Greta Lindqvist
Runs the place and knows who has been paying in cash.
A ski lodge with the pass snowed in and the phone dead
Snowbound at Blackpine Lodge
The road is closed. The bar is open. So is the question.
Six friends, one manager, and a chalet full of fondue. The weather closes the pass on the night the lodge's owner falls from the balcony, and the only footprints in the snow belong to someone who claims to have been in bed since nine.
Players8–12
Evening2.5 hours
HostingEasy to host
Written forAdults, 16+
The story
Snowbound at Blackpine Lodge plays in three acts with a dinner break the script plans for. Times below assume a 7pm start; every kit includes a version for a later table.
Act I7:00 pm
Apres-Ski
Guests arrive with luggage and grudges. The owner announces he is selling the lodge, and the fondue arrives at exactly the wrong moment.
Act II7:45 pm
The Balcony
The owner is found in the snow. The balcony door was locked from inside, and the ski rack is one pair short.
Act III8:30 pm
Last Orders
The host pours something strong and compares the snow report with each guest's story about the last hour.
The cast
Six to 12 roles are written; the kit scales down by folding the smallest parts into the host. Each character arrives with a public face and a private problem.
Pieter van Dijk
Charming in four languages, insured in none of them.
Anneke Vos
Came for the skiing, stayed for the argument.
Monsieur Clair
Believes a good sauce can solve almost anything.
Clues & evidence
Four of the nine clues
- A ski pass punched for a lift that was closed
- A fondue fork with a thread caught in it
- A hotel register with a room crossed out
- A photograph taken from the balcony that evening
Props unique to this kit
- A snow report annotated in pen
- A set of lodge keys missing the cellar key
- A postcard from the owner, postmarked after his death