Murder on the Boardwalk: 1920s Mystery Party Game

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Regular price $43.95
Product details
  • Type Download
  • SKU BOARDWALK
  • Age Range 16 to Adult
  • Minimum # of Players 8 Suspects
  • Max Players (Main Game) 12 Suspects
  • Max # Available (Sold Separately) 36 Suspects
  • Difficulty Rating Moderate, 5/10
  • Roles Co-Ed (See Host Character List)
  • Game Duration 2 - 4 Hours Average (Flexible)
  • Setting On the 1920s Boardwalk at the Karlton-Ritz Hotel during the height of Prohibition, where gangsters, flappers, and socialites gather for a glamorous evening.
  • Game Format Murder | Guided Clue Mingling | 4 Rounds
  • Vibe & Content Notes Mobsters *Bootlegging/Speakeasy mentions * Clean High-Stakes Diplomacy
  • Publication Date 2010. Last Revised: 2024

A glamorous 1920s murder mystery party game set at the luxurious Karlton Ritz Hotel on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. This Roaring Twenties mystery is packed with powerful mobsters, ruthless gun molls, bootlegging operations, secret alliances, blackmail, criminal rivalries, political maneuvering, fragile truces, and danger during a historic gathering of the nation’s most influential crime families.

Free 2-Hour 1920s Murder Mystery Party Soundtrack

Murder Mystery Party Game Synopsis:

It is 1927, and organized crime is thriving in major cities across the United States. Rum-running, loan sharking, protection rackets, illegal gaming halls, and hidden speakeasies have become extraordinarily profitable enterprises for the country’s most powerful mob organizations. In an attempt to unite the criminal underworld, crime bosses from Atlantic City, New York City, and Chicago have agreed to establish a governing organization known as The Commission.

The proposed organization will oversee the nation’s major crime factions and determine how territories, business operations, and disputes will be handled. Unfortunately, the mobsters cannot agree on how The Commission should operate, whether it should exist, or who should become the boss of all bosses. The conflict has created hostility among the rival families, but the mob leaders have promised to honor an unbreakable truce during the Atlantic City Conference.

Nuggy Jones, the powerful leader of the Atlantic City Mob, will host the gathering at the luxurious Karlton Ritz Hotel on the Boardwalk. The country’s most influential gangsters, gun molls, politicians, business owners, and associates will soon arrive in Atlantic City. You have received an invitation to the conference—and this is where your story begins.

Expand the Murder Mystery Party Game:
  • Main Game: 12 unique suspect characters
  • Expansion Pack #1: 12 additional unique suspect characters
    • Sold separately.
    • Purchase this pack before Expansion Pack #2.
  • Expansion Pack #2: 12 additional unique suspect characters
    • Sold separately.
    • Designed to be added after Expansion Pack #1.

All 36 available roles are unique suspect characters. This game does not include duplicate expandable team roles.

Host Character List, Game Preview & Free Resources

This game is licensed for personal, private use only. If you plan to use it for any commercial purpose, public event, business, organization, school, fundraiser, church, promotional activity, paid event, or any use that generates revenue or provides a commercial benefit, you must purchase a Commercial License.

Purchase Commercial License
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Martine Eilertsen
Good

Its a good game! I will play other games her!

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Jacquelyn
Loved this!!

One of our favorite evenings!! Loved the mini games/pre games. We did this a little different at the end of the night we decided to do one of the pre games, making a silent film! But instead of each making our own we made one at the end of the night!! We all pitched in and it was a huge success!! We also competed in teams to make the tommy guns, each having different objects to make it. Then had it judged. I normally don't do these extra games but it really added to the night and I got a lot of positive feedback!

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Amber Huls
Love these mysteries!

This is the 3rd party I’ve thrown with these games and they’ve all been wonderfully written. This one was fun in that it kept the relationships between the historical figures referenced intact. It made researching backgrounds for character play really straight forward.

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Bonita Kingham
1920s murder mystery

This is my 2nd mystery purchase we actually dress up & act them out. We have a blast

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Barbara Sutton
Murder on Boardwalk

I was quite impressed with all the information from cast to recipes for a menu. Well done
and we are having ours on the 22nd September. We can't wait.

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Jen W.
Colorful Characters, tricky mystery, great opportunity for hamming it up

While we have hosted dozens of mysteries over the years, this is the first time we played one with just our family. We had lots of fun one evening during our Jersey Shore vacation - so the theme fit right in! Even without costumes, the characters had distinct personalities, so we could tell them apart. This one played a little more quickly than some others, but during our accusation phase, it became evident that we should have paid closer attention - so only two discovered the murderer. Plenty of characters with motive and means. Everyone enjoyed the randomization components during the reveal. Keep those in! I would rate this as a “clean” mystery - which we appreciate - thank you!

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Branden
Loved it! Used it for a baby announcement!

We recently hosted our first murder mystery. It was a last minute decision, but we were able to get 12 of our closest friends to the house to host the party. The whole purpose was to have a great evening getting into our roles and enjoy each others company. What everyone in the game didn't realize is we were about to announce we were having a baby. We used the awards time to make the announcement! It was amazing!
The on-line kit was easy to understand and provide all information necessary as the host and for the individual players. This will not be our last, and we have friends that have already purchased a different game for another weekend party.

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Anonymous
1920’s mystery on the Boardwalk

Hosted a murder mystery party for a group of 16 year olds and all had a blast!! Would definitely host another as it was very easy to follow the given directions for a hilarious and eventful night!

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Katherine Smith
So Much Fun

We did this just as a little get together! It was a great kit for for some of my guests who had never done one before, and still fun for those of us who had done a few! It was our first time using this company and I'm sure we will use more in the future. I really liked the recipe ideas and games that came along with the main mystery! And it was a pretty difficult mystery, most of our guests didn't know who the murderer was! I also liked that you didn't know if you were the killer until the end of the game. I feel like with other games when you know you work really hard to try to hide that you are, but i didn't have to worry about that. I highly recommend this game!

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Anonymous
Super fun, very well organized !

I completely recommend this product. I did a ton of research and this one fit our needs well. As host, I wanted to participate too, and I was able to put the game together without spoiling the surprise for myself. (I ended up being the murderer, which was pretty hilarious -
was very surprised.) It took some organizing ahead of time but the instructions were very clear. We played with a large (20 people) and diverse group of friends and they really got into it. When the final solutions were read, there were lots of gasps and pointed fingers. Super fun!

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LaTanya McDaniel
So Far So Good

I'm loving this game so far, haven't played it yet, but I can't wait to play. I have not peeked to see who does what.

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Wendy J.
Boardwalk was fun!

Easy to host, customer service was impeccable, and a just enough difficult mystery to solve. Only 2 people got it right, but I loved that.

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C Townsend
WE had so much fun!

Murder Mystery weekends have become a part of my Girl Scout Troop's camping weekends. The teens loved this game and had fun dressing and playing out their parts...can't wait to do our next one.

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Anonymous
Great time!!

This was my first time doing it and it won't be my last! Everyone had a great time!!

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Olivia Campman
Our group had a great time

This party was so well organized and meticulous to the last detail. I loved the guest site - it really added a bunch of excitement before the party.
I'm so happy with the game and this company, who responded within the hour when I emailed them.
Next time, I will get the party ready pack, however, as I've heard from friends it's the way to go if you have the budget for it.
Bravo, guys, can't wait to host another one

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Dyann
An absolute blast

We had so much fun with this party and were amazed by the amount of detail the authors included in the clues/instructions.