Seen #RHONY? Looking to host your own 1920s themed mystery?

Seen #RHONY? Looking to host your own 1920s themed mystery?

Social media is awash with viewers discussing the recent murder mystery episode of Real House Wives of New York.  Their game was set in the roaring 20s

and used actors to add atmosphere (and a dead body!).  If you’ve been inspired by the episode and want to run a murder mystery of your own – it’s much simpler than they made it look.

First of all – you don’t need actors.  All you need is one of our DIY kits.  Each kit contains all you need to stage the perfect murder mystery party, with invitations, ideas for theming and recipes, booklets for all the guests so they know what to say when, and the inspector is on CD  (or MP3 if downloadable kit) so you can all take a suspect role.

In our dinner party games the murder occurs before the party starts, which means you don’t need to have a guest play dead all night.  (And as you never see the dead body, there’s no need to have a go at mouth to mouth, so  you can indulge in fritters all night if you really want to!)  If you want to find out exactly how to run one – check out our page on how to host a murder mystery dinner party.

As #RHONY was 1920s themed, we’ve selected our top 1920s themed murder mystery dinner party games below for you.  Why not give it a go?

Murder on the Disorientated Express (suitable for 6-12 players)

The Disorientated Express, probably one of the most luxurious trains in the world, is always fully booked. Even now, in 1938, with war looming menacingly on the horizon, her luxury Pullman coaches are packed with traveling rich and famous making their way from Istanbul to Constantinople.

The train has excelled in reliability and punctuality over the years, but today all that is about to change. A famous rocket designer known as Werner Von Black, has been discovered in his sleeping compartment – dead.

The only question is: who killed him?

Murder at Merkister Hall (for 6-20 players)

It’s the 1930s. The great depression is over, the pound is competing with the dollar on the open exchange and there is a rise in business of all shapes at sizes. Keen to share their good fortune with others, the Balderdashes regularly play host for sumptuous dinner parties at their stately home which involve nothing but the best wines, fine cuisine and traditional after dinner entertainment. This evening was to be no exception. The guests had all arrived as planned and with the food ready to be served in the kitchens the party only lacked one thing, namely the butler Leversham who has been discovered dead, in the Billiard room!

Gangsters, Guns and Garters (for 6-12 players)

Al Scapone, master criminal and Godfather of the infamous Scapone family, lies dead, gunned down in his own club!

Word of this hit gets out and the whole balance of power in the city could be thrown into chaos.  Al’s murder needs to be resolved and fast, to restore the credibility of the family.

The question is, can the killer be found, or some scapegoat framed, before the end of the night?

Death Comes to Downturn (for 6-20 players – ALL GIRL)

Downturn Shabby, the ancestral home of the Earl and Countess of Grandham is hosting a shooting party, but when the Earl is found dead in the library suspicion falls not on the blood-thirsty men who are grouse-shooting, but the gossiping, tea-drinking ladies who have gathered for the evening’s dinner party.

The question on everyone’s lips is who hand bagged the Earl and why?