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Murder Mystery Party Kit Details
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Description
A successful mission takes a fatal twist...
Backstory
Your guests will be playing the roles of members of a British intelligence agency, which is celebrating the success of its 5-year mission to take down the head of an international spy ring.
Murder!
Longtime mission commander Sir Charles Oweing proudly makes a toast to the group, but his words are cut short as he grabs his chest in pain, falls to the ground, and dies in front of the shocked audience. The team scrambles to make sense of the situation, immediately pointing fingers at one another, until a clue reveals that things are worse than they realized...
Solving the Mystery:
A mysterious package sent just before his death contains a note suggesting that Sir Charles was killed as revenge for the capture today. Team members fear their is a double agent in their midst. Could it be misdirection? If not, then who is the traitor among them?
Characters
Secret Agent: Dead is Forever is suitable for 8 guests (or 8 couples), including the host or hostess. The available guests include:
* = Optional character
- Jack Dunbar, “Agent Z”: Quiet and stealthy, Jack Dunbar is world renowned for his use of poison and impressive track record at the agency.
- Samira Radford, “Agent X”: Agent X has been with the agency longer than anyone on the team, except Sir Charles, and for supposedly never missing a shot.
- Ann Edwards, Mission commander: Charles’s personal protégé, Ann Edwards rose through the agency faster than any commander before her.
- Thom Watson, Secret gadget engineer: Stubborn and standoffish, Thom’s intellect and list of degrees proceeds him, and he is known to spend most of his time in his lab.
- Marjorie Banbridge, Code breaker: Marjorie is a master multi-tasker who works best under a time crunch and hopes to be able to take her code breaking skills into the field one day.
- Alexander Matthias, Foreign national turned informant: Alexander is outgoing, opinionated, and not the best with keeping secrets, which makes him perfect for his job.
- Peter Hawthorne, Personal assistant to the commander: Peter is known for his organizational system, oversized glasses, and ability to keep track of all of the agency gossip.
- Dr. Heather Anderson, Foreign liaison: The daughter of diplomats, Dr. Anderson is known for her calm demeanor and can talk her way out of any conflict with grace.
Extra Players
- *Investigator: If you have more than 8 players, additional players have the option of playing the role of "Investigators". In this role the players are not suspects and do not have character backgrounds but can question the suspects and try to solve the mystery along with the other players.
How to Play
Our line of 30 Minute Mysteries is specially designed for fast setup and easy play. All you need to do to get started is:
- Print out the party guide
- Gather together a group of players
- Hand out character sheets and name tags
- Follow along with the instructions
Best of all, the party facilitator can choose whether they join in the game and solve the mystery along with the other guests!
Playing the Game
30 Minute Mysteries are intended to be played around a table by eight people (or up to eight couples). Each of the players will be assigned a character and given a character sheet that explains who or what their character is, what information their character knows, and how their character should respond to events that occur during the game.
The game will progress in rounds. Round One will start with the party's host or hostess reading a script that explains the nature of the mystery that is afoot. After the introduction is read, each player at the table will share a piece of information from their character sheet, and all the other players will have an opportunity to respond to that piece of information.
Next Round Two begins with the facilitator sharing a clue that should shed further light on the mystery. After the clue is revealed, the players will once again go around the table, providing another piece of information and then responding.
After the second time around the table, the game will proceed to the Final Round. The Final Round begins with the facilitator sharing the last clue. The players then go around the table a final time, sharing their last piece of information and responding to each other.
By this point, the players should have learned enough information to be able to piece together a theory about who was responsible for the murder. Each player (or couple) will say the name of the person who they think is responsible. The facilitator will then read the final page of the mystery aloud, revealing the culprit. Any player or couple who correctly guessed the identity of the killer is declared a winner.
From start to finish, the entire game should generally only require half an hour to complete.
Note: As the host or hostess, there are certain times when you will be called upon to read aloud passages from this booklet. Passages that are meant to be read aloud will be clearly labeled and contained in a gray box.
What Do I Need in Order to Play?
Our 30-Minute Mysteries are specifically designed to not require very much in the way of supplies. All you really need is:
- a table to sit around (or a large playing area where the guests can sit in a circle)
- a group of players (the minimum is eight; if you have more than eight, multiple guests can work together to play the same character)
- a printed copy of this booklet
- a pair of scissors (to cut out nametag placards for each character)
- pencils or pens for each player
- Scratch paper (for players to take notes on)
- Folders (to help players conceal their character sheets)
What's Included
Secret Agent: Dead is Forever is a 35-page downloadable PDF file that you print at home. It includes the following features:
- An introduction that explains the basic principles of running a 30-Minute Mystery
- A detailed party guidebook that will walk you through the event in a simple, easy-to-understand format
- Nametags and character sheets for each player - the character sheets include special goals and information unique to each character
- Step-by-step printing instructions
- And much more!
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John
320 11 2021
17 11 202106:05 PM
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Fun night for all
Lots of fun! Lots of laughter. Took a round for the boys to get the hang of it. They got into the acting and accents. So much fun in fact we are doing another one this week.
- Dressed up. Place cards with character names. Picked characters ahead of time.
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John
320 11 2021
17 11 202105:13 PM
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Jmunson
338 12 2021
05 12 202111:22 AM
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Birthday Party
The whole experience was hilarious. We mixed up all the directions at first- yet that made it all the funnier as we read lines that were way out of context. When we finally got it together, the result was still funny as people went off script, spoke in strange accents and generally just had a great time. Loved it
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AMorg
304 11 2021
01 11 202105:33 PM
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Play it with British Accents!!
The game was fun! We did ours as if it was "MI-6" headquarters and to make it more interesting, we had everyone talk in a British accent the whole night. We loved it. Dressed up our house and found awesome fake screens on YouTube, etc. Definitely recommend doing all of the decor and setting the space. This is what made the game. Without that, the script is rather short and I'm not sure it's possible, based on the dialogue, to actually figure out who the murder is. There weren't very specific clues. And the dialogue order isn't the clearest. But even still, it was good fun.
To the game writers, I have a suggestion: include a list of the pieces hosts can make actual props for in the "Green Sheets". I tried to quickly skim the Plot sheets because I wanted to be able to play the game as well, but I missed a couple of the best ones since I didn't want to read it too closely and spoil it for myself.
To the game writers, I have a suggestion: include a list of the pieces hosts can make actual props for in the "Green Sheets". I tried to quickly skim the Plot sheets because I wanted to be able to play the game as well, but I missed a couple of the best ones since I didn't want to read it too closely and spoil it for myself.
- In keeping with the MI-6 theme, we made a traditional British meal: Shepherds Pie along with "adult" English Tea and Biscuits.
- We fully decorated the room! Given we did this right after Christmas, we got wrapping paper to dress up the walls to match the theme. Used every computer and screen with different "spy" screens we found on YouTube and made a few props based on the events in the game. It was great and everyone had a blast.
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Emily
344 12 2020
10 12 202004:12 PM
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Fun game!
Got together outside with family on our outdoor patio to play this game while social distancing. It was fun! Everyone really enjoyed the mystery and really got into character.
- This was a last-minute idea so we didn't really do anything for a theme.
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