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Holiday murder mystery party

Pick a mystery set on the holiday you're hosting, and invite earlier than you would for a dinner, since holiday weekends fill fast. Here is what we have for each season, and when to send the invitations.

Invitation maker

Pick a mystery, type your guests' names, and get one invitation per guest with their character and a costume idea, ready to text or print.

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Season by season

Holiday	Mystery	Players	Invite by
Halloween	The Unmasking at Ravenscroft Hall	8 to 12	Two weeks ahead, for costumes
Thanksgiving	The free toy-shop mystery	6	One week ahead
Christmas	Death at Evergreen Manor	8 to 12	Three weeks ahead; December fills fast
Any other night	Murder at Winterbourne's Toys	6	One week ahead

Halloween: let the costumes do the work

In our Halloween edition every role is a costume: a vampire, a witch, a plague doctor, a zombie bride. Guests would have dressed up anyway, and a four-minute blackout hides the murder.

Christmas: a dinner nobody can leave

Our Christmas edition is a snowed-in Christmas Eve dinner with a will to be read at midnight. It suits a family gathering or a party with friends, and runs about two hours.

Questions

Do I need to have played the free game first?

No. Each holiday edition is a complete mystery of its own.

Can I play a holiday edition on another night?

Yes. The story is set on the holiday, but the game plays the same any night.

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Ready to host?

Our free mystery has invitations, six character sheets, three clues and the solution in one PDF.

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