Murder of Archibald Grim: Murder Mystery Party Game

My daughter did this game for her birthday party and it was awesome! Everything we could have needed was included and it turned out amazing. We did it at a park under a pavilion, they had a great time mingling and I had hid the clues that needed to be hid around the park structure. It was a great time!

I got this game for my daughter's 12th birthday party and the guests all had a great time! It was a hit! It was very easy to set up (I did the print at home option) and I really appreciated all of the instructions and bonus things -like menu ideas and bonus games. They loved that no one knew who did it and so they all got to try to figure it out. It wasn't too easy- only two of the guests correctly guessed!
I highly recommend and I will definitely purchase more in the future!

I purchased this for my son's 11th birthday party and it was a hit. My only request would be to remove the shopping ads/links on the webpage. Some of the costumes recommended for purchase were a little too adult for my party, so we didn't use the webpage. But this was well put together, and everyone had a great time.

We used this game for my daughter's 13th birthday party and they had a blast!

I really loved the theme of this party and my friends and I so enjoyed this. I purchased this for my 30th birthday to enjoy with friends. Everyone really got into the characters and it helped that the characters had behavioral ticks as well as costume suggestions. In hindsight, I realize we probably should have broken up into smaller conversations instead of one large group conversation all night. We could have used a little more instruction about how we were supposed to play.

We did the online download (did not send paper invitations, printed our own name tags, etc.) to save money. This was perfectly fine and did not take away from the party. Our daughter is 12, and we had a total of 10 tweens over for an Archibald Grim murder mystery party instead of a traditional Halloween party. These are very sharp kids, and only 2 of the 10 figured out who the murderer was, so it was sufficiently challenging. I also made a photo booth using a gold "streamer" background and some Sherlock Holmes props from Amazon, and that was was a huge hit. I told the kids their costumes had to all be borrowed items or something from Goodwill, that they didn't need to go out and spend a lot of money. They could have made it easy and done so, but this gave them the challenge of being creative. I look forward to finding an excuse to do another mymysteryparty event!

It was a lot of fun. However, having the "required" note on the characters on the description page *before* you purchase the product could potentially spoil it for some. Also the order of character listing could as well.

I hosted a murder mystery luncheon for my Girl Scouts and their moms. We had so much fun. They loved dressing up. All the directions and materials were very easy and made for a very enjoyable time. My daughter now wants to do one for her birthday party.

The girls had a ball playing this game. They were very excited in advance of the party to arrange their costumes and become their characters. During Round 1 they got the feel of the game, and by Round 2 they were seriously collaborating evidence and invested in discovering the murderer. They jumped on new evidence as it came in: the scavenger hunt for Grim's decoder and the forensic analysis report were devoured with excitement. By Round 3, they were all eager to announce their pick for murderer and explain why. The excitement was palpable as each character discovered her innocence and finally, one discovered her guilt. Age 11/12 was perfect for this game. The birthday girl's sisters ages 10 and 8 were enthused during round 1, but their interest gradually waned because some of the vocabulary had to be explained to them and it was tough for them to understand some plot and character elements. We decorated one room with a "chalk outline" of the deceased using 1 inch white electrical tape and placed a "spilled" coffee cup next to it. The room was blocked off with yellow and black caution tape. The dining room was set for a formal dinner and the centerpiece was two candle sticks and piles of chocolate gold coins. Because the game was downloaded, the images, invitations, and information could all be edited for our particular needs. We would recommend this game!

Hosted almost a dozen seventh graders for our son's birthday party this weekend, and Archibald Grim was awesome! Easy to run with the materials in the downloadable PDF, and we're definitely excited to do it again!

We used this pack for my daughter's 13th birthday party. We had 18 girls aged 11-16. I love that the murderer is a mystery until the very end!
I think only 4-5 girls guessed the answer correctly - they all had great thoughts on it and everyone had a BLAST! The characters are funny and leave a lot of room for the girls to make them their own.
We'd definitely purchase from MyMysteryParty again. I highly recommend this game for your teens! (Or even adults looking for a fun, fairly easy mystery).

Loved that the game was murder, but in the cleanest and least gory of ways - if that even makes sense. Had a group of ten teens from 11-15. The challenge was great, and only three of the players got it right, but I think that's super! They were boasting for hours!!!
Please release some more games just like this!