The Last Ferry: A 45-Minute Murder MysteryA printable mini murder mystery for 1 to 4 players. Five pieces of evidence, six linked puzzles, one killer.

The Last Ferry is a printable murder mystery in the style of a small escape room. You get a short case file: who died, where, and who was on board. Then you get five pieces of evidence exactly as the investigators found them, and six puzzles that use nothing but those documents.

The puzzles chain together. Puzzle 1 tells you which sailing the victim took. That time unlocks the code on his phone in Puzzle 2. The phone tells you his seat, which lets you work out where everyone sat in Puzzle 3, and so on, until Puzzle 6 asks for the final accusation: the killer and the method. Every step is fair, every answer is unique, and two hints per puzzle are waiting if you get stuck.

You can play alone with a pen and a cup of tea, as a couple, or with up to four people who each take charge of one document. It fits an evening in, a quiet train journey or a game night warm-up.

What is in the PDF

• Cover and how-to-play page with a clickable contents list
• Case brief with the victim and five suspects
• Five evidence documents
• Six linked puzzles with answer boxes
• Two hints per puzzle
• Full solution and the story of what happened
• Colour and printer-friendly editions, each in US Letter and A4
• READ-ME-FIRST file with printing tips

How to play

1. Download the zip and open the PDF for your paper size (Letter or A4). Print it single-sided, or open it on a tablet.
2. Read page 2 (how to play) and page 3 (the case) to meet the victim and the five suspects.
3. Look at the five evidence documents: timetable, ticket stub, manifest and deck log, text messages, torn letter.
4. Solve the six puzzles in order and write each answer in its box. You will need it for the next puzzle.
5. Write your final accusation, then check it against the solution page, which shows the full chain.