Childrens murder mystery games

Setting up this murder mystery party game for kids is easy. Night of Mystery has a how-to-play page dedicated to the party. Simply send out the invitations, and then have all of the kids come and start the investigation. To make it easier, we have a website dedicated to the Honky-Tonk Takedown, as well as party-planning ideas to help you plan the perfect party. Play games over video chat with your guests. See virtual game kits.

PWM recommends taking weeks time to prep. Download the music included in kit and play it as MP3's or burn it to a CD to play in your home audio system when you host the murder mystery dinner party. View Our Partners. Welcome to PlayingWithMurder. Children Themes. We have age-appropriate games that give children the chance to solve exciting mysteries.

Instead of murder, the children are asked to solve other mysteries. Best of all is that they are turn-based mysteries, so there is structure built into the game that helps make it run more smoothly for a group of kids. Halloween candy stolen!

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Some of the players may not have read any of the introductory materials that you sent out to them with their invitations. You should allow plenty of time at the beginning of the game for them to get familiar with the background, rules etc. You should also be aware that they may be reluctant to put their hands up and ask questions if there are bits that they don't understand. Be prepared to answer queries individually — you may need to take each of them in turn to one side and ask if there's anything they don't understand.

Kids tend to play through these games more quickly than adults do, and also they may get bored quicker. You probably want a total time from start to finish of no longer than 3 hours. More time will be needed for the introduction, but this can be made up for by shortening the other sessions of the game. You should probably aim for not much more than 2 hours of actual play.

A round-robin "everyone describe what they were up to" debrief may not be appropriate, if the kids are shy of standing up and speaking in front of a group. You may find it better for you as the host to talk through the important and the fun points of the game and let them tell their stories to their friends in small groups. A mix of ages may not work all that well.

And some of this older group can be very self-conscious about "getting into the game" if they're playing alongside people from outside their close friends group. You have to be quite careful with casting — in particular, don't leave it to your kids to do the casting themselves without you checking it over! And characters who are supposed to be friends in the game are best cast with kids who are friends in real life. Romance is another area to be careful with.

In our kids' games any romance between characters is of an innocent nature, but even so kids may be uneasy about playing "being in love" unless with their close friends and familiars.

We had two adults assisting for A Dead Man's Chest, and we would each take the kids off to a private room and suggest things their characters could do, so that they were never stuck.

One little PDF can inspire a week long event. We give you easy instructions on creating the clues; making up and hiding clues can take anywhere from half an hour, if you are using two or three simple clues, to all day if you are creating an elaborate and twisted trail. And any amount of time in between, of course. A: On average the party is good for kids age 6 to 11 years old, although it really depends on the individual child. Simply hang the included Crime Scene and Suspect pictures on the wall and stick the clues around them.

If you have a medium size space you can set up small tableaus on table tops. Four characters and a crime scene means you need five table tops. This can be a great pre-party activity for the week before the Mystery. If you have an auditorium or larger space at your disposal then you can decorate bigger spaces with life size props.

Can your images do that? A: Wowzers! Then you can make the pictures as big as you want. We split them into 3 groups and staggered them going to the clue stations. Asked a few parents to play the role at each clue station. They all had a blast! I got several compliments from parents later on about how much fun their kids had. Thank you so much for posting.

I bet you would be fabulous at it. And maybe check out the audio clip with Fossil Furor. Thank you again. Always happy to hear that our mysteries are engaging. There were only 4 kids, but they had a great time. I put together the whole party in about 48 hours, and with the detailed party specs, everything worked really well.

Pretty bare bones, but they had fun! Thank you so much for talking to me on the phone. Your mysteries and ideas should make for a wonderful night for my students. Hello How many children does this sort of party work for? My daughter will be 7 and has about 20 kids on her list. Will this work for that number? Thanks Tanya. Yes, it can work for any number of children.