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Poe's Raven Party: Gothic Murder Mystery Party Game
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$50.95
A darkly entertaining Gothic murder mystery party game for 10–18 players, ages 16 and up, with entirely flexible-gender casting.
The main game includes 18 unique suspect roles. Two expansion packs, sold separately, add 6 and 18 unique suspects, expanding the complete game to 42 unique suspects. Expansion Pack #1 also includes six optional expandable teams, allowing the complete game to accommodate up to 222 players.
This macabre mansion mystery is packed with eccentric Wraith’s Cove residents, literary intrigue, Gothic gloom, criminal connections, suspicious histories, buried grudges, hidden motives, fiendish secrets, two victims, haunting twists, and murder during an unusual raven-themed dinner party.
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Main-game players can get started before the party with costume suggestions, character information, details about Wraith’s Cove, and the events leading to Eddie Poe’s mysterious raven party.
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Expansion Pack #1: Adds 6 Characters and Six Expandable Teams
Sold separately. Adds 6 optional unique suspect roles, expands the game from 18 to 24 unique suspects, and allows each expansion character to lead a team of duplicate non-suspect roles. -
Expansion Pack #2: Adds 18 Unique Suspect Characters
Sold separately. Designed to be added after Expansion Pack #1. Adds 18 optional unique suspect roles and expands the complete game to 42 unique suspects.
Gothic Murder Mystery Party Game Synopsis:
You have received an invitation to an unusual raven party at Poe Mansion in the gloomy, crime-ridden city of Wraith’s Cove. The town gossips are chattering about the disreputable people on Eddie Poe’s guest list. What could Eddie be thinking? Could it be that Eddie has finally gone mad? It appears that at least the Poe Mansion’s in dire need of assistance. Ever since Eddie’s housekeeper quit, the estate is in shambles.
Nevertheless, you are intrigued by the thought of a Gothic dinner party held in honor of a fiendish bird – even if the group of ruffians may cause chaos. Your invitation has arrived. The ravens are gathering, the mansion doors are soon to squeal their way open, and this is where your story begins.
Host a Large-Group Gothic Murder Mystery Party:
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Main Game: 18 unique suspect characters
- Designed for 10–18 suspect players.
- All character roles are flexible gender.
- Recommended for players ages 16 and up.
- Features Gothic mystery, horror, and macabre themes.
- Includes two victims and an unexpected final investigation.
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Expansion Pack #1: 6 additional suspect characters
- Sold separately.
- Includes 6 optional unique suspect roles.
- Expands the game to 24 unique suspects.
- Each character may serve as the leader of an expandable team.
- Expansion Pack #1 should be added before Expansion Pack #2.
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Expansion Pack #1 Expandable Teams:
- Hollis Heep’s undertakers.
- Dom Sorel’s Comic Emporium staff.
- Linden Zhivago’s troubled offspring.
- Kennedy March’s newspaper crew.
- Jackie Pan’s advertising staff.
- Izzy Diamond’s mobsters.
- Each team may include up to 30 additional duplicate, non-suspect roles.
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Expansion Pack #2: 18 additional suspect characters
- Sold separately.
- Includes 18 optional unique suspect roles.
- Expands the complete game to 42 unique suspects.
- Designed to be added after Expansion Pack #1.
- The expansion pack is not a complete standalone mystery.
Expansion Pack #2 is designed to follow Expansion Pack #1. Its invitations and pre-game website include the Expansion Pack #1 characters, so hosts should assign only the roles included with the materials they have purchased.
Browse Gothic mansion décor, Edgar Allan Poe-inspired costumes, raven decorations, Victorian table settings, dark dinner-party food, antique writing props, macabre desserts, and more on the Pinterest board!
