How to Host a Murder: The Tragical Mystery Tour

by Decipher

Product Features

• CD with period music and details of the murder, a host guide with instructions
• 8 guest invitations and envelopes, layer name tags, individual player manuals
• Sheet of secret clues with a police report, diagram of the crime scene, optional menu and costume suggestions

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.5 x 3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000DMBS
• Item model number: 102057
• Manufacturer recommended age: 17 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,400 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Since you happen to be among the tuned-in, tuned-on crowd, you've been invited on a cross-country road trip to Beefstock with one of the hippest rock singers of all time. While you're hanging out at her "love pad," an explosion rocks the house. The psychedelic bus has been turned to dust with someone on board. As you assume the role of one of these colorful characters and solve the mystery, you and your seven dinner guests will enjoy hours of suspense and intrigue. All you need is a sense of humor and a light-hearted approach toward deceit, larcency, sex and murder. How to Host a Murder is so much fun, it's almost criminal!

Product Description

Invite your guests to a lively evening of murder, mystery and intrigue. The long-running board game How to Host a Murder is back with a groovy spin on deceit, larceny, sex and murder! The Tragical Mystery Tour finds you among the tuned-in and turned on, off on a cross-country road trip to Beefstock with one of the hippest rock singers of all time. While youre hanging out at her love pad,in an explosion rocks the house. The psychedelic bus has been turned to dust with someone on board. As you assume the role of one of these colorful characters and solve the mystery, you and your seven dinner guests will enjoy hours of light-hearted suspicion and suspense. Bring the game to life with costumes, props and theatrical flair for a party everybody will be dying to attend!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

92 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super dinner-party fun!, July 13, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: How to Host a Murder: The Tragical Mystery Tour (Toy)

What a great evening! I highly recommend this particular murder mystery if you're just starting out. Almost everybody can play the roles, costuming is fairly easy, and you generally won't get many complaints about either the dinner menu or background music you might want to play. (When my husband and I hosted, we even set up a small dance floor and we all jitterbugged the night away once we'd finished the game!) If you're going to try a dinner party murder-mystery game, try this one first.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best of the Series, December 31, 2004

By 

Jay Kelly (Oklahoma City, OK) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: How to Host a Murder: The Tragical Mystery Tour (Toy)

I've played over a dozen murder mystery titles (mainly from this company, Decipher). This is one of their best for two reasons:

1. Mainly because the theme is so much fun. I'm not a child of the 60's, but come on, this is a GREAT opporunity to get a bit crazy.

2. The mystery is very solid. Difficult to figure out but not "out there"/no-way-you-could've-figured-that-out, either.

If your primary concern is the actual mystery component and you don't really care about the 'party' component, you may want to go with "The Duke's Descent" or "The Grapes of Frath" instead. But if you're looking for Good Times, this is the ticket.

RULES OF THE ROAD:

1. Make sure everyone dresses up. This theme is TOO good to waste on people wearing normal clothes.

2. Invite people who like to laugh. This should be a party, not a re-enactment of a CSI episode.

3. Block out several hours to play. This isn't a two hour affair. You should budget (ballpark) 3 to 4 hours for the actual game, not counting any time you might take for food, etc.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How to Host a Murder- Tragical Mystery Tour, April 24, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: How to Host a Murder: The Tragical Mystery Tour (Toy)

The Tragical Mystery Tour is one of the many murder mysteries I've played. I thought it was just as much fun as the others, but much more involved. The story has a very deep plot that requires people to pay attention. The only thing that I can think of that a person buying the game should know is that it is certainly aimed towards an adult audience. It's much more graphic than any of the others I've played. We had children at the party, and I wished after it had started that I had read through the booklets first. Besides that, in a mature group, the game is alot of fun and worth the money. Easy outfits, easy meal/snacks and lots of laughs!