r/MurderMystery

I have my own discord server where I run these cases bought online. However I need more active players who likes to look at evidence and discuss theories with me and the small group that are on my server. Everything is in English so your English has to be at least decent . If I get enough people we can play one of the party games later where all gets a role but for that it is needed that people would have the hours it takes or it will fall flat. The cases I run now doesn’t require too much time per evidence. 30-50 minutes maximum. Let me know if you’re interested and if you want a trial membership in my server to see if it is something you really enjoy.

Is there any games like Cryptic Killers that doesn’t use AI? I played Murder in Miami and while the story was pretty good and didn’t seem AI-generated, the pictures 100% were AI. All the ones in my own language also seem to heavily use AI for their pictures and videos…

Lowkey feel inspired to make one myself atp cause what the hell

Hay guys i wonder what is the best detective games i found nothing atall but ofcourse u did can u help me plz?

I've hosted around 30 murder mystery dinner parties over the past 10 years, and I think I've finally reached the end of the market.

I'm looking for advice from other longtime hosts: where did you go from here?

My group's niche seems to be very specific:

What we like:

Predetermined murderer

One fixed solution

The murderer knows they're the murderer

Minimal scripted dialogue

Character booklets with secrets and motives

Multiple rounds of play

Heavy roleplaying and player interaction

8–12 players

2–4+ hours of gameplay

What we don't like:

Random killers

Multiple endings

Replayable mysteries

The murderer being selected at the end

Highly scripted games where everyone reads cards

We've played most or all of:

How to Host a Murder

Watersdown Affair

Class of '54

Grapes of Frath

Last Train from Paris

Archaeologically Speaking? It's the Pits!

Hoo Hung Woo

Powar and Greede

Wall Street Scandal (owned but not played yet)

Printable Murder Mystery Games / MurderMysteryGames

Fairytale

Alice in Wonderland

Oz

Da Vinci

Jane Austen

Titanic

Pirate

Western

Witches

Game of Thrones

Circus

Really all of their other titles

Other games

Alpine Hotel

Death by Chocolate

Champagne Murder

Murder at the Grand Hotel

Murder at Mardi Gras

Secrets of Emerald Hill

Secrets of the Silver Screen

Last Chance Saloon

Holiday Horror at von Herr Universal

A Fatal Shot at the Bourbon Rectifier

Halftime Hysteria

Pasta, Passion, and Pistols

At this point, I'm not really looking for theme recommendations. Gameplay matters much more than theme.

For those of you who have exhausted the How to Host games and the major modern publishers, where did you go next?

Smaller publishers?

Custom-written games?

LARP scenarios?

Designing your own?

I feel like there must be other hosts out there who have run into this same problem.

Hello party planners and game geniuses!

It’s my birthday week and I want to host a murder mystery picnic for my friends (25-33 ages) and I think we’re around 10 (hoping nobody cancels). I’m thinking of having a garden themed/bridgerton (not sure what works).

Here’s my dilemma, I’ve done picnics with board games before but this one is new and I would love to hear if you think it’s hard to make a murder mystery from scratch or if it’s easier to buy one? I’m not sure if I can spend a lot on the game (running low on budget as a student) to personalise it but I would love to make one myself if it’s possible. Any tips/suggestions would be appreciated!

P.S Help a girl out so she can have a good time on her birthday 🥹

survey link thank you :)

Hi all. I am trying to find a Hanukkah murder mystery party to play this season and striking out on where to get one. I am looking for any direction on where I can purchase one for 6-10 adults. I am either looking for a prebuilt one, or somewhere I can get one made for me. This would be my 4th one, so open to any ideas of where I can find them. I do want to have it printed out at home if possible. I look forward to any of your ideas. Thank yo!