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Duration
120 Minutes
Group Size
7 Players + 1 Host + Unlimited Investigators
Breakout Rooms?
No
Hosted?
Self-Hosted
It’s a dark, windy weekend night at the University of Chicago. You’re headed to an after-party at the apartment of the cunning Rick Martin, a promising PhD student at the university. You take a wrong turn and get to the apartment a few minutes late, only to discover your group of friends huddled around Rick’s dead body, shocked and confused. Can you unravel the secrets of the party-goers and identify the culprit, or will the killer walk away undetected?
How It Works
The Margin Call is an interrogation-based murder mystery. It can be played with 7 players + 1 host (for this game, the host can also play one of the roles without worrying about spoilers). Have more than 7 players? Extra players can join as Investigators! The Investigators will be allowed to question any character of their choosing at the end of each round, and will also be able to vote for who they think committed the crime.
To get started, click the “Buy Now” button to download the complete game pack for The Margin Call. The Game Pack includes the following files:
• Host Instructions (PDF)
• Player Instructions (Google Doc)
• Character Booklets (PDF)
• Clues (PDF)
• Name Cards (PDF)
• Individual Virtual Backgrounds (PNG)
The Margin Call is great for anyone looking for an immersive, interactive activity.
🔴 Format: This murder mystery can either be played in-person or virtually.
🎭 Acting Requirement: In interrogation-based murder mysteries, players are required to ask open-ended questions to each other in order to uncover clues and inconsistencies in the character's stories. This style of murder mystery requires more acting ability than a script-based murder mystery (but it can also be more fun for the right audience!).
👪 Large Groups: Large groups can play this murder mystery by breaking up into groups of 7 or 8. A group of 16, for example, could have two games going on simultaneously - one game with 7 Players (with the host for that team also acting as one of the players) and another game of 9 (7 Players + 1 dedicated Host + 1 Investigator). Otherwise, you could hire us to be the Host and let everyone play in either a Player or Investigator role. The possibilities are endless!
This game was so fun!!! And my team won which was even more exciting!
Had a great time and great game! Will definitely do it again with my team.
Ciro and Allysa were amazing hosts! Ciro was engaged with our team and made us all feel confident and excited for the activity.
The event was very creative and it was a blast!! Especially for a Monday it was very uplifting and nice to meet other colleagues!! Thank you for hosting and setting up this fun event! Let's do it again!!
This was a fun work team event. The host was great and got us all involved.
Fun, engaging, and funny. Enjoyed this event and would recommend to friends or other work teams.
We had our department virtual holiday party and played Family Feud. We all had a great time and the hosts were extremely engaging and made the experience very enjoyable.
This was amazing! we had a great time and laugh with the questions and answers. great team building. loved it.
My team all enjoyed this event very much. Thank you for making this a fun and safe environment for everyone!
The activity was fun, the host was very engaging and friendly
It was a lot of fun. If we couldn't be together in person, it was the next best thing.
Everything was great, thank you!
Loved the event, hosts and teammates
This was a fun and creative team event!
Runaway Games provided an extremely entertaining escape room experience for everyone to participate in no matter where in the world they are! We did the Escape Spy Island experience and would highly recommend!
What a fun event hosted by some lively characters! The puzzles were challenging, but not too hard. And the support of the staff was excellent! They really pulled out the stops to make sure our group had a good time! Thanks for a great session!
I really enjoyed the versatility of the game. The two people who lead it were energetic, kind, and helpful. It was a wonderful team building exercise. I would love to try the Family Feud team building option next time. Thank you so much!
It was a very nice, relaxing way to spend quality time with the team. Working together to solve the clues and escape was time well spent. Definitely recommend this event. Thanks Warden Sandy for all the guidance on this quest. FREEDOM!!!!
Brought in Runaway Games to host our Halloween Happy Hour tonight! It was seriously so fun and the employees all had a blast. I really liked the way the puzzles were laid out and how they varied from each other. It kept it super entertaining and my team was super focused!
We recently had a team building activity with Escape Alcatraz, and I've heard feedback from my teammates describing it as "the best team building event we've ever done." This sentiment was broadly shared throughout my team.
I would HIGHLY recommend. I booked Escape Alcatraz for a virtual employee team-building event and it was a HUGE success. All of our employees gave it a 5/5. The wardens were great and so was the customer service.
Amazing experience. Definitely recommend for virtual team building event. Loved it!
Our team from Pepperl+Fuchs had a blast during this teambuilding event. Great game design that requires the whole team to get involved! Can only recommend and am hoping for a sequel!
Amazing game, fun, good team bonding event. So impeccably well organized! Kudos
Cool escape room experience. would definitely do it again
This experience was super fun! It's a great way to build team connections, learn and laugh together doing something completely outside work! Thanks Escape Alcatraz!!!!
Such a fun team building experience! Would love to do it again :)
A fun and exciting game that challenges you with mini-games to tackle as a team. This game is for players that like to try various challenges and work as a team. Because the skills that were tested at each section are distinctively different, each member of your team will have something to contribute.
Cool team building games!
Escape Alcatraz was a great event for the team! Certainly exceeded my expectations and have had some great feedback from the team. Excellent way to break up the remote work during lockdown. Would recommend!
Fun and entertaining! Fun and entertaining!
Our Booking Policy
Reduce Participants up to 3 business days prior to your event
Full Refund
Reschedule up to 3 business days
prior to your event
Allowed
Add Participants at any time
prior to your event
Allowed
Reschedule within 3 business days
prior to your event
30% fee added to your final invoice
Reduce Participants within 3 business days
prior to your event
No Refund
Cancellation at anytime
prior to your event
No Refund
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Hosted Activities are all 45 to 90 minutes in duration, moderated by our amazing team members, and feature gaming experiences that we’ve hand picked and developed specifically for a virtual format. Many of these activities utilize breakout rooms, so we provide 1 host for every ~5 participants to make sure you have all the energy and hype you need to have a great time! For around the price of a movie ticket, we’ll treat you to a fun, unique experience that you’ll never forget.
Our activities are available for booking 24 hours a day / 7 days a week! While we have never turned a client down due to lack of availability, we do kindly ask that groups up to 30 participants give us at least 2 days’ notice, and groups of greater than 30 participants give us at least 1 weeks’ notice.
All of our Hosted Activities are designed to be delivered in 45 to 90 minutes. The exact duration of each activity can be found by clicking on the activity from the Hosted Activities page.
We support all of the “Big Four” platforms - Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Webex by Cisco. Don’t use one of those platforms? No problem. If we can download it and it has breakout rooms, we can use it :)
We can assign you Hosts that speak English, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Bahasa Melayu/Indonesia, Spanish, Russian, Polish, or Ukrainian!If you would like a non-English speaking host, you can request this at the checkout page. However, please do note that all of our game content is currently only available in English and Spanish.
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