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Top Mystery Party Game Picks for your Last Minute New Years Party!

A show of hands… how many people got caught up planning Christmas and let New Year’s Eve fall by the wayside? It’s okay, you can admit it. Around the holidays it’s easy to get focused on the tree, presents and egg nog and forget about December 31st. But then, after the garland has lost its shimmer, we face New Years Eve wishing we had planned something memorable.

Don’t fret, there’s still time to throw a fantastic party with one of our instant-download mystery party game kits! Here we run down our top 6 recommendations guaranteed to spice up your New Years’ Eve party and make it a night no one will ever forget!

#1: The Christmas Party Murder

A holiday theme, available in 7 different versions to suit your party, including a mini-mystery game that can be played in an hour.

Check out The Christmas Party Murder Mystery HERE!

#2: Kids’ Holiday Mystery Party Game: The Christmas Party Prankster

Why not keep the kids engaged downstairs solving a mystery while the adults solve a murder upstairs? The Christmas Party Prankster is an 8 suspect, unlimited player non-murder mystery party game for kids age 7 and up. Can be facilitated by an adult or an older child.

Learn more about The Christmas Party Prankster now!

#3: The Getty Affair Mini Murder Mystery Party Game

Rich dude. Giant house. Lotza money. It was only a matter of time before he got whacked. 10 suspects with unlimited players, The Getty Affair Mini Murder Mystery Game can be played in an hour! It’s like playing the boardgame Clue, only live!

#4: The Masquerade Murder

Who doesn’t want to get all dressed up in ball gowns and tuxes on New Years Eve? Intrigue and mystique abound in this Da Vinci Code-esque murder mystery party game as players unravel motives and check alibis while cracking codes that will lead to the discovery of the enigmatic Antikythera Code. This game comes in 3 different versions – 18 suspects (11 female & 6 male + 1 clue keeper)  and 17-20 suspects (10 female, 7 male with 3 optional characters) and an all-female 12 player version.

#4: Le Chat Noir

A non-murder mystery party game that involves a theft, not a murder. Six suspects, unlimited sleuths, designed to be played in an hour (or more, if you prefer!) and set in a smoky 1920′s Parisian cabaret!

Be transported back in time on New Years Eve – learn more about Le Chat Noir Cabaret Mystery Party!

#5: Teachers From Another Planet
This family-friendly non-murder mystery party game pits the kids against the adults as the students of Rush Summit Collegiate investigate which of their teachers are really aliens. They have to be quick about it though; with students and socks disappearing, it’s only a matter of time before they are all shipped off to Afina’s School for the Mentally Unhinged, like their friend Flo! Includes our exclusive “Choose Your Ending” format that allows you to determine the outcome of the game!

Investigate the Teachers From Another Planet family mystery party here!

#6: A Medieval Murder
This mini mystery is played in an hour and set at a medieval feast. 6 Suspects, unlimited players and a theme that will take you back intime as you ring in the New Year!

Be New Years’ royalty with a Medieval Murder Mystery Party Kit!

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