Locating a great story for your Mystery Party can be easier than you think. Here are links to some of the greatest places to buy Pre-planned murder mystery kits! The kit includes a story about a murder that occurs either during the course of the dinner or before the party begins. There are a specific number of characters in the story to match the size of your group, with background information, costume instructions and a package of clues for each one. Murder mystery kits can be purchased “off-the-shelf” or custom designed for your group.
My Mystery Party has an amazing assortment of high quality games with unique themes such as Pirates, ’60s, ’70s,’80s, a Speak Easy, Paris, Mardi Gras, Murder at a Costume Ball, Bridal Shower, Birthday Party, or House Boat on a Lake. One for every occasion truly! There are even the typical ones and holiday ones also.
My Mystery Party has a complete line of mysteries for kids with 20 great looking titles for all themes and times of the year. They start at $32 for any sized group (though some characters repeat if the group gets too large). They have 60 games rated for teens, and almost the same number for adults. The kits start at $31.95 and you have to pay extra for upgrades and $9.95 to $26.99 for mystery props.
Dinner and a Murder is and online company which currently offers 7 separate box sets with the option for 8-40 guests on each of the packages. They have very interesting themes including High School Reunion, Christmas, 1920’s, Mythical etc… The boxes include character booklets and a hostess booklet, invitations, nametags, Full Size Evidence, Play money so players can buy information, Evidence Presentation Solution, Whodunit Cards and Worksheets for the guests and some special Props or graphics specific to the kit you choose! There box mysteries usually run at $59.00 per kit. You also have the option to download a cheaper version ($39.00) and have it available right away if you are in a time or money crunch! They also sell games from Freeform Games and Murder Mystery Games LTD.
At Mysteries on the Net you can download a mystery to your computer. They have unique mystery plots just as the others available, along a variety of well loved themes including golf, prospector, Luau, as well as some more unique themes that would match some great holidays such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, and St Patrick’s Day – not to forget my favorite title “Lurking Down the Bunny Trail” an Easter Murder Mystery! The prices vary between $37.99 and $47.99.
Night of Mystery is another online company offering a variety of originally scripted Mystery Party Boxed Kits. They have 17 mysteries available, though the website and the themes seem to be good one. 11 of the mysteries are rated ‘clean’ for teens. The cost of most mysteries for a party of 8-12 is $40 – $42. They advertise as being able to accommodate 7 – 80+ guests most companies that accommodate that many guests have duplicate characters, so just understand what you are purchasing.
Merry Mysteries offers 30 different mysteries available for groups of 8-100. The pricing of the games is based on how large of a group you want the game to cover, starting at $29.95 for 8 players (standard game) and going up to $69.95 for 100 players. These kits are all downloads that come as Adobe files – there is not an option to purchase a kit that is mailed.
http://www.merrimysteries.com/
http://www.mymysteryparty.com/index.html
http://www.dinnerandamurder.com/
http://www.mysteries-on-the-net.com/downloadable-murder-mystery-party-kits
http://www.merrimysteries.com/tmm/partytips/hostingamurderparty.htm
