My daughter and five of her 11-12 year old besties had a blast with this. It's great because it doesn't have age-inappropriate material (as long as you're okay with murder and blackmail and the dark web - haha - which was all fine - I'm pretty sure none of them really know what the dark web is anyway). I would caution that the character bios are pretty sophisticated and, even with high reading comprehension, there was some parent explanation necessary. I moderated/hosted the virtual party, keeping them on track and on time. (For example, one of the guests took it upon herself to look at Wikipedia to research a particular snake that was mentioned, and then wanted to read the whole article out loud to us! Oi!) As a host, the instructions, etc were very easy to follow. We ended the mystery at just over two hours total (with a 15 minute break in between). Only one of the 6 girls actually solved the mystery, but they all put a lot of thought into it -- so to me, that means it was just the right level of difficulty.

We played this game for a small five person NYE dinner. I hosted and gave out the information the night before however, we knew we were doing a murder mystery a week prior. Very easy to follow along however I highly recommend doing it two days prior if you can! We played with 5 people and had a lot of fun!

We loved this murder mystery game. We had 6 people with 4 of the 6 having two characters. That was a little confusing. I would recommend having one character per person. We played it on Zoom which worked out pretty well. Six people worked out well on Zoom and it took us approximately 90 minutes. We took a Zoom poll to see who everyone thought was the guilty party and that worked out well. I emailed everyone their character info which allowed them to prepare for the game. Some created creepy backgrounds, which was fun. Would highly recommend it. I would definitely get another murder mystery game. It is well organized and easy to follow.

We loved this murder mystery game. We had 6 people with 4 of the 6 having two characters. That was a little confusing. I would recommend having one character per person. We played it on Zoom which worked out pretty well. Six people worked out well on Zoom and it took us approximately 90 minutes. We took a Zoom poll to see who everyone thought was the guilty party and that worked out well. I emailed everyone their character info which allowed them to prepare for the game. Some created creepy backgrounds, which was fun. Would highly recommend it. I would definitely get another murder mystery game. It is well organized and easy to follow.

Had a blast doing this, just make sure you the rest of the crew really read into their backgrounds and story beforehand

Used this for my 13 yr old daughters birthday party. Everyone had a blast! Thank you!!! We will be coming back for sure!

My work team and I did this as a virtual celebration after a few planning meetings. Everyone got to order a costume, and we had an amazing time! It was pretty easy to facilitate, and most of us solved the crime~

This is the third mymysteryparty.com game that my former college classmates and I have played during COVID. We played Who Whacked the Mole and then Murder in 1985 and have plans to play the paranormal game for Halloween. We loved Dreary Hollow! There were lots of twists and we often had to stop speaking to finish laughing at the things we learned about the suspects! The characters were finely drawn, the plot interesting and the game play fun! We particularly liked the extra puzzles at the end! At this point, we're old pros at this, and we wear costumes, create Zoom backgrounds and have a signature cocktail specifically chosen to complement each game. In this case, the cocktail was "The Old Lady," which was quite potent! Since there are fewer of us than there are characters, we take on non-required characters as secondary characters, relating what we've "heard" from these other suspects, which makes the story richer. The best tip I have is to choose the characters randomly and act them out broadly! Half the fun is having a guest play completely against type! Also, at this point, we've learned to tailor the game to our wishes. One of us wanted to pin this game to a certain time frame and we chose the 70's even though some things then became anachronistic. Because of that, I changed my character, Frances Bones, from a straight-laced teacher, into a 70's hippy teacher, which added a reason she and the victim did not get along, and it was just more fun to costume and act out this character as slightly amended! This has been a wonderful way for far-flung friends to connect, and we've been so grateful for these games and the way they've brought us together! I've been recommending this to everyone I know! I wholeheartedly recommend this particular mystery to you as well. Looking forward to our Halloween game . . .

So much fun! We played with only 4, in person and it worked out well. Detailed instructions made it easy to be the host and still be an active player. We will be doing more mysteries in the future! Thank you!