The opening game at the Craigville meeting was Clue. For those of you who need a refresher, here's what happens and how we modified it: We passed out index cards to everyone, each card bearing the names of two Austen characters (theoretically murdered). The player had to determine who killed the victim, the murder weapon and the location and write them in the manner of a Clue response. For example, Charlotte in the apiary with a swarm. We all then had to guess the victim based on this information. The answer is Sir Walter Elliot (well, of course it's Mr. Collins). :-)
Here are some clues. Can you guess the victims? Click here for answers
Catherine Morland on the highway with a broken carriage brake
Marianne in the ballroom with a sack of money
Her seamstress in the Pump Room, strangled by some fine muslin
Fossett with the port wine in the dining room
Marianne on the bowling green with pocket knife
Mrs. Radcliffe in his mother's bedroom with a very, very heavy novel
Mr. Hurst in the music room with a pianoforte lid
Fanny in the drawing room with a darning needle
Mr. Woodhouse in the drawing room with rich cake
Marianne in the forest with a dead leaf
Sir Thomas in Mrs. Norris's back yard with a flea collar
Hill in the bedchamber with smelling salts
Mrs. Clay in the sweet shop with marzipan
Mr. Elliot in Mrs. Smith's house with a knife
Elizabeth Elliot in the dining room with a sorbet spoon
Fanny Price in Mr. Rushworth's garden with the Book of Common Prayer
Mr. Elton in the carriage with a snowball
Julia Bertram at Everingham with a haha
Anne Elliot in the kitchen with a hambone
Mr. Darcy in the ballroom at Netherfield with a klieg light
Mrs. Clay in the bathroom with Gowlands lotion
Jane Fairfax in the barbershop with a razor
Marianne in the shrubbery with the silver
James Morland in the dining room with a letter opener
Anne Elliot on the Cobb with an oil slick
Harriet Smith at Mr. Martin's farm with a bag labeled "My Precious Things"
Marianne Dashwood at the ball with scissors
Robert Ferrars in a cottage with a bad batch of snuff
(Who would have guessed that Marianne Dashwood was a serial killer?)