Murder in Maui: Luau Murder Mystery Party Game

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Regular price $41.95
Product details
  • Type Download
  • SKU MAUILUAU
  • Age Range 14 to Adult
  • Minimum # of Players 6 Suspects
  • Max Players (Main Game) 10 Suspects and 1 Optional Team
  • Max # Available (Sold Separately) 212: 32 Suspects, Up to 180 Team Roles (6 Teams, Expansion Packs Sold Separately)
  • Difficulty Rating Moderate, 5/10
  • Roles Co-Ed (See Host Character List)
  • Game Duration 2 - 4 Hours Average (Flexible)
  • Setting At the Oceanside Palace Hotel of Maui, where guests gather for a legendary sunset luau on the resort’s tropical Sunset Beach.
  • Game Format Murder | Guided Clue Mingling | 4 Rounds
  • Vibe & Content Notes Tropical Tensions* Fun Characters with Bizarro Beefs* Lighthearted Drama * Clean Luau Fun
  • Publication Date 2009. Last Revised: 2026

A tropical Hawaiian luau murder mystery party game. This lighthearted island mystery is packed with glamorous tourists, eccentric locals, celebrity disguises, resort scandals, simmering rivalries, hidden agendas, beachside drama, and danger at an unforgettable Maui luau.

Murder Mystery Party Game Synopsis:

Welcome to the Oceanside Palace Hotel of Maui, where the nightly luaus at Sunset Beach have become legendary celebrations filled with mystery, joy, and suspense. Upon arrival, guests will be welcomed with vibrant Hawaiian leis before enjoying delicious appetizers, entertaining party games, tropical refreshments, and lively conversations beneath the island sky. The guest list includes hotel employees, colorful Maui locals, wealthy travelers, Hollywood celebrities hiding behind questionable disguises, and tourists with more baggage than they checked at the airport.

On the surface, the evening promises warmth, laughter, music, and laid-back Polynesian hospitality. Beneath the festive atmosphere, however, secrets are bubbling, rivalries are intensifying, and several guests have arrived with hidden agendas. The luxurious Oceanside Palace Hotel has witnessed its share of scandals, blackmail, suspicious behavior, and dangerous encounters.

Tonight’s celebration may prove to be far more memorable than anyone anticipated. You have received an invitation to the Sunset Beach luau at the Oceanside Palace Hotel. Prepare for an evening filled with surprises, revelations, and perhaps an element of peril. This is where your story begins.

Host a Large Group Game:
  • Main Game: 10 unique suspect characters
    • 6 characters are required, and 4 are optional.
    • Includes an optional team of duplicate, non-suspect roles playing Sol Boatman’s friends.
  • Expansion Pack #1: 10 additional unique suspect characters
    • Sold separately.
    • Includes an optional team of Adolphi Sharx’s colleagues.
    • Includes an optional team of Stan Grable’s friends.
    • Must be purchased before Expansion Pack #2.
  • Expansion Pack #2: 4 additional unique suspect characters
    • Sold separately.
    • Designed to be added after Expansion Pack #1.
    • Two roles are best played together as a married couple.
    • Includes an optional team of Kai Kahua’s friends.
  • Expansion Pack #3: 8 additional unique suspect characters
    • Sold separately.
    • Four characters must be played together if that required group is added.
    • The other four characters are optional and may be added individually.
    • Includes two optional teams of duplicate, non-suspect roles.
  • Duplicate, Non-Suspect Team Roles:
    • The main game and three expansion packs include six expandable teams.
    • Each team may include up to 30 duplicate players in the largest game configuration.

All 32 suspect roles are unique characters. With all three expansion packs and all six expandable teams, the complete game can accommodate up to 212 players.

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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Julia
No Ka Oi!

We used this for my daughter’s 13th birthday party. Everyone really enjoyed it!

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Jaclyn Christensen
Everyone had a blast!!

This was our first MM game and it won’t be our last! Everyone had such a great time! Mahalo plenty!

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Anonymous
Fun Mystery Party

Used for a 12 year old girls slumber party, super cute!

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Jaime
Fun way to run a arty

Party went well.
Unless you have hosted a murder mystery party the directions are a bit overwhelming
Under supplies I would suggest adding the victim supplies. It is easy to miss in the general directions
Overall fairly simple to implement

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Helen Nel
Amazing!

Always good fun to play, especially with people who get excited about the game!

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Anonymous
So much fun!

This game was a lot of fun! I highly recommend - it would be nice if there were videos included though.

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Anonymous
Great for teens

Purchased this party for my daughter's 14th birthday party. I wasn't sure how it would go over but they loved it. They really got into their characters and played it up to get the most out of it. They were entertained and engaged for the evening but still with plenty of time between rounds to do what they wanted to do. The download and instructions were easy and there are lots of options to make your party as simple or as elaborate as you would like.

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Anonymous
Teachers gone wild

I hosted a party for some teacher friends to help us mentally prepare for the last week and a half of school. This was the first time we have gotten together socially and unmasked in over a year, and wow did we have fun! We totally got into our characters; Kristen Withers even had a costume change in the middle of the party! The luau theme made decorating and the food ideas easy. I was the server so it totally fit my character to serve food and make cocktails all evening. One guest noted that this was the first time in ten years that we had all been together and not talked shop for hours at a time! One guest is taking the coconut to school and it will find its way to teachers’ desks through the end of the year as a fun reminder of the party. Thank you MMP for a wonderful time!

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Hallie Stewart
Such fun!

The luau was a great success! Our guests had a ball as they worked to solve the mystery. Several twists and turns made it interesting! Everything was well organized.

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Kelly
Awesome!

We haven't even played yet and I can tell how awesome its going to be! My only suggestion is that it would be cool if the victim and murderer information came in a separate file, one that if I opened it I knew what I was viewing.

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Anonymous
Entertaining Storyline

Used this for office teambuilding because we are all remote now. The concept was well developed and entertaining.
It definitely took some reimagining to make it work in a remote setting. I prepared all the character instructions head of time to email during the game at appropriate intervals. That was effective.
Our team is quite and wasn't doing a lot of vocalizing. Once we opened a group chat all players participated at a brisk pace and afterward many reported that they had a good time. We've kept the chat log since it was so entertaining. Several other departments are looking at other parties and I recommended this website after our experience. Thanks!
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FROM MMP STAFF:
Thank you for sharing your experience and we're glad you had fun playing this on a virtual platform. Next time, we encourage you to try one of the virtually-formatted games, as they were developed specifically for virtual gameplay - so you'll have essentially no pre-party hassle.

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Erin Hubbard
Entertaining Storyline

Used this for office team-building because we are all remote now. The concept was well developed and entertaining.
It definitely took some re-imagining to make it work in a remote setting. I prepared all the character instructions head of time to email during the game at appropriate intervals. That was effective.
Our team is quite and wasn't doing a lot of vocalizing. Once we opened a group chat all players participated at a brisk pace and afterward many reported that they had a good time. We've kept the chat log since it was so entertaining. Several other departments are looking at other parties and I recommended this website after our experience. Thanks!
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FROM MMP STAFF:
We are glad you were able to convert this for a virtual gameplay. However, the game was not formatted for virtual use, so yes, we'd expect some hosts pre-prep to make it work. We would encourage you next time to use one of our virtual games, as they work the absolute best for a video chat, as they were created for that platform. Thank you so much for sharing your experience!

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Anonymous
SO FUN!

We had a great time this weekend with just a party of 6.
The mystery was not overly challenging so we were able to solve it. I do think with more people it would have been more difficult. Characters were well developed and fun!

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Anonymous
SO FUN!

We had a great time this weekend with just a party of 6.
The mystery was not overly challenging so we were able to solve it. I do think with more people it would have been more difficult. Characters were well developed and fun!

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Jennifer M.
Fun and Different

We wanted something fun to do for our adult twins' birthday during quarantine, and this was really memorable! We chose a mystery for a small group and everyone had a blast dressing up and getting into character. We can't wait to do another one for a larger group when quarantine is over!

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Jennifer M.
Fun and Different

We wanted something fun to do for our adult twins' birthday during quarantine, and this was really memorable! We chose a mystery for a small group and everyone had a blast dressing up and getting into character. We can't wait to do another one for a larger group when quarantine is over!

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Wendy Quinn
Loved it!

The game was a ton of fun to be had by all. Festive costumes made for great laughs, the mystery was a challenge to us, as we'd never done one before. Great job on this game - will play another.

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Cathy S
Great overall murder mystery

This was my 4th party I've tried and was easy to follow and easy for people who are beginners to succeed.

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Katie Cardon
A little script heavy

We had a great time. It was a little heavier and reliant on "reading your clues" like a script than just letting you interact "in character". We still had fun. Super easy.

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Anonymous
Amazing party!

We all had a blast! Easy instructions. Perfect entertainment for theme birthdays.

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Amy Jillian Eid
Really Amazing

We had the best time. This was so well done, as the host I could still participate. Full of surprises. Out of 6 guests, 3 were very shy/quiet so these cards that get distributed at each round were PERFECT because it told them exactly what they should mention.

We of course were nervous so rushed Round 1 (which the instructions told us not too) but it still worked great because each round gave you the perfect amount of clues.

I HIGHLY recommend this company because this was a great set up. The Luau was super fun and we will definitely be doing another party with a new pack from this company.

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Shannon
So well-written everyone could participate!

We've been to other murder mysteries where either you were given a detailed character bio but we're on your own to come up with questions or the entire thing was scripted. My Mystery Party is the perfect balance...with an absolutely perfect dose of laughter added. The quiet folks felt they could participate and have fun, never pushed to the sidelines, yet not made to feel uncomfortable. And the outgoing guests had a blast watching their characters evolve.

In the end, the storylines were hysterical and so well thought out. Our 26 guests had the best time, and they've all asked when the next party will be.

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Rebekah
Tons of fun!!

While on vacation at the beach last week I ordered the Maui murder mystery pack and extension pack for our family. The pack included everything we needed to have an awesome murder mystery dinner, plus lots of extras. Very well put together and easy to follow instructions. We had a party of 20 ranging from 10-64 and everyone enjoyed it. So much fun and very entertaining!! Can’t wait to do another one.

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Anonymous
A Killer Birthday Party

We did the Murder in Maui for my birthday party and had a great time! We're all 30-somethings and it was great to see the group dress their parts and really get into character. The cards/directions were easy to follow, especially since none of us had ever done a murder mystery before. At the end of the party we were all joking that we wanted to do one every weekend! Everyone had a GREAT time!

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Matt
A Very Fun Night

Loved this game! Makes for a great party and can accommodate a large number of players, especially with Sol's Friends. Highly recommend this to throw a fun themed dinner with friends. Will definitely be a returning customer. Thanks!

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Happy Hostess
Birthday Party Fun

We were looking for something different to do as we celebrated my husband's birthday. This luau murder mystety fit the bill! We had 11 people participate and they all had a great time! This was so well organized that it was easy for me to plan. As I read the info, I was fearful that it seemed a little involved but it worked out just great! Our oldest guest wad 96 and she could even participate with some help! Appetizers and dinner were good at breaking the rounds up. I would purchase another game from this company!

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Krystal
So much fun!

This murder mystery pack was wonderful! So much fun! All my guests had a blast. The characters kept you guessing. Would defiantly recommend :)

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Anonymous
Love this game!

Wow! We had such a fun time at this party!

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Chris B.
Awesome time!

My Mystery Party is absolutely awesome! We have been a loyal customer for nearly a decade.

This game was hysterical. Our group had such a ball.

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Cherie Hawaiian
A Murder at the Luau

What a fabulous night!
A lot of organising went into the clues, envelopes, name tags etc. On the night, it all worked out and it was all worth it.
We went above and beyond with props to heighten the impact of each of the characters. Some went above and beyond with their acting, it was hilarious.

This was a fun and easy theme for everyone to get into, I would recommend this game to others. Just allow enough time for all the stationery tasks.