Custom and Personalized Mystery Games – What's it all about?
I had planned to blog today about custom mysteries, what they mean and the process it takes to create a custom mystery. Before I did though, I thought I would pop by some of my competitor’s websites to see what take they use when creating a custom mystery, and see where our differences lay. What I found absolutely shocked and astounded me.
From the sites I browsed, I only found one other murder mystery games company that writes custom mystery games – and their website said they charged (BRACE YOURSELF) $600-$6000 per game! WHAT?! I almost hit the floor. No wonder people are so surprised when they find out we write custom games regularly, and that they are actually quite affordable.
My research also unveiled that no other games company offers personalized games – not one other site. I was delighted, of course – I love that Shot In The Dark Mysteries is very unique and customer satisfaction-oriented, but I was still a little shocked.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not bragging (although I do believe we are the best and most unique option for murder mystery and family-friendly games on the ‘net). I bring this up because it made it even more important for me to write about custom and personalized mystery games. Since they’re not a mainstream thing amongst many party game companies, it may not even occur to hosts and hostesses that a custom or personalized mystery may even be an option!
So, first let’s answer the obvious questions. What’s a custom mystery, what’s a personalized mystery and WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
CUSTOM MYSTERY: A custom mystery is written from scratch, completely personalized for your party, situation, venue and, if applicable, your guest of honour. We write the game around your inside jokes and the information you provide us about the event.
PERSONALIZED MYSTERY: A personalized mystery works like this: you pick an existing game off the website. We tweak it to suit your party, and include some fun inside jokes and or/ jabs at people on your guest list as well.
WHAT DO CUSTOM AND PERSONALIZED MYSTERIES COST?
CUSTOM MYSTERY: $486 US for 8-12 suspects (each additional suspect costs an extra $25).
PERSONALIZED MYSTERY:$231.99 for any game on the website (adding additional characters is $25 per character).
That’s it! Easy, no hidden fees and no wondering how much you’ll have to pay.
HOW DOES A CUSTOM MYSTERY WORK?
Creating a custom mystery for your party is a super-fun process (yeah, I used the word super-fun, but you would too if you knew how much fun it is), not just for us but for those hosting the party as well. We begin with a brief questionaire that gives us some more information about your event and those you would like to have as your suspects. Based on your answers, we will come back and ask you further questions, some of which may seem a little odd, but all is always revealed when the game is played. We will also help you decide upon a theme if you don’t already have one and are very open to phone consultations. We want you to be comfortable with the custom mystery process, and know that we are creating THE game that will knock everyone’s socks off. Every custom game process is different, but that is an overview of how it works. We work very closely with you to make sure it’s perfect, and when you receive your game kit, all you have to do is read the instructions and play. It will be the easiest part of your party!
HOW DOES A PERSONALIZED MYSTERY GAME WORK?
The game personalization process is very similar to that of a custom game, with one very big exception: first you choose either a murder mystery game or a family-friendly mystery game, and instead of clicking the “buy now” option, you instead choose “personalize this game”. With payment you receive a questionaire immediately, which you then fill out and send back to us. There the process begins just as with a custom mystery! How easy is that?
So hopefully that clears things up for you a bit – let us create a game for your next event that will be impossible to beat – something that people will rave about for years to come. It will be one of the best decisions you ever make.
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