Grandmother's Games

In this original plot the performer introduces a keepsake box bequeathed by their grandmother and explains her love of board games but with her own style. 

On opening the box an envelope is shown and handed to spectator.

Another spectator then brings out the next item, which is the clue cards from the board game Cluedo (or Clue, depending where you live!) The magician asks the spectator to select 3 cards for the mystery and place aside. The magician then explains their grandmother used to use ESP to solve the crime rather than the traditional board and dice. The envelope is opened and a prediciton written by the grandmother reveals the murderer, murder weapon and location. 

The next item in the box is a set of scrabble tiles. One or two spectators are invited to select any number of letters, with unlimited changes permitted until they can spell out a word each. on doing so another spectator is invited to look further into the box revealing one final envelope which correctly predicts what the words would be. 

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