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Product Description
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Put on your own mystery dinner theater: murder's on the menu, and everyone's a suspect in this grownup game for six to eight players. The game includes everything you need to serve up mystery, murder, and fun: a shopping list, menus, and recipes by cookbook author Sandra Gluck; eight party invitations and envelopes; place cards; secret clues; and, best of all, a murder mystery to solve. Just invite your friends to dress up and play the roles of the devious suspects (each with his or her own character booklet with roles and background info): Otto Von Schnapps, Tiny Bubbles, Papa Vito, Marilyn Merlot, Ralph Rottingrape, Hedy Shablee, Bonny Lass, and Bud Wizer. Serve up a meal or light snack, play the (included) cassette tape with its introduction, summary of events, and solution to the crime. Find out who killed California vineyard owner Barry Underwood, and why. --Rebecca Hughes
Product Description
Everything you need for throwing an unforgettable dinner party, including recipes, place cards, and a well-thought out murder. This entertaining kit is wonderful for breaking the ice between new friends or adding a new angle to a gathering of old buddies, setting the stage for each guest to play a role as a suspect in a mystery set in California wine country. Kit includes a party planner including menu with themed recipes, music and decorating tips, eight place cards and invitations, and booklets for all suspects including their roles and background information. The mystery unfolds along with your evening, with a CD that gets things rolling and six secret clues you reveal along the way. Six to eight players.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
54 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Durability:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Although this murder mystery game set made for a fun evening with friends, it was rather confusing. I recommend reading the first dialogue so that you can get a feel for it, and explain it better to your guests. Also, please let your guests know that if their character booklet says anything about a "clue #x" at any point, have them let the rest know. The "clue" booklets are vital to determining the murderer[ess]. Overall, take time to decide what to say to your guests when explaining how the game runs, and make sure that you don't leave anything out of the explanation.
45 of 46 people found the following review helpful
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Durability:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
We purchased this product to host our first murder mystery dinner party. None of the 8 of us had previously participated in one of these games. It was fabulous. Great information, great characters (all 8 of us dressed in costume), interesting plot. I even made wine labels for empty bottles to use as decor to coordinate with the theme of the evening. We can't wait to host another one in the near future. I highly recommend this game, but we didn't use the complicated menus; we chose to serve appetizers, salad, lasagne & cheesecake for dessert.
89 of 97 people found the following review helpful
Durability:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
OK, I have to first admit that I *love* these kinds of party games. The whole idea of dressing up, hanging out with friends and trying to solve a mystery together while you eat delicious food is just about the most enjoyable way I can imagine to spend with 7 of my best friends. This game makes it so easy! You follow the instructions, hand out the notes to the players, and it's all set! A definite must-have for any fun-loving wine drinker! Perhaps the only drawback might be that some people just don't enjoy these sorts of play-acting games. So choose friends that really have fun with this.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Gift Idea?
I bought this for my mother in law for christmas because she is a wine enthusiast. What I did not realize was that this is a play book to where you mail out invitations and have... Read more
Published 18 days ago by Frequent_Buyer
4.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect "winos" evening!
This provided a fun evening for a large audience as we used this as a stage play. Fun evening was had by all!
Published 2 months ago by nancy hurlbert
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommend
If you have fun family and friends, they will love doing a dinner and mystery with you. All you need for the mystery is in this box. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jennifer Wickline
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mystery party
I bought the gift with a bottle of wine. We are planning to act this play out in a month. I'm so excited to see how it all works out.
Published 3 months ago by Tiffany R. Gillin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome!
This was so much fun! We enjoyed the story very much. I'm not sure why there are even negative reviews -- I think if you don't have a fun crowd to play, any of these murder... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dina
3.0 out of 5 stars
I have yet to be able to play through the whole way.
I thought this would be a fun game to get and it would end up being like clue. However, I think really you are just paying for a audio CD with 4 tracks and 6-8 books for players... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Adam J. Browne
3.0 out of 5 stars
not their best
Played this last night with my in-laws. We had fun and did it up with the decor and food. My one and only HUGE bit of criticism is that this game's player handbooks are not... Read more
Published 4 months ago by ckc
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good start
It was a good start. We had never done a murder mystery, so it was a litter scattered and confusing as a first game I assumed would be. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Christina L
3.0 out of 5 stars
Alot of fun!
We used this and it was a good time, pretty traditional and similar to the other "murder mystery parties" but it was advertised with two solutions and only came with one. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Terbear
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great night
We had a lot of fun, well written game. This version comes with a CD. Although we did a full dinner it would have been just as great with a wine and cheese theme
Published 4 months ago by Nicole L. Mcnamee-wicks
