Case file · Product overview
Case File 001 — Showroom Swindle
A specialty showroom. An overnight incident. The official account doesn’t sit right—and the file in your hands is built for careful reading, not a quick guess. Serious, modern, non-graphic; best played as a premium table-sized investigation.
- Reference
- CFA-001
- Difficulty
- 3/5 (Intermediate)
- Players
- 1–4
- Play time
- 90 min (plan up to ~120 min)
- Age
- 14+
- Content
- Non-graphic; theft / fraud themes
- Format
- Paper-first · optional digital companion
Experience
What you’ll investigate
Premium paper-first mystery: calm pacing, serious tone, no gore—designed to read like a secured dossier release.
You’re meant to work it like an analyst’s Saturday: lay out what you’re given, note what contradicts itself, and decide what you believe before you commit to a final theory. The product is paced for depth, not speed—built to feel like an archive release, not a screen chase.
Showroom Swindle is a self-contained experience for solo play or a small group. Plan about ninety minutes at the table—or a little longer if you prefer a slower read. You work physical materials designed to feel like a secured packet: briefing pages, worksheets, facsimiles, and inserts you can sort and annotate. Some editions add optional curated digital touchpoints; they support the paper, they don’t replace it. Tone is restrained and contemporary; themes stay in the theft-and-fraud lane without graphic content, for teen players and up.
Physical edition
Inside the box
What ships with the retail case file—described generically so the investigation stays in your hands.
- Printed briefing and player guidance
- Structured worksheets and space to track your reasoning
- Facsimile-style inserts you can spread, mark, and cross-reference
- Tangibles intended for hands-on examination at the table
- A physical-friendly path to capture and check your conclusion
- Where noted: optional hooks to optional digital layers
Companion
Optional digital layers
Use only what the printed instructions point you to.
Learn about the case
What’s on this page
A spoiler-safe overview: format, tone, what ships in the box at a high level, and how the experience is meant to feel—nothing here replaces the physical file.
Owner access
Have a copy?
Open the case workspace for Case File 001 — Showroom Swindle—hints, investigation checkpoints, and owner support—using the code inside your box. This is separate from the optional companion account below.
Box code required · not a customer account login
Companion portal
Digital companion library
Create a companion login for downloadable extras and account-based materials. The box code does not automatically turn on everything here—you attach editions inside the portal when you choose.
Purchasing happens outside this preview. What you see here stays high-level so casual browsers don’t pick up beats that belong at the table.