# Looking for 'Murder Mystery Party' recommendations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-murder-mystery-party-recommendations/496819>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 18, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-murder-mystery-party-recommendations/496819 "2009-05-18T04:06:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-murder-mystery-party-recommendations/496819/1 "2009-05-18T04:06:25Z")

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My friends and I just played [**Death Wears White: Murder Mystery Game**](http://www.gameslore.com/acatalog/PR_Death_Wears_White_Murder_Mystery_Game.html) and we had a lot of fun. Some of us were veteran D&D players, but even the ones who weren’t had fun and acted out their roles as best they could. I’d love to try it again but as there are quite a few out there and I’m having a hard time finding good reviews for them I was wondering if you guys had done this and if there were any good one you could recommend.

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**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-murder-mystery-party-recommendations/496819/2 "2009-05-18T20:19:51Z")

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Although you may go with the prepackaged `Murder Mystery`packages, there is nothing difficult about making up your own scenarios. There are several potential advantages to this:

1. You can custom tailoir the plot, characterizations, clues and other elements to your guests, setting and such.
2. You save the cost of a game that can really only be played once
3. Its not that difficult, especially as you already have run one from a prepackaged game - you have the templates and structure in place.

Best of luck.  
FML

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**Author:** ![Elyanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Elyanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elyanna)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-murder-mystery-party-recommendations/496819/3 "2009-05-18T20:23:21Z")

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I’ve only ever played Murder Mysterys that have been written by someone I know. A roommate wrote one, and I’ve written one myself. Interesting experience.