You Finally Have a Place. Now Do Something With It Besides Assembling IKEA Furniture. Moving is exhausting in ways nobody warns you about. You spend three weeks living out of boxes, discover you own way too many mismatched coffee mugs, and eventually reach that...
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Murder Mystery Engagement Party Ideas That Actually Work
The Standard Engagement Party Formula Is Getting a Little Tired You know the drill. Someone rents a nice room or clears out the living room, a few appetizer trays show up from Costco or a caterer if the budget allows, somebody's dad gives a toast that runs eight...
Murder Mystery Anniversary Party Ideas for Couples
Twenty Years In, You've Run Out of New Restaurants Every anniversary party idea on the internet assumes you're planning for two people who just started dating and think a candlelit dinner is the height of romance. Great, if that's you. But if you're the couple who has...
Murder Mystery Party Ideas for Small Apartments
The Real Problem With City Apartments Isn't Space. It's Acoustics. Six hundred square feet sounds impossible for a party until you actually try to fill it with people. A one bedroom in Chicago's Lakeview or a walk-up in Bed-Stuy can hold eight adults just fine. The...
Murder Mystery for Meetup Groups of Strangers
Why Strangers Might Be Your Best Murder Mystery Group Yet Somebody signs up for a meetup group hoping to make a few friends, and instead they get handed a fake name tag and a motive for murder. It sounds like a strange way to break the ice. It works better than almost...
Hybrid Murder Mystery Party: Does It Work?
Can You Actually Run a Hybrid Murder Mystery Party? Somebody in the group moved out of state. Somebody else has a toddler who doesn't sleep past 6 a.m. and can't make the drive. And now you're staring at your guest list wondering if you can just split the difference...
Milestone Birthday Murder Mystery Ideas
Turning 40, 50, or 60 comes with an unspoken expectation that the celebration has to match the number somehow. A dinner reservation and a round of "Happy Birthday" sung slightly off key doesn't quite cut it once you've hit a milestone that took decades to earn. Guests...
How to Play a Character You Don’t Like
Every murder mystery host has lived this moment. You hand out characters, and one guest opens their packet, reads the name, and gives you a look somewhere between betrayal and mild panic. Maybe they got the fussy socialite when they wanted the gruff detective. Maybe...
Murder Mystery for the Day After a Holiday Gathering
The good dishes are already back in the cabinet, half your relatives are still in pajamas at two in the afternoon, and somebody has been asleep on the couch since the football game started. This is the day after. The big holiday performance is over, the pressure is...
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