Yes, the Host can play without knowing who the murderer is but this will depend on whether you are playing virtually over Zoom or playing In Real-Life. To make this work, the Host needs to do a few things before the party: - Assign each player (including yourself) a letter of the alphabet and ask them to keep it secret. The best way of doing this is having letters corresponding to the number of players in a bowl for players to pick out at random. - Prepare another bowl of slips of paper, each labeled with a letter that has been assigned to a confirmed player. - NOTE: Only the Host needs to access this bowl during the party. Then at the start of the party: - Ask everyone to keep a blank face, then draw a slip of paper, on camera if you are playing virtually. Announce the letter. Discard that slip. - Inform the players that the letter you drew is the Murderer, who should use the “Guilty” scripts in their Character Guides. Everyone else should use the “Innocent” scripts you will use the remaining slips of paper in the bowl for the Final Statements, pulling a letter out and asking them to read their Final Statements until only the Murderers letter is left. The Murderer will then read their statement last. If you are playing over Zoom then you are best having an assistant (non player) to assign letters and a murderer.