Shell Beach is a murder mystery LARP set in the fictional town of Shell Beach on the Manawatu Coast on New Zealand. It’s a game for thirteen players (six residents of the failing resort town of Shell Beach and seven visitors to town), two crew and one Game Master.

Three weeks ago a Swedish tourist was found dead on the beach of Shell Beach, a small holiday town just north of Waitarere. One week ago another body was found on the same beach. As the tiny community of locals reels in shock, strangers descend on the town. All are there for their own reasons, some to investigate the murders and some for darker purposes. On this night, in the restaurant hall of Shell Beach Resort, one of New Zealand’s most haunted hotels, everything will come to a head.