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MURDER MYSTERY GAMES
FULL MURDER MYSTERY PARTY KITS
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Host a fun murder mystery party game for up to ten detective-minded friends! Gather your most adventurous friends and immerse yourself in a world of vintage elegance and affluence, romantic entanglements and jealous rivals, secrets and deception.
These kits include everything you will need to host a murder mystery party for 5 - 10 players (yourself included), and are designed to be played in person. The games are designed so none of the players know who the murderer is ... not the host, and not the murderer him/herself.
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Kits include: Host Instructions, 2 Customizable Invitations, 10 Character Dossiers (Biographies, Character Nametags, Three Clue Videos, Customizable Award Certificates, Dedicated Website for Guests
PRINTABLE MYSTERY PUZZLES
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Solve a mystery by reading six printable witness statements and four coded messages! Download a series of letters, witness statements and mysterious coded messages, then challenge yourself and/or your friends to work together to find the means, method and motive of the killer.
Includes six letters, and four cryptic messages/photos. Solution package includes decoded messages and a final letter from the Chief Inspector on the case explaining the answers to the mystery.
This engaging, hands-on activity is great as an individual challenge, a cooperative puzzle for friends or adult/child pairs to solve together, a fun book club activity, and even a unique classroom activity. Letters and clues can be printed or viewed online, and can be read silently or out loud in character.
Murder at Pendleton Manor
FULL GAME KIT
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SYNOPSIS: The wealthy Sir Percy Pendleton was poisoned at a dinner party at his extravagant home. You and your guests were present that night, and have been called back to the scene of the crime to share what you saw and identify the murderer among you. Can you solve the case before the murderer strikes again?
The Case of the Unfortunate Acrobat
PRINTABLE MYSTERY PUZZLE
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SYNOPSIS: The year is 1885. A raucous crowd has gathered to enjoy a thrilling night at the circus, but suddenly, tragedy strikes! A talented trapeze artist freezes in midair and falls to her death. Foul play is immediately suspected, but who among the performers and the audience members would have reason to kill?
Murder at the Ivory Tower
PRINTABLE MYSTERY PUZZLE
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SYNOPSIS: Every year, a group of famous authors meet via time machine at their secret lair, known as the Ivory Tower. This year, eight authors arrive, but only seven live to see the end of the party. Can you identify the murderer using only witness statements?
This fun cooperative activity reimagines a world where renown writers describe a bizarre evening in their own words ... a party where seven wildly different female authors battle for the affection of the popular rogue, Edgar Allan Poe. Present that evening were Jane Austen, Emily and Charlotte Bronte, Mary Shelley, Shirley Jackson, Louisa May Alcott and Emily Dickinson. When Jane drops dead in the middle of a roomful of people, there are in fact too many suspects in the case.
The Case of the Deadly Death Day Party
PRINTABLE MYSTERY PUZZLE
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SYNOPSIS: The family of "Wicked Wilbur" Warrington has gathered at his gothic mansion to celebrate his 100th birthday, but could a series of dangerous mishaps be merely coincidence, or clandestine attempts on his life? Throughout the party, Wilbur narrowly escapes being poisoned, impaled, pushed down a flight of stairs and set upon by a swarm of killer bees. Oddly, after all the excitement had died down and Wilbur is sitting quietly looking over his gifts, he suddenly drops dead of no apparent cause.
MURDER GAME ACCESSORIES
MURDER MYSTERY COSTUMES
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