Kid\'s pirate mystery party game
A promotional graphic for a 'Mystery on Bluebeards Pirate Ship' party game, featuring a white review card with a five-star rating and customer testimonial from Judge.me, set against a blue pirate ship illustration with yellow 'Pirate Ship' text.
Kid\'s pirate mystery party game
A promotional graphic for a 'Mystery on Bluebeards Pirate Ship' party game, featuring a white review card with a five-star rating and customer testimonial from Judge.me, set against a blue pirate ship illustration with yellow 'Pirate Ship' text.
My Mystery Party

Mystery on Bluebeard's Pirate Ship: Kids' Mystery Party Game

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$40.95
Product details
  • Type Download
  • SKU PIRATKID
  • Age Range 7 to 10
  • Minimum # of Players 7 Suspects
  • Max Players (Main Game) 10 Suspects
  • Difficulty Rating Easy Breezy, 2/10
  • Roles Co-Ed or All-Male
  • Interactive Extras Riddle Chain Scavenger Hunt, Announcements, Certificate, and Graphics for Finale Hunt
  • Game Duration 2 to 4 Hours Average (Flexible)
  • Setting Aboard Captain Bootstrap Bluebeard’s mysterious pirate ship in the year 1623, where a crew of young pirates embarks on a swashbuckling scavenger hunt to solve the mystery.
  • Game Format Competition | Mysteries, Jokes, Scavenger Hunts | 4 Rounds
  • Vibe & Content Notes Feisty Pirate Mayhem * Clean Mystery for Kids
  • Publication Date 2018. Last Revised: 2018
Description Included Reviews

A swashbuckling pirate-themed non-murder mystery party game for kids. This adventurous high-seas challenge is packed with colorful buccaneers, mysterious riddles, hidden clues, seven pirate mysteries, scavenger hunts, legendary treasure, and a competition to inherit Captain Bootstrap Bluebeard’s magnificent ship.

Kids’ Pirate Mystery Party Game Synopsis:

Late one foggy night on the open sea, the helmsman of the ominous pirate ship known as The Black Cloud accidentally steered the vessel into a massive rock. Jolly Flintlocker, the ship’s talented carpenter, examined the damage and estimated that repairing the ship would take at least eight long months.

Soon after the disaster, Cap’n Swashbuckler received exciting news about Captain Bootstrap Bluebeard of the S.S. Treasure Hunter. Bluebeard had grown tired of life on the open sea and planned to abandon his pirate ways to live among the dreaded landlubbers. Before retiring, the legendary captain announced a challenge for the most experienced pirate crews sailing the seas.

Captain Bluebeard has created seven pirate mysteries aboard his vessel. The first crew clever enough to solve them all will earn ownership of the S.S. Treasure Hunter and the legendary treasures hidden within. The crew of The Black Cloud must investigate the clues, complete scavenger hunts, solve Bluebeard’s riddles, and prove they are worthy of claiming the ultimate pirate prize. This is where your story begins.

Pirate Mystery Character Options:
  • Main Game: 10 unique pirate characters
    • Includes 7 required and 3 optional roles.
    • All character roles may be played by any gender.
    • There are no separately sold expansion packs.

All 10 available roles are unique characters. This game does not use shared characters, duplicate roles, or expandable teams.

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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.

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Anonymous
Adapted for Library Program

I adapted the library program for a group of 26 tweens (kids aged 9-12). They needed some extra support, such as sharing the clues after each round, but I'm happy to say many were able to solve the puzzles! I also had teen volunteers act out the pirate parts, and they loved it. All around it was a great program and we all had a good time.

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Rick Washburn, Nevada
Great game for a bunch of 8 year old boys!

They had a blast.
I created my own invitations by scrolling a piece of parchment in a bottle with some sand. I closed it with a cork and tied some jute around the neck. The boys loved it!

We played all side activities and it took about 3 hours, stopping for pirate pizza.

All in all - we'd do it over and the boys are asking for the next. Instructions easy to follow - you'll have to cut out some stuff and prepare a scavenger hunt, but it was pretty easy.