Murder at the Poe's Raven Party

My group of friends deeply enjoyed this game. It kept everyone guessing with an unexpected plot twist!

My Edgar Allen Poe, Agatha Christie, Knives Out loving 15yo son chose this mystery for his 15th birthday party with a co-ed group of kids, ages 12-17. The kids were friends from 3 different places, and one of them didn't know anyone else. My husband and I were nervous and hopeful that forcing them to socialize with a purpose would lead to a fun party, and it did. My son is already planning on having another murder mystery next year, and his younger brother wants to throw one for his birthday in the summer. During the final round, the kids were discussing and changing their responses in a very cooperative fashion, so 8/12 got it right. If you have a more competitive group, your number of correct answers will probably be lower. I don't have any complaints. The setup took maybe an hour or so for reading, printing, cutting, and prepping envelopes. We did minimal decorations (black tablecloths, some skulls, candles, cobwebs, and black gauze--all repurposed or bought on post-Halloween clearance), non-themed food, and clothing we had on hand. We played the Knives Out and Glass Onion soundtracks in the background, which the kids mentioned added to the mood. It was very affordable, easy to host, and so much fun. Highly recommend!

I wanted to do something different for my birthday this year and My Mystery Party most certainly delivered! My theme was death to my 20's and adding the murder mystery on to this was perfect! The pack you receive explains everything clearly, gave me the flexibility to design my information pack the way I wanted and the plot twist was very unexpected! I would purchase again, i might do one for xmas this year too because we had so much fun!!!

Was so much fun with both 1920s we had to try another mystery

We had a great murder mystery party!

We used this theme for my daughters 17th birthday party. We had 18 kids participate and everyone had so much fun. They dressed up and played their parts wonderfully. At the end of the night most were asking when we would be hosting the next one!

We had 25 people participate and get SO into this murder mystery at our Halloween party this weekend. Everyone had a blast & got so much energy from playing. We didn’t have folks dress for their characters, they were assigned as they walked in, but it still worked wonderfully. A strong emcee helped guide the mystery and another helped plant the costume cards stealthily. Getting rave reviews still from people!

We ordered this game for my husband's 40th birthday party. It was so much freakin fun. We invited 17 guests and it turned out perfect. The timeline provided in the game was the perfect amount of time to play out the event. I wanted to be part of the game so I didn't read everything for the third round so assigning the 2nd victim was a little confusing but still turned out great! We served cornished hens "ravens" for our meal so it was a great addition to the party. Although if you're pressed for time cook something quick that can be easily dished up and served. Make sure to leave time between the 2nd and 3rd rounds to let your guests guess whodunit before passing out the Round 3 cards. You are assured to have a blast!

Had 14 people for a party and this kit made it easy and smooth. Everyone had a great time and we will be talking about this for a while. Can’t wait to try another game.

It was the first time I was hosting a murder mystery party and because I knew a lot of the guests were really into this kind of topics I choose to go for a more difficult level. We used all 18 players and it took us around 3.5 hrs for the 3 rounds (we didnt use any of the bonus activities). I had no idea about the killer nor the victims so it was fun to play along, although it was also a bit hard being the hostess since you are also trying to get everyone drinks and food in the meantime...nevertheless, possible. I didnt want to ruin any of the surprises so I asked a non-attending friend to look into the solution key to write down the second victims name and I would just look at it when it was time....she didnt look properly and gave me the name of the killer....which was very funny because it threw everyone off ...however, it didnt affect the end result as everyone had guessed differently...it was a lot of fun!

We used the Raven Party as part of our dinner networking event for our management development program. Everyone absolutely loved it and got into and stayed in character the whole time. It was an excellent way for people to further their connections at work and have fun at the same time.