Someone in your friend group is going to ask this eventually. You want the moody, dressed up, cocktail-in-hand energy of a proper party, but you also love the idea of everyone accusing each other of murder by 9pm. The good news is you are not choosing between two...
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The Murder Mystery for a Sunday Afternoon When Absolutely Nothing Else Is Planned
Sunday afternoons have a strange gravity to them. Nothing is on the calendar, everyone is still in sweatpants from the morning, and by 3pm the group text starts filling up with some version of "does anyone want to do something." Nobody wants to plan a whole event....
Why Some Guests Become Completely Different People at Mystery Nights
The Accountant Who Became a Heist Mastermind in Under an Hour We have watched a lot of murder mystery parties unfold from behind the scenes, and one thing keeps happening that never stops being funny. A guest who spends their entire week color coding spreadsheets...
Murder Mystery Games for College Students Who Are Broke But Still Want a Good Night
College budgets are a joke and everyone knows it. Rent eats most of the paycheck, ramen is somehow both a meme and an actual food group, and the idea of dropping 50 bucks a head on a night out feels borderline insane when tuition is due next week. So when a group chat...
Murder Mystery Games for Neighbors You Barely Know (In the Best Way)
You know the neighbors two doors down by their car, not their name. You wave at the couple across the street every morning and could not tell a single stranger what either of them does for a living. Most of us live like this now, polite and completely disconnected,...
Trivia Night vs. Murder Mystery Games: Which One Actually Wins Your Group Over
My family went to trivia night this past Friday. We tied for first, in case anyone was wondering, and there was a brief and slightly unhinged argument at our table over what coins said before "In God We Trust." We had no idea. Hence, the tie, and no outright win. Oh...
Should You Do a Murder Mystery Baby Shower?
Yes, We Know How This Sounds A murder mystery at a baby shower is a strange pitch, and honestly, the first time someone floated this idea to us, we made a face. And generally the answer is a solid "NO." Don't do it. Baby showers run on onesies, mimosas, and a diaper...
Best Murder Mystery Games for Girls Night
Girls Night Needs More Than Wine and a Rom Com You have done the wine night. You have done the face masks and the group chat debate over which rom com to rewatch for the tenth time. It is fun, sure, but it is also the same fun every single time, and at some point...
How to Explain Murder Mystery Rules Without Killing the Vibe
The Rules Talk Every Host Dreads You have decorated the living room, printed the character sheets, and hidden the murder weapon somewhere reasonably clever. Then everyone sits down, looks at you, and you realize you are the one who has to explain how this whole thing...
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