Cooperative mystery case files, crafted on Martha's Vineyard.
A folder of documents. Real ones. Just paper, for now.
A body washes ashore in Edgartown Harbor. Something does not line up.
What first appears to be a tragic accident begins to come apart almost immediately. Statements don't line up. Small details refuse to stay quiet. Someone in this folder knows more than they are saying.
A quiet, careful mystery for people who like to take their time.
Each case arrives as a real folder. No host, no narrator, no screens. For now.
It comes flat in the mail, sealed, marked with the case file's name. Open it on a table where you have room to spread out.
Spread the contents out. Statements, photographs, phone records, scene notes. There are no rules about where to start.
Something will not line up. A timeline that contradicts itself. A statement that sounds rehearsed. Mark it.
When you are ready, complete the worksheet. Then break the seal on the solution and see how close you came.
Out now. Bound, delivered, and ready for the table.
“A mystery should be slow enough to argue about, and quiet enough to listen to.”
The Vineyard Files began with a love of paper, of the kind of mystery you sit down to with other people and work through together. We make case files rooted in the landscape and feeling of Martha's Vineyard.
Every document is original. Every clue has a place. Every case is meant to be sat with, not rushed through.
We spread the whole folder across the dining table and didn't get up for two hours. The kind of evening you actually remember.
Had a few friends over and we each latched onto a different suspect. The back and forth was half the fun, and the ending genuinely surprised us.
I did the first case on my own with a glass of wine on a quiet night. The detail in the documents pulled me right in. Already saving the next one for company.
We are not usually game-night people, but this felt like working a real case file. Exactly the kind of thing we will be giving as gifts.
Beautifully made and genuinely tricky. You can tell real care went into every page. I have recommended it to friends already.
Three marks are concealed across this site. Find all three and a sealed case opens, with 5% off your first case file waiting inside.
Look for the ◆.
