CASE FILE  LM—001
EST. 2026

Hindi tayo
magkaibigan.

We were never friends.

The Thesis

Five of the six suspects at this table are lying about something. One of them killed Patty. Your job is not to find the liar — they all are. Your job is to find the killer.

Pre-order — ₱349 How it plays
Patricia Villaroel — The Victim
EVIDENCE 01
Players
6
Playtime
80 min
Liars
6
Killers
1
SIX SUSPECTS · SIX LIARS · ONE KILLER · EIGHTY MINUTES · SIX SUSPECTS · SIX LIARS · ONE KILLER · EIGHTY MINUTES ·
CASE FILE
The Premise

Ten years after graduation, Batch 2015 of Sagrado Corazón High School returns to a beach house in San Juan, La Union for their reunion weekend. Six classmates. Two days. One Viber group chat that has been quietly toxic for three months.

By Saturday morning, the class valedictorian is dead — face down in the infinity pool, phone missing, a half-finished glass of lambanog on the deck.

Everyone has an alibi. Everyone is lying.

Setting
La Union
Year
2025
Victim
P. Villaroel
Status
Unsolved
The Cast

Six suspects.
Six liars.

Each of them is hiding something. Five are hiding secrets unrelated to the murder — affairs, kickbacks, old scandals, things they have carried for years. One of them is hiding the murder itself. Below, what each will tell the police.

Jerome Magsaysay — The Host SUSPECT 01
"I was the host all night. Went to bed at 1:45. Did not go to the pool."
Bea Cordero-Lim — The Influencer SUSPECT 02
"Marco and I went to bed at 12:30. I was on my phone, then I slept."
Marco Lim — The Husband SUSPECT 03
"Twelve-thirty. Bea was on her phone. I was in bed by one. That is all I can tell you."
Father Daniel Aguilar — The Priest SUSPECT 04
"I went for a walk along the beach. I sometimes do, when I cannot sleep."
Aira Tantoco — The Pharmacist SUSPECT 05
"I went to my room at 11:30. Came down for water at 1. I went back upstairs and slept."
Kenji Watanabe-Reyes — The Expat SUSPECT 06
"On a video call with Tokyo from 1:30 to 2:15. The call log will confirm this."

— ALL CHARACTERS FICTITIOUS. PORTRAITS RENDERED FOR THE INVESTIGATION.

How It Plays

Eighty minutes.
One murderer.

The kit gives you everything you can hold. The Lalim platform gives you everything you can’t — the timer, the audio evidence, the interrogations, the reveal. One scratch-off code activates the case for one playthrough.

01
PHASE ONE · 15 MIN

Introductions

Each player opens their character envelope and scans their private QR. They read who they are, who they were, and what they are hiding. Then they introduce themselves to the table in sixty seconds.

02
PHASE TWO · 20 MIN

First Investigation

The crime scene photo, police report, and coroner’s note are revealed. Players mingle. Interrogate. Watch each other. At the twenty-minute mark, the platform plays Patty’s last voice memo to the Viber group.

03
PHASE THREE · 25 MIN

Deeper Digging

Confront. Accuse. Share notes. The platform drops a thirty-second interrogation video of the caretaker, who saw two figures walking toward the pool at 1:15 AM. Only one came back.

04
PHASE FOUR · 15 MIN

The Smoking Gun

The final clue plays. The group has ten minutes to debate, then must agree on one collective accusation. Who. How. Why.

05
PHASE FIVE · 5 MIN

The Reveal

The platform plays the murderer’s confession. The verdict appears. A shareable result card is generated. Five of you discover whose lie was the murder lie. One of you discovers whether you got away with it.

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It rewards adult social intelligence — reading micro-expressions, catching contradictions, noticing what someone refuses to say — instead of pure logic puzzling.

—  FROM THE FACILITATOR’S NOTES
The Kit

What ships
in the envelope.

A dossier of physical evidence. Six character envelopes, sealed. Photographs that look like they were taken by a guest at the reunion. And a single QR that activates the digital half of the case for one playthrough.

PRINTED — IN THE BOX
The Welcome Card
With your scratch-off activation code.
Six Sealed Envelopes
One per character. With a unique QR for their private profile.
Crime Scene Photograph
Photo paper. Documentary, not graphic.
Police & Coroner Reports
From the La Union PNP.
Viber Chat Printout
The last 48 hours of the reunion group chat.
Eight Evidence Cards
Receipts. Boarding passes. A senior prom photo with someone cropped out.
A Yearbook Page
With Patty’s senior quote: “the truth always comes out 💕”
WEB — BEHIND THE QR
Six Private Profiles
Each character’s secret — readable only on their own phone.
The Master Timer
Phase transitions, ambient music, host console.
Three Audio Drops
Patty’s voice memo. The voicemail to an unknown number.
An Interrogation Video
The caretaker, on what he saw at 1:15 AM.
The Accusation Form
One submission per group. No takebacks.
The Reveal
A 90-second confession monologue. Plays once.
Result Card
A shareable image for Threads, Instagram, TikTok.
For the comparison shoppers

This is not Clue.
This is not Among Us.

LALIM CLUE AMONG US OTHER KITS
Who is lying Everyone No one One impostor The killer only
Built for Adults at dinner Family game night Online, ages 9+ Solo armchair
Time 80 minutes 45 min 10 min/round Open-ended
Solution Definitive, with reveal Definitive Definitive Open-ended
Setting Manila, La Union English manor Spaceship Generic
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One murder.

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FAQ

Things people
keep asking.

What if my Wi-Fi at the venue is bad? +

The platform is designed for mobile data. Most modern Manila locations work fine. If you anticipate dead zones, we recommend running a hotspot from one player’s phone — the platform’s payload is small.

Can I play with fewer than six people? +

Five is the minimum. The setup wizard reassigns the absent character’s clues to remaining players. The murder still works. The night is just slightly less fun without a sixth voice.

Can I play this twice? +

Each kit ships with one single-use code. To replay with a different group — who don’t already know the killer — buy a ₱99 refill code. The kit is reusable. The mystery has to be earned again.

Is the host one of the suspects? +

Yes — by default. The platform runs the timing and evidence drops, so the host can play. There is also a Game Master Mode for hosts who’d rather just facilitate; it reveals the solution to them privately.

Is this in English or Tagalog? +

Bilingual. The case is written the way Filipinos actually speak — English-leaning, with Tagalog where it matters. Character voices vary in code-switching frequency on purpose.

Are there sensitive themes? +

This case touches on infidelity, pregnancy loss, addiction, and grief. None graphically. The murder itself is described, not enacted. If a guest may be triggered by these themes, future volumes will offer different tones.

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