Murder Mystery Games to Host Yourself

A Few Good Points

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  Male guests for Theresa's 1920s Speakeasy party.

  Everyone's a Suspect

  Each guest is a suspect and is fully integrated. The two optional guests have a slightly smaller role but are fully integrated into the plot; they are NOT merely an observer or a detective. If there is more than one murderer, they could be one of the killers.

  

  Male guests for Theresa's 1920s Speakeasy party.
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  Kelsi (right of photo) plays Sister Starlight while hosting this party.

  Host Plays Too

  We've designed our murder mystery games to be super easy to run so that you can play a character alongside your guests. As host, you do have printing to do before the party (unless you email documents to guests). However, once the game is underway, the host's duties are very light.

  

  Kelsi (right of photo) plays Sister Starlight while hosting this party.
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  Just part of one of our attractive, comprehensive game kits.

  Attractive Murder Mystery Kit

  Our murder mystery party kits are light on ink yet attractively designed. Start and end your party with audios featuring professional voiceover artists (two per audio to add listening variety). Optionally, use the very extensive theme-specific decoration pack.

  

  Just part of one of our attractive, comprehensive game kits.

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  Ashley's all-female Swinging Sixties party weekend.

  Guest Flexibility

  Gender neutral characters can be enjoyed by couples and also allow flexibility for different group makeups. They are also a great role for teenagers or older family members as there is no flirting involved.

  All games have two optional/minor characters which are gender neutral. Games such as “Murder in the Swinging Sixties” or “Is Santa Slayed?” have a high number of gender-neutral main characters. Some hosts have chosen to run these with all-female or all-male groups.

  

  Ashley's all-female Swinging Sixties party weekend.
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  Bonnie's pirate party made use of the optional contact-free sword "fights".

  Unique Flexible Script

  Each player can choose whether to follow a script OR to use their own words. This makes our games ideal for both shy and extrovert guests as each guest can ham up their role and ad-lib as much or as little as they please.

  If you have more extrovert guests, then assign them a role where they get to optionally sing a few lines of song or tell jokes. Or choose a mystery such as "Murder in the Wild West" where selected players have the option of CanCan dancing and shootouts. Alternatively, in "Pirates Plunder and Murder", there are options for fun, contact-free "sword" fights.

  

  Bonnie's pirate party made use of the optional contact-free sword "fights".
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  Optional Extra Help is shown upside down so it cannot be read by accident.

  Optional Extra Help to Find the Murderer/s

  Some budding sleuths enjoy the challenge or solving a carefully-laid out series of clues. Others are too busy enjoying the evening to keep careful notes. In most of our game kits, each guest can therefore choose whether to solve the dastardly crime without assistance - or whether to make use of our helpful optional extra clues.

  All of our murder mystery games approximate to a "medium" level of difficulty. If you are after a slightly easier evening, check medium-easy difficulty games such as "Murder in a 1920s Speakeasy" or "Pirates Plunder and Murder". If you want a slightly harder evening, check "Murder in the Naughty Nineties". (One of our teenagers prided himself on being the only person in our test party to guess the killer.)

  

  Optional Extra Help is shown upside down so it cannot be read by accident.