Murder on the Boardwalk: 1920s Mystery Party Game | Boxed Kit

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Product details
  • Type Boxed Kit
  • SKU BOARDWALKPRP-12
  • Age Range 16 to Adult
  • Minimum # of players 8 Suspects
  • Max Players (Kit A) 12 Suspects (Kit A)
  • Max # Offered 36 Suspects (Kit C)
  • Difficulty Rating Moderate, 5/10
  • Roles Co-Ed (See Host Character List)
  • Game Duration 2 -o 4 Hours Average (Flexible)
  • Setting On the 1920s Boardwalk at the Karlton-Ritz Hotel during the height of Prohibition, where gangsters, flappers, and socialites gather for a glamorous evening.
  • Game Format Murder | Guided Clue Mingling | 4 Rounds
  • Vibe & Content Notes Mobsters *Bootlegging/Speakeasy mentions * Clean High-Stakes Diplomacy
  • Publication Date 2010. Last Revised: 2024

A glamorous 1920s Boardwalk murder mystery filled with powerful mobsters, gun molls, secret alliances, criminal rivalries, blackmail, political maneuvering, betrayal, and murder at an Atlantic City hotel.

Kit Sizes & Pre-Game Website

Kit A: 8 to 12 Players (12 Suspect Roles)

Kit B: 8 to 24 Players (24 Suspect Roles)

Kit C: 8 to 36 Players (36 Suspect Roles)

All three kit sizes contain unique suspect roles. This game does not include duplicate characters or expandable team roles.

How the Kit Sizes Relate to the Downloadable Version
  • 12 players: main game only, characters #1–12
  • 24 players: main game plus expansion pack #1, characters #13–24
  • 36 players: main game plus expansion packs #1 and #2, characters #25–36

Murder on the Boardwalk Mystery Game Synopsis:

It is 1927, and organized crime is thriving in major cities across the United States. Rum-running, loan sharking, protection rackets, illegal gaming halls, and hidden speakeasies have become extraordinarily profitable enterprises for the country’s most powerful mob organizations.

In an attempt to unite the criminal underworld, crime bosses from Atlantic City, New York City, and Chicago have agreed to establish a governing organization known as The Commission. This powerful body will oversee the nation’s major crime factions and determine how territories, business operations, and disputes will be handled.

Unfortunately, the mobsters disagree about how The Commission should operate, whether it should exist, and who should become the boss of all bosses. The dispute has already created hostility among the rival crime families. Despite the tension, the mob leaders have promised to honor an unbreakable truce during the Atlantic City Conference.

Nuggy Jones, the powerful leader of the Atlantic City Mob, has agreed to host the gathering at his residence and place of business—the luxurious Karlton Ritz Hotel on the Boardwalk. The country’s most influential gangsters, gun molls, politicians, business owners, and associates will soon arrive in Atlantic City.

You have received an invitation to the Atlantic City Conference. This is where your story begins.

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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