Amanda Penrose

Star Trek - Murder Mystery

In march, 2002, eight friends got together to play a Star Trek Next Gen How to Host a Murder, 'The Orb of Knowledge'.

Am I going to tell you who did it? No way! Play the game yourself and find out :-) I understand that it's out of print, but I hope you can find it.

 

Recipes

Murder Mystery games are often most successful when played around an elaborate dinner, so that's just what we did. As one of our players was (is) vegetarian, the entire meal was vegetarian. The recipes were designed with taste, over authenticity, in mind.

Romulan aleDrink: Romulan ale

Apple mineral water, or non-alcoholic apple cider (well.... mostly apples)
Blue Curacao

Canapés: Bularian Canapés

Triangle chips (we used corn chips)
Topping (could be anything. Actually we skipped this bit and just dived into the chips!)

Entree: Fried Targ (hairy, but delicious)

2 whole, small camembert
1 egg
Bread crumbs mixed with dried herbs

Cut the camemberts into quarters. Coat with egg and dip in bread crumbs.
Shallow fry until golden.

Main: Gagh

Fettuccini with onion, capers, garlic and olive oil

Dessert: Betazoid Chocolate Mousse

We used 'Fudgy Chocolate Mousse' from Stephanie Alexander's big orange cookbook

 

Targ
A deadly targ

Great Star Trek recipe sites:

Britta Peterson and friends also tackled this mystery. See their great costumes!.

 

Photos

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The crew
The crew
Da boyz
Da boyz
Ready for action...
Ready for action...
Geordi and Ro
Geordi and Ro
Who dunnit?
Who dunnit?
Ro's earring
Ro's earring
Riker's women
Riker's women!
Dinner
Dinner
gagh
The correct way to eat gagh
The Orb of Knowledge
The Orb of Knowledge
Gorgeous
Gorgeous, but deadly
We come in peace
We come in peace...

 

We hope you have as much fun playing 'The Orb of Knowledge' as we did!

The Crew

L to R: Riker - Ian, Beverley - Tam, Data - Nigel, Deanna - Joelle
Guinan - AJ (me! hostess), Ro - Kim, Geordi - Simon, Worf - Scott (host)