do what you need to do and don't get too drawn in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Balsam Lake Unmurders is a journaling game. Playing cards represent suspect and interactions you have with them trying to discerern if they're the necromancer — and you write in your journal how they play out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuotes from people who've played:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's like Twin Peaks meets the X-Files.\" - Jason D'Angelo, playtester and author of The Daily Apocalypse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It felt like moving into a living space.\" - Camilla Zamboni, after six hours caught up in Balsam Lake\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Even when I put the game down I keep turning it over and over in my mind.\" - Vincent Baker, creator of Apocalypse World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Paul, I seriously loved this game.\" - Gabrielle Rabinowitz, playtester and co-creator of Ma Nishtana \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IPR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45031717372080,"sku":"HMP-TBLU","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2341\/9361\/files\/image_e08094cc-0eb4-4e2d-9601-ddf8e78e6086.jpg?v=1774901503","url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/the-balsam-lake-unmurders","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}