Dark Cloud: Halloween Murder Mystery Party Game

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Regular price $48.95
Product details
  • Type Download
  • SKU DARKCLOUD25
  • Age Range 13 to Adult
  • Minimum # of Players 7 Suspects
  • Max Players (Main Game) 16 Suspects
  • Max # Available (Sold Separately) 84: 24 Suspects, Up to 60 Team Roles (2 Teams)
  • Difficulty Rating Moderate, 5/10
  • Roles Flex-Gender
  • Interactive Extras 3 Blackmail Notes
  • 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.
  • Game Format Murder | Guided Clue Mingling | 4 Rounds
  • Vibe & Content Notes Cheeky Hauntings * Clean Halloween* Chillingly Charming
  • Publication Date 2012. Last Revised 2025

A chillingly charming Halloween murder mystery party game set inside a crumbling 1600s mansion in the fog-covered town of Dark Cloud. This clean Gothic mystery is filled with ghost stories, suspicious townspeople, eerie legends, blackmail, hidden motives, simmering disputes, questionable intentions, and murder at the grand reopening of Shade Hallow Manor.

Murder Mystery Party Game Synopsis:

Shade Hallow Manor is a crumbling old mansion in the misty town of Dark Cloud. Built in 1670 by a legendary writer named Shade Hallow, the manor once stood tall and proud—but now it is worn down, overgrown, and surrounded by ghost stories. In his day, Mr. Hallow was treated like a king. Everyone adored his spooky books and strange imagination.

The manor still holds pieces of its former beauty—arched windows, carved doors, and towering chimneys—but time and weather have taken their toll. The gardens are wild with weeds where roses and twisted topiaries once bloomed. The last of the Hallow family passed away over 300 years ago, and the townspeople took over the estate. However, they never dared to repair it—not with rumors that Shade Hallow’s ghost still wanders the hallways.

The estate managers have hired crews to clear away the dust and cobwebs for the first time in centuries. They are hosting a Halloween bash at the manor, hoping to transform it into a spooky bed and breakfast that will bring tourists—and money—to Dark Cloud. Most residents are excited, but not everyone agrees. Some insist the manor is cursed and should be left alone.

You live in Dark Cloud, and you are not quite sure what to believe. Nevertheless, you have received an invitation to the party at Shade Hallow Manor. The moon is full, the air is thick with fog, and this is where your story begins.

Host a Large Group Game:
  • Main Game: 16 unique suspect characters
    • Includes 2 optional expandable teams.
    • The Dark Cloud Police team is led by Officer Nelson.
    • The CBC News Crew is led by Pat Couric.
    • Each team may include up to 30 duplicate, non-suspect players.
  • Expansion Pack #1: 8 additional unique suspect characters
    • Sold separately.

All 24 suspect roles are unique characters. With both expandable teams, the complete game can accommodate up to 84 players: 24 suspects and 60 duplicate, non-suspect team members.

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.

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