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- Type Download
- SKU TOADWART
- Age Range 14 to Adult
- Minimum # of players 6 Suspects
- Max Players (Main Game) 10 Suspects
- Max players available 20 Suspects (Expansion Pack Sold Separately)
- Difficulty rating Moderate, 5/10
- Character roles Co-Ed (See Host Character List for Ratio)
- Interactive Extras Magical Guidelines Sheet
- Game Duration 2 to 4 Hours Average (Flexible Timeline)
- Game format Murder | Guided Clue Mingling | 4 Rounds
- Vibe and Content Notes Whimsical Magical High Society Energy * Lighthearted * Cozy, Cheeky, Clean Fun
- Date of publication 2010. Last Revised: 2021
A whimsical witch-and-wizard murder mystery party game. This magical mystery is packed with fashionable witches and wizards, enchanted creatures, extravagant brooms, supernatural gossip, powerful spells, magical rivalries, and mayhem at the annual Witch’s Brew Social.
This is the instant download version, so there is nothing to ship and no shipping fee. Simply download, print, prepare, and play!
Prefer a professionally prepared game? Choose the Boxed Kit version, and our staff will professionally print and prepare the game materials for you.
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Players can get started before the party with costume suggestions, character information, the game premise, and more.
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Expansion Pack: Adds 10 Characters
Sold separately.
Murder Mystery Party Game Synopsis:
Hidden within the heart of the magical community, the historic Toadwart Inn offers witches, wizards, and other enchanted beings a peaceful retreat from the non-magical world, whose inhabitants are known as snurbs. Each year, magical society eagerly anticipates the inn’s celebrated Witch’s Brew Social. The gathering is one of the rare occasions when the most prominent members of the supernatural community can mingle freely, renew old friendships, forge new alliances, and sample the latest flavors of witch’s brew.
Guests will arrive aboard extravagant and expensive broom models while reporters from Merlin’s Daily and the Merlin Morning Times photograph this season’s most fashionable hats, robes, and wands. The guest list includes powerful witches, charismatic wizards, Sprowns, Gnomes, Genies, and other influential members of magical high society. Behind the elegant robes and polished wands, however, old rivalries, dangerous powers, jealous grudges, and secret motives are beginning to stir. The evening promises magical challenges, delectable dishes, lively gossip, and merriment among enchanted friends.
Whether every guest will leave the Toadwart Inn unharmed remains to be seen.
You have secured your reservation for the annual Witch’s Brew Social. This is where your story begins.
Expand the Murder Mystery Party Game:
- Main Game: 10 unique suspect characters
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Expansion Pack: 10 additional suspect characters
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- Sold separately.
- All 10 expansion characters are optional.
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This is the instant download version of the game. Simply download, print, and prepare everything you need to play, with no shipping fees or delivery wait.
PDF files included:
- Host Instructions
- Printable Game Materials
- Solution
- Optional Extras, such as the free invitation
For the boxed kit, also called the Party Pack, use the link provided on the product page.
Printing Tips
For the best results, open and print the files using Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free from Adobe.com. Other PDF viewers may alter fonts, spacing, colors, page sizing, or interactive features.
- Download the PDF files to your computer and note where you save them before opening or printing.
- Select Actual Size or 100% Scale unless the instructions specify otherwise.
- Do not select Fit to Page, as this may resize cards, labels, or other game materials.
- Confirm that the paper size is set to US Letter, 8.5 × 11 inches.
- Print one test page before printing the complete game.
- Use standard printer paper for any worksheets or investigation sheets.
- Use heavier paper for invitations, clue cards, and other materials that will be handled during the game.
- Print in color when possible for the intended appearance.
- Do not select double-sided printing.
- Allow ink to dry completely before cutting, folding, or assembling the materials.
Printer settings and results may vary by printer.
Just had my daughters birthday party and it worked like a dream. Girls had a fantastic time. Timings worked perfectly. All easy to follow and understand. Highly recommend.
We did this murder mystery party for Halloween on Saturday. We had 13 members and so we used this pack alongside the expansion pack.
Generally speaking, it was really enjoyable and fun to do.
I do want to say that the required characters are pretty well rounded and have great hints and information for the guests. However for those of us who were performing non-required characters, our hints and information seemed to be less related to the overall mystery. It felt really obvious to me which characters were in the main plotline. This was even more exaggerated for characters that were from the expansion pack. I think that it would be better if the non-required characters had better hints and information to share that was related to the mystery.
As an owner of my own murder mystery business, I always love getting to experience a murder mystery that I haven't crafted myself. So often I do not get to play along with everyone because I know all the answers. So I loved getting the opportunity to enjoy the evening and solve the murder along with everyone else!
The setup is as simple or complex as you want it to be. I had everything ready to go within a day (it was a last minute decision to do with visiting family.) But the story was funny and the characters are easy to become especially in a group of people willing to let their inhibitions go. It really embraces the ideas of the events and makes people talk because there is crucial evidence that has to be discussed so that everyone has an opportunity to solve the mystery.
And I loved the reveal of the killer and their motives. Everyone was soooooo close to figuring out everything. Some people figured out the killer but the motive was wrong, while others pegged the wrong killer but had valid motives to support their accusations! The entire event was simply a blast and a half!!!!
We downloaded the game for a stuck-at-home birthday party. The materials were terrific and we all had a wonderful time.
I had a good mixture of outgoing people and introverts. I was surprised by how into it the introverts got! Fun excuse to dress up. It was a blast.
