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Pumpkin Palooza Costume Ball: Halloween Mystery Party Game
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$43.95
A spooky and lighthearted Halloween non-murder mystery party game. This costume-ball mystery is packed with outrageous costumes, eccentric Spider City residents, blackmail rumors, stolen treasures, bitter rivalries, suspicious histories, hidden motives, party challenges, and the disappearance of a priceless relic from Skull Manor.
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Main-game players can get started before the party with costume suggestions, character information, details about Spider City, and the Pumpkin Palooza mystery premise.
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Expansion Pack #1: Adds 12 Characters and an Expandable Team
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Expansion Pack #2: Adds 12 Characters and an Expandable Team
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Expansion Pack #3: Adds 9 Characters and Nine Expandable Teams
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Halloween Non-Murder Mystery Party Game Synopsis:
It is time once again for the annual Pumpkin Palooza Costume Party at Skull Manor. Located in the heart of Spider City, the historic estate is famous for its captivating architecture, mysterious atmosphere, and a past most residents prefer not to discuss. The townspeople are preparing their most outrageous costumes for an evening filled with delicious food, lively conversations, entertaining challenges, and enough gossip to keep the Spider City rumor mill spinning until morning.
Unfortunately, the past year has been filled with dissension and discord among many of the invited guests. Rumors of blackmail, theft, sabotage, and scandal have spread throughout town, while old grudges and suspicious behavior have created tension between several residents. Everyone hopes the guests can set aside their differences long enough to enjoy the celebration, but gathering so many unpredictable personalities inside Skull Manor may invite disaster.
When a priceless relic disappears during the costume party, the guests must investigate the evidence, compare stories, uncover secrets, and identify the thief before the evening ends. You have received an invitation to Pumpkin Palooza, your costume is ready, and this is where your story begins.
Host a Large-Group Halloween Mystery Party:
- Main Game: 12 unique suspect characters
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Main-Game Expandable Team:
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- Darby Yontz may lead a Viking Tough Run staff team.
- Add approximately 10–15 duplicate Viking staff members.
- The additional Vikings are non-suspect team roles.
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Expansion Pack #1: 12 additional suspect characters
- Sold separately.
- Includes an optional team of duplicate contortionists led by Mo Plinker.
- Purchase this pack before Expansion Pack #2.
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Expansion Pack #2: 12 additional suspect characters
- Sold separately.
- Includes an optional Citizens on Patrol superhero team led by Bruce Kent.
- Designed to be added after Expansion Pack #1.
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Expansion Pack #3: 9 additional suspect characters
- Sold separately.
- Includes nine optional expandable teams.
- Designed to be added after Expansion Packs #1 and #2.
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Expansion Pack #3 Expandable Teams:
- Bonnie Capone’s 1920s mob.
- Jess Bigsby’s telemarketing colleagues.
- Micki Fish’s monster castmates.
- Vic Beeber’s survival-show castmates.
- Kris Nance’s cyborg engineers.
- Stevie Jett’s world travelers.
- Theo Wimbly’s artifact dealers and mummies.
- Heather Bank’s security entourage.
- Ash Spinx’s witch and wizard managers.
The expansion packs should be added in numerical order. The larger invitations and pre-game websites include characters from the preceding packs, so hosts should assign only the roles included with the materials they have purchased.
This is a non-murder mystery centered on the theft of a priceless relic. It shares the Skull Manor setting and some story elements with Murder at Skull Manor, so customers who have played that game should choose a different mystery.
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