My Murder Mystery Games Sites 

Great Murder Mystery Games

My website - all about the wonderful world of interactive murder mystery games. Check out the hints and tips.

Freeform Games

Freeform Games LLP publish interactive murder mystery games - I'm a founding partner (and I've written three of the games).

Run your own Murder Mystery Games

My first murder mystery games website - it's now just a mirror for the front page of Great Murder Mystery Games (I got a bit fed up keeping track of two sites).

Choosing a murder mystery game 

Here are my tips for choosing a murder mystery game

It can sometimes be a bit difficult to choose the right murder mystery party game for your guests (particularly when there are over 20 murder mystery party games featured on this site). Here, then is a simple guide through the process.

(Note - these links click through to my Great Murder Mystery Games website.)

How many people?

Why start with the number of people? Because it's the most important constraint when choosing a murder mystery game. You can't play a game for 20 if you only have 16 coming to your party.

In general, I would try to fill a party. So, for example, if you've got 15 people coming and you're torn between one for 10-17 people and one for 14-40, I would generally choose the former.

If you don't know how many people are likely to turn up you should make an estimate and choose a game that caters for a wide range of people.

* Up to 10 people (including the host)
* 11-25 people (including the host)
* 26-40 people (including the host)
* 41 people and more (including the host)

Theme Parties

If you've got a specific theme in mind, you might want to check out this page where I've grouped the various murder mystery games together by theme (these games are also included in the pages above):

* Themed (Xmas, 1920s, etc) murder mystery party games

Kid's Parties

Kids can play murder mysteries too! If you are mixing kids with adults, then you can just use one of the games above - quite a few of the games already have parts for kids in them. (However, for some you might want to vet the roles beforehand just in case they aren't suitable for your kids!)

Alternatively, there are also some murder mystery party games that are designed for kids.

* Kid's mystery parties

Guilty Parties News Blog 

Guilty Parties is the news blog that I run on Great Murder Mystery Games. I use it to announce new games, new sections of the site and other bits and pieces.

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Great Murder Mystery Stuff on CafePress 

Clue Women's Light T-Shirt

from Cult Prints

A Titanic Experience

from Grae Phillips online

Murder Mystery Games dad Ringer T

from Love your Dad T-Shirts

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Freeform Games Discussion Form 

These are recent posts from the Freeform Games discussion form.

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Great Stuff on Amazon 

How To Create Your Own Murder Mystery Party

by Joseph Franco

Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 08/28/2008)

Murder Can Crash Your Party: A Desiree Shapiro Mystery

by Selma Eichler

Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 08/28/2008)

The Murder-Mystery Party Kit (Miniature Editions)

by Lou Harry

Amazon Price: $5.95 (as of 08/28/2008)

Lenses about murder mystery games 

Freeform Games - interactive murder mystery games

Freeform Games was set up in 2001 by Steve Hatherley and Mo Holkar to publish interactive murder mystery games. Check out the website here: www.freeformgames.com

Murdery Mystery Party Ideas

A murder mystery party is a great way to spend time with friends.  I've hosted many murder mystery games over the years, and seen how much fun everyone has.  Many people are initially unsure about attending or hosting one, but afterward rav...

Way Out West: A Murder Mystery Party Review

Way Out West is a Wild West themed murder mystery party from Freeform Games.  I've covered murder mystery parties in general in another page (go there for links to other reviews).  Here I'll give you an in depth review of Way Out West, alon...

Curse of the Pharaoh: A Murder Mystery Party Review

Curse of the Pharaoh was the first of the Freeform Games murder mystery parties I hosted.  I was immediately hooked!  I've covered murder mystery parties in general in another page (go there for links to other reviews).  Here I'll give...

Great Murder Mystery Stuff on eBay 

Ebay is a great place to find murder mystery games - here are some murder mystery game auctions online right now...

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