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- Type Boxed Kit
- SKU DARKCLOUD25PRP-16
- Age Range 13 to Adult
- Minimum # of players 7 Suspects
- Max Players (Kit A) 16 Suspects (Kit A)
- Max # Offered 84: 24 Suspects, Up to 60 Team Roles (2 Teams, Various Kit Sizes)
- Difficulty Rating Moderate, 5/10
- Roles Flex-Gender
- Game Duration 2 - 4 Hours Average (Flexible)
- Setting At the crumbling Shade Hallow Manor in the misty town of Dark Cloud, where ghost stories, secrets, and the manor’s eerie past haunt every shadow.
- Interactive Extras 3 Blackmail Notes (Will be Inserted into the R2 Envelopes)
- Game Format Murder | Guided Clue Mingling | 4 Rounds
- Vibe & Content Notes Cheeky Hauntings * Clean Halloween* Chillingly Charming
- Publication Date 2012. Last Revised 2025
A chilling Halloween murder mystery filled with ghost stories, bitter rivalries, suspicious townsfolk, and deadly intentions inside a decaying seventeenth-century manor.
Kit Sizes & Pre-Game Website
Kit A: 7 to 16 Players (16 Suspect Roles)
Kit B: 7 to 24 Players (24 Suspect Roles)
Kit C: 7 to 32 Players (24 Suspect Roles and 8 Team Roles)
- Duplicate, non-suspect Team Roles: 4 Dark Cloud police officers and 4 CBC News crew members.
- Use the Kit B invitation and player pre-game website
Kit D: 7 to 40 Players (24 Suspect Roles and 16 Team Roles)
- Duplicate, non-suspect Team Roles: 8 Dark Cloud police officers and 8 CBC News crew members.
- Use the Kit B invitation and player pre-game website
Kit E: 7 to 56 Players (24 Suspect Roles and 32 Team Roles)
- Duplicate, non-suspect Team Roles: 16 Dark Cloud police officers and 16 CBC News crew members.
- Use the Kit B invitation and player pre-game website
Kit F: 7 to 72 Players (24 Suspect Roles and 48 Team Roles)
- Duplicate, non-suspect Team Roles: 24 Dark Cloud police officers and 24 CBC News crew members.
- Use the Kit B invitation and player pre-game website
Need a different or larger kit size? Contact us!
How the Kit Sizes Relate to the Downloadable Version
- 16 players: main game only
- 24 players: adds expansion pack #1
- 32 players: adds expansion pack #1 and 8 team roles
- 40 players: adds expansion pack #1 and 16 team roles
- 56 players: adds expansion pack #1 and 32 team roles
- 72 players: adds expansion pack #1 and 48 team roles
Halloween Murder Mystery Game Synopsis:
Shade Hallow Manor is a crumbling seventeenth-century mansion in the misty town of Dark Cloud. Once the magnificent home of celebrated author Shade Hallow, the abandoned estate is now overgrown, decaying, and surrounded by stories of its former owner’s restless ghost.
The estate managers are preparing the manor for a Halloween bash, hoping to transform it into a spooky bed-and-breakfast that will attract tourists. Most residents welcome the plan, but others insist the cursed property should remain untouched.
You have received an invitation to the celebration and must decide what to believe. The moon is full, fog blankets the grounds, and Shade Hallow Manor is opening its doors. This is where your story begins.
Your boxed kit arrives professionally printed and prepared for easy hosting. The exact quantity of materials varies depending on the selected kit size.
Included in the Boxed Kit:
- Host Instructions, including the standard host booklet and a game-specific information sheet
- Professionally Printed Game Materials
- Character Materials, including the Host Character List, Guest List, and Clue Cards
- Solution Materials
- Envelopes and Other Required Game Components
- Optional Extras, such as the free invitation
- Envelopes are not sealed, even in the spoiler-free kits, in case the host needs to view the cards. Sealing envelopes before gameplay is optional.
- Select games may also include video content, bonus clues, or other interactive extras. Any game-specific extras will be listed above under Interactive Extras.
Some light assembly may be required with the standard version. For a spoiler-free, party-ready game, select the appropriate kit option above.
For immediate access to a print-at-home version, use the instant download link on the product page instead of purchasing the boxed kit.
Standard vs. Spoiler-Free Assembly
Standard Version
The standard version requires light assembly before the party. The host must fold and insert the cards for Rounds 1, 2, and 3 into the corresponding labeled envelopes.
Spoilers are limited to the Round 2 and Round 3 card bundles. If the host wishes to avoid seeing them, a trusted person who is not playing may fold and insert those cards. The remaining kit will still arrive prepared without exposing the host to spoilers.
Spoiler-Free Version
With the Spoiler-Free (Party-Ready) Preparation Option, the Round 1, 2, and 3 clue & solution cards are professionally folded and inserted into their designated envelopes, allowing the host to prepare for and host the party without any fear of viewing the spoiler content.
Pre-game character materials are not inserted into envelopes. This allows the host to add the players' contact information on the task cards while they are still arranged in a convenient stack, rather than removing them from envelopes and reinserting them afterward.
Included Assembly in Both Versions
Certain materials are inserted into their designated envelopes in every boxed kit, when applicable. These may include:
- Blackmail notes and other special messages
- Victim signs
- Forensic reports
- Scavenger hunt materials
- Other game-specific surprise items
Keep each bundle of envelopes together according to its label, such as Round 1, Round 2, or Round 3. Some envelopes may already contain game-specific materials, even when the remaining cards still require insertion.
With the standard kit, if an item has already been placed inside a designated character’s envelope, tuck it inside that character’s folded clue card before returning the card to the envelope. This helps ensure the player sees the additional item when the round begins.
Envelopes Are Not Sealed
Envelopes are left unsealed in both versions. This allows the host to review or adjust the materials if necessary, such as when a guest cancels at the last minute, and the host needs to confirm that all vital characters remain assigned.
The host may seal the envelopes before gameplay, but sealing is optional.
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I made sure everyone committed, and then paid extra to everything printed and sealed. I’m glad I did, it was totally worth it!
We setup The night before, I made a booking police station photo op, that we used when people came in. Add some candles, webs, covered the furniture in white sheets, and made punch that I put into novelty blood bags, and added black lights.
Saturday, 6pm, Everyone got a name tag and took a pic. After everyone settled, we started round one, and people got into character. It was funny. We had drinks and apps.
We broke for dinner, at about 7:30. We pre ordered pizzas.
At 8pm we started round two, the motive and who was going to be the victim became pretty clear. That part was funny because we all looked at her and said you got any last words? And she flipped us off and went to become the victim. 8:20pm
The timeline (where everyone was during the murder) part was harder, that’s where I would take half a star, but we ended up doing that as a group. We each took turns reading off where we were, then the detective read the forensic report, and we wrote our guesses down. I collected the cards. Everyone shared who they thought the killer was.
Then round 3 cards went out and they read them in order. The last to read is the killer. Over by 9:30-10pm
Everyone wants to do it again!
Our guests enjoyed the evening. The mystery was great, my guests got into their roles and had a lot of fun. I would highly recommend this. We are doing Hatter's Ball this year.