Printable mystery party games with your guests' names

Three games

• Classic murder mystery: a whodunit where one of your guests is secretly the murderer. 6 to 16 players. Party safe: no gore, nothing explicit.
• The Missing Treasure: no murder. A treasure has gone missing and one of your guests secretly took it. Family, school and office friendly. 6 to 16 players.
• Detective Squad: every guest is a detective, so nobody has to act as a suspect. The team shares what each detective knows to name the culprit among five suspects. 4 to 16 players.

How it works

1. Pick the listing for your number of guests. In the personalization box, type your theme first, then your guest names, separated by commas.
2. After checkout, download "Start here". It takes you to your private pickup page.
3. Enter your Etsy order number and the first guest name you typed. Your game is written for your guests, usually within an hour, and is ready to download as one PDF.

What is inside

• Host guide: setup, timing plan, opening and round scripts to read aloud, and the solution sealed at the end
• One invitation per guest, with their character and a costume idea
• One character booklet per guest: a public introduction, a private background and secret, and goals and lines for each of the 3 rounds
• Clue cards for each round, name tags and an accusation sheet
• In Detective Squad: a detective briefing per guest in place of the character booklet, numbered clue cards in each detective's packet (bigger groups work as partners sharing a packet) and five suspect cards the host voices

Five themes

• 1920s Mansion
• Hollywood Premiere
• Wild West Saloon
• Ocean Liner (a cruise)
• Snowbound Chalet

A fair case, every time

Every case is built so that exactly one guest fits all the clues, and no single clue gives it away. Each innocent guest is cleared by a clue, and every suspicious secret is explained before the end.

Good to know

• How it is made: the story and character texts are written with AI from your guests' names, and every case is checked automatically to have exactly one fair solution.
• Characters are always called by their name, never a guessed he or she.
• Changed your mind about a name? One free rewrite on your pickup page.
• Your game and names are kept 30 days, then deleted. Download it soon after it is ready.
• This is a digital file: nothing is shipped.
• Licence: for the buyer's own events only: at home, in a class or at work. Print as many copies as your own event needs. Reselling, sharing or posting the file or its pages online is not allowed.

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