by JK Stewart | Jun 16, 2026 | Party Planning & Hosting Tips
Yes. Tell them. This is the answer, and the reasoning behind it is worth understanding before you send out a single invitation. Hosting a murder mystery is already a small act of bravery. You’re asking a group of people — some of whom may never have played one —...
by JK Stewart | Jun 11, 2026 | Party Planning & Hosting Tips
Some murder mystery nights become the kind of thing a friend group references for years. Inside jokes form. Someone brings up the moment the accountant dramatically accused the wrong person at the wrong time, and the whole table erupts even six months later. The host...
by JK Stewart | Jun 10, 2026 | Party Planning & Hosting Tips
You’ve picked the game, you’ve sorted the characters, you’re actually excited about this — and then someone texts back “oh, I don’t know, I’m not really a creative person” and suddenly you’re doing emotional customer...
by JK Stewart | Jun 9, 2026 | Party Planning & Hosting Tips
Most people who buy a murder mystery game get exactly what they paid for: a game. Papers, characters, clues, a reveal at the end. And it’s fine. People enjoy it. But fine is not the same as memorable, and there’s a gap between running a mystery and hosting...
by JK Stewart | Jun 5, 2026 | Party Planning & Hosting Tips
Every office has a version of the same story. Someone books a venue, orders too many pigs in blankets, puts on a Spotify playlist that pleases no one, and then forty-five adults stand around in clusters talking to the exact same coworkers they sit near every day....
by JK Stewart | Jun 2, 2026 | Kids Parties, Party Planning & Hosting Tips
You have a six-year-old who still thinks ketchup counts as a vegetable and a fourteen-year-old who communicates primarily through sighs and closed doors. Getting them both excited about the same activity feels borderline impossible most evenings. And yet, murder...
