Murder Mystery Party | Bloodwood Masquerade Ball

I've been participating and running Murder Mystery parties for about 15 years now and have had mixed experiences over the years with pre-packaged MMs. I was getting so frustrated with some that I wrote the last couple myself. I rate this one as "very good". The stories were excellent, there were no aukward love/lust relationships (which are a very common motive in these type games). We played with the full compliment of 18 players and it suffered from what many MMs do - that you only experience a third of the storylines. Because of that, without going to every single other character, interviewing them and doing detailed deduction, I had no hope of uncovering the murderer. But I knew that going in and just enjoyed "the ride". I thought the pre-game activies were excellent. The theme, where every character had a color, was really fun and made it easy to remember who was who (which is often a problem). I loved that we were encouraged to reveal our deep, dark secrets in act 2 rather than try to hide them. And I loved the final round, where we all had information to read and where we detailed our motives. I will likely be purchasing from this site again.

None of my friends had ever done a party like this before so I was nervous that it would be hard but the instructions were easy to follow and everything went smoothly! The set up is super easy and fun was had by all! We are already planning to buy another game from this site for our next one!

We played this for our teen formal and the kids all really got involved and had fun acting out there parts even those that are on the shy side. We will look to do another one in the future.

As first time murder mystery players. My group had a ball. We all mingled and played our parts.

We played this game as our winter party for my work team. We had a blast acting the part and solving the murder together. Very well put-together and the perfect difficulty for our team. The only thing that was slightly difficult was procuring the correct color masks for us all to use. It might be fun to have a mask-decorating party before this game so people don't have to worry about getting their own. The dollar store does have a pretty good supply, though!

This event was such a hit with my friends they have asked that I throw one every year. I invited old friends, new friends, co-workers, and friends of friends. Everyone got into their characters and had a ball acting out each part of the party. We played the pregame and it just helped get everyone excited for the events that followed. As the host of the party, the best part was how I was able to be involved in the game without knowing who did what. Thank you My Mystery Parties for making my Halloween celebration a real treat for everyone involved!

Guests had so much fun and said the pregame was great and built up the excitement!

This was the first time myself or my friends attempted to do a murder mystery dinner, but I had been anxious to host one since I was a young child. And this game pack gave us the opportunity to do so- while allowing me to be creative and in charge. Everyone had such a great time and walked away from the experience eager to try again, or to host their own. Keep up the great work!

I bought this at the last minute the evening before heading off to a family reunion. It was fabulous that I could buy a well conceived murder mystery story and have the instant gratification of downloading it immediately to prepare for the party. If I had had to wait for a snail mail delivery, my family and I wouldn't have had such a blast playing this game! At first I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of pages I had to print out... but truthfully the instructions for preparing the game were explained so well that I was able to put it together in record time. And if I had purchased the game sooner, there were so many suggestions that I might have acted on to make the experience even more immersive. All in all my entire family would rate this game with all of our thumbs up, amid much laughter and joy. Thank you!