Jubensha

Jubensha (Chinese: 剧本杀), also known as script murder games, or simply script games (as many have evolved far beyond initial murder mysteries), are a Chinese genre of live action role-playing (LARP) murder mystery game,^[1]^[2]^[3] similar to what's known as "Parlour LARP". This genre became popular in China in the late 2010s and has been described as a "mix of Cluedo, Werewolf and LARP".^[3]

^ "China youth escape reality in 'Whodunnit?' role-playing boom". Agence France-Presse. South China Morning Post. 2020-09-15. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved 2022-10-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Paybarah, Azi; Niu, Isabelle (2021-10-16). "China's Latest Craze: Scripted Murders, With Real Tears and Piracy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
^ ^a ^b Ghorbanpour, Kamiab (2023-03-23). "Jubensha: the mix of Cluedo, Werewolf and LARP that became a Chinese phenomenon". Dicebreaker. Archived from the original on 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-06-15.

[:1-1] "China youth escape reality in 'Whodunnit?' role-playing boom". Agence France-Presse. South China Morning Post. 2020-09-15. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved 2022-10-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[:3-2] Paybarah, Azi; Niu, Isabelle (2021-10-16). "China's Latest Craze: Scripted Murders, With Real Tears and Piracy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-06-15.

[:4-3] Ghorbanpour, Kamiab (2023-03-23). "Jubensha: the mix of Cluedo, Werewolf and LARP that became a Chinese phenomenon". Dicebreaker. Archived from the original on 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-06-15.

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