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Utter A Name is a tightly packed mini murder mystery

Speak and dispell

A woman holding a candle surrounded by the outlines of figures, one saying "Y-you traitor!", in Utter A Name.
Image credit: RPS / evilalbert

Shaking off the urge to say "oh no a mansion full of rich people all killed each other oh no", I'm surprised by how interested I was in the motivations and movements of everyone in Utter A Name.

Spectral silhouettes stand ominously around a fancy house dotted with bodies and glowing things. This is the kind of nonsense I'd expect from fancy house people, but your candle-toting woman expects you to steer her around to figure out what happened instead of looting the place. Weirdo.

There were some servants as well though so ugh, fine. Fiiine. Sometimes class solidarity means ghost nonsense I guess.

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