One Leg at a Time
I hosted my very first murder mystery party, and it was a huge success! I would recommend it to anyone and everyone who happens to possess a penchant for fun and excitement. My particular event was structured around halloween theme, so, I made my house into a veritable crypt. I had spooky music, rolling fog, bubbling and glowing alcoholic beverages and grossly themed food. I had eyeball and ear stew, witches toes and moldy bread, i had wormy cupcakes and slimy dip as well as bloodied people skin. It was all very pleasant. And suprisingly enough...almost all of my dishes came out how I wanted them two, the ears and eyeballs really looked like their namesake, the toes were hideous and the people skin was disturbingly fleshy. I had a monstrously large buffet, with three tables and an entire wall of food, and I am glad to say that the ghouls ate it all! I think I had one toe and some crusty bread left over. Strangely enough, the food went much quicker than the alcohol, and I ended up having a terrible waste there. I felt that my guests were of sturdier hearts and livers...so, I made about three handles worth of dracula's blood (trash can punch) and then I made use of 3 bottles of bubbling champagn, mixed with glow sticks (swamp water)....and at least half of it went to waste. If only I could have rebottled it :( Oh well, as far as the actual game went, everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. My employer, gave me an actual murder mystery kit, which I was able to use as a structural base for a halloween themed murder. I wrote the scripts for my twelve guests and developed ways to incorporate smaller games into the evening. We had bobbing for worms, wrap the mummy, monster charades and slime chugging as our four challenges. If you won your challenge, you recieved information to help you locate a hidden clue. Also, I gave each one of my characters special abilities (such as hypnosis) and had special times throughout the evening when their powers were activated. There was a crime scene with material clues and there was a constant story read out by the narrator (me) throughout the evening. Also, the murderer was allowed to kill one character during the evening and I had two investigators who people were not allowed to lie to. Despite these advantages for the murderer, she was eventually discovered and brought to justice (not really). The prize for the winner of my monstrous murder mystery, was the film Monsters Inc. I can't wait to have another one of these...next time, I think I might just use my employers kit. His is a mystery based around 16th century imperial China. I do like chinese food!