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The Ad Man Murder 12 Suspect Mystery Party Game

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:31:07 +0000

A 12 character instant download murder mystery party game set in the 1960′s. Can accommodate any number of players over twelve. Average playtime is 2-3 hours.

It’s the 1960′s and the worldwide advertising scene is in its glory days. Ad men seem to walk on water and enjoy perks and luxuries that no other profession can match. Within the top companies, deceit and betrayal run rampant as the men play a real life chess game to advance their positions – both in-house and with competing companies.

The annual AdAge advertising convention is in town, drawing the best of the industry from all over the world for one week. Every hotel is sold out, as most advertising reps have brought their secretaries along for the week. But shortly after the convention wraps up on the first day, a horrific discovery is made at The Jury’s Inn Hotel: one of the top Ad Men in the world has been found murdered in his penthouse suite! Who killed him, why and how?

FEATURES INCLUDE:

- 12 Suspects (6 Male, 6 Female)

- Interactive format – can be played by an unlimited number of players

- OUR BRAND NEW, VISUALLY STUNNING INSTANT DOWNLOAD GAME MATERIALS!

- Facilitator guide

- Individual guides for each suspect

- Character Complexity Rating (to help hosts better assign characters to their guests)

- Accusation Forms

- Invitations

- Name tags

- Hotel Floor Plans to help everyone involved keep track of the where-abouts of each suspect around the time of the murder

- Access to the PLAY! site to send your guests to – view the trailer, suspects and more!

VIEW THE TRAILER

coming soon!

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Optional Suspect Expansion Pack

Have ONE or TWO of guests who aren’t quite sure if they’re going to make it? Add on our 2 Character Optional Suspect Expansion Pack and set your mind at ease. If they don’t show up, no sweat! And if they do, they get to be as involved as everyone else. Please note: There are only TWO optional suspects (one male, one female) per mystery. If you’re dying to know WHY, just CLICK HERE. If you need a different number of characters or gender mix than what you see here, please CONTACT US, we’re here to help you throw the party YOU want!

The Ad Man Murder 2 Optional Suspect Expansion Pack

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The Ad Man Murder 10 Suspect Mystery Party Game

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:44:16 +0000

A 10 character instant download murder mystery party game set in the 1960′s. Can accommodate any number of players over ten. Average playtime is 2-3 hours.

FEATURES INCLUDE:

- 10 Suspects (5 Male, 5 Female)

- Interactive format – can be played by an unlimited number of players

- OUR BRAND NEW, VISUALLY STUNNING INSTANT DOWNLOAD GAME MATERIALS!

- Facilitator guide

- Individual guides for each suspect

- Character Complexity Rating (to help hosts better assign characters to their guests)

- Accusation Forms

- Invitations

- Name tags

- Hotel Floor Plans to help everyone involved keep track of the where-abouts of each suspect around the time of the murder

- Access to the PLAY! site to send your guests to – view the trailer, suspects and more!

VIEW THE TRAILER

coming soon!

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Optional Suspect Expansion Pack

The Ad Man Murder 2 Optional Suspect Expansion Pack

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The Ad Man Murder 8 Suspect Mystery Party Game

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:55:22 +0000

An 8 character instant download murder mystery party game set in the 1960′s. Can accommodate any number of players over eight. Average playtime is 2-3 hours.

FEATURES INCLUDE:

- 8 Suspects (4 Male, 4 Female)

- Interactive format – can be played by an unlimited number of players

- OUR BRAND NEW, VISUALLY STUNNING INSTANT DOWNLOAD GAME MATERIALS!

- Facilitator guide

- Individual guides for each suspect

- Character Complexity Rating (to help hosts better assign characters to their guests)

- Accusation Forms

- Invitations

- Name tags

- Hotel Floor Plans to help everyone involved keep track of the where-abouts of each suspect around the time of the murder

- Access to the PLAY! site to send your guests to – view the trailer, suspects and more!

VIEW THE TRAILER

coming soon!

_________________________________________________

Optional Suspect Expansion Pack

The Ad Man Murder 2 Optional Suspect Expansion Pack

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But What About the Kids at an Adult Murder Mystery Party?

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:49:49 +0000

There’s nothing worse than receiving a declined RSVP from someone you really want at your party simply because they have to stay home with the kids. Most times, child care issues are just as disappointing for the person missing the mystery party as they are for the host or hostess. Babysitters are expensive, and if you have a family that’s relatively new in town who aren’t settled yet with babysitters and have no family to rely on, the only answer they can give is “not attending”.

But there are a few things a host can do to not only solve these problems for guests, but also make things easier for your other guests with kids. Working kid-friendly options into your overall party plan is a quick and easy solution, and something that will really stand out as one of those details you, as a really great host, tend to before your party. Here are some ways to do it without taking too much time away from the rest of your party planning.

1. Have a kids’ party in conjunction with your party

If the majority of your guests have kids, the obvious answer is to stage a kids’ party at the same time as the adult party. Hire or bribe an older, qualified kid to “babysit” the kids party in the basement while the adults have fun upstairs. If your party is in an event space, see if there’s a separate area you could use for the kids’ party. If you’re holding a murder mystery (ESPECIALLY one with a theme that requires costumes), find some games ahead of time that are along the theme, and allow the kids to come dressed up as well. Let’s say you’re playing The Masquerade Murder or The Pirates Revenge murder mystery games. Kids LOVE to dress up, and would enjoy an evening of masquerade or pirate costumes as well. Alternatively, you can select a kid-friendly mystery party from our catalogue of kids’ mystery games, and set them up to play a mystery themselves in another section of the house.

We all know what our kids can be like though… one minute your the mysterious Ravenna Berkley, sweeping through the Reading Room of the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice in your ball gown, investigating the murder, and then next moment your son is tugging on your dress with the urgent news that so-and-so took the car he was playing with. For this reason (and here we absolve you of all guilt), many hosts and decide to make their party child-free.

2. Provide your guests a list of babysitters, with phone numbers

If you want an evening just for the adults, you never want to say on the invitation “No Kids” – it just seems rude. Instead, include a note on the invitation that reads, “I hope you won’t have any trouble finding a sitter for the evening”, and include a few names and numbers of babysitters you regularly use and trust. If you have teens who have achieved all the qualifications and have friends that have done the same, a wonderful thing to do is mention, “My daughter Kayla is a very responsible babysitter and has her license, as do a number of her friends. If you don’t have a regular babysitter, please let me know”. From there, give your babysitter the opportunity to arrange the sitters a la The Babysitter Club (remember that series of books?)

3. Get them involved in the mystery

When there will only be one or two kids, many hosts want to have them participate but worry about limited attention spans and that famous childhood boredom setting in. There are always things kids can do in a mystery party scenario to get them involved without having them take on a character themselves, and without worry that they will lose interest after a few minutes. Many adult “murder” mysteries are written “Clean” (no sex or drug references, and all of our mystery kits contain no foul language). For more tips on how to get kids involved in your mystery without assigning them a character, follow the link below.

Junior Sleuths – Involving Kids in your Murder Mystery Party

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PLAY! Murder at the Bourbon Club 1950′s 18 Suspect Mystery Party Game

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:48:39 +0000

READ THE MYSTERY PLOT DESCRIPTION

WATCH THE MYSTERY PARTY VIDEO TRAILER

VIEW ALL THE SUSPECTS

WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE MYSTERY PARTY

COSTUME IDEAS

MYSTERY PLOT DESCRIPTION

About the mystery party:

The year is 1950 and it’s a night like any other at Bourbon Jazz Club, the hottest of hot spots for the local glitterati, the biggest celebrities and those who want to join them. The guest list is exclusive and the patrons happy. In short, it’s the place to be, and is renowned the world over as one of the world’s premier lounge clubs. People are dying to get in – one man quite literally!

Mitzi, the club’s headliner, takes the stage and has just begun her first song when a scream rings out. A man has been found murdered! The doors are quickly locked and everyone is contained, and will remain within the doors of the club until the murderer is discovered!

WATCH THE TRAILER

Click here to view the embedded video.

VIEW THE SUSPECTS

WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE MYSTERY PARTY

Never attended a mystery party before? Click here to learn what you can expect!

GET COSTUME IDEAS

Want some costume ideas for your 1950s Vintage Hollywood themed party? Step right this way for a look at the era, pictures and descriptions of what was hot with the trendsetters of the era!

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