GUEST INSTRUCTIONS
You’ve been assigned a character, you’ve come to the party dressed in your costume,
and have been told to play your role. Now what?
The mystery is divided into three main rounds of party play. During the party, you will
receive an envelope that contains the clues necessary for your character for the round. The
clues for the characters at the party provide everything that you need to solve the mystery.
However, during the investigation segment of the game, you will need to ask the right
questions and pay close attention to everyone’s clues to get the whole picture of what has
happened. Certain players will surface as the potential murder suspects, and you’ll need to pay
close attention to the clues surrounding these characters.
In each of your clue cards, there is information that you can reveal in casual
conversation with other guests. It is just like real life. You can elect to have some of those
clues as information that you should be asked by other guests in order to reveal. You can hide
the truth but do not fabricate clues, as that could alter the mystery for the other guests. Some
of the information in your clue cards might be for actions to perform during certain rounds, or
it might give you personal information to explain how your character feels about certain issues
involving other characters or situations. This personal information is given to enable you to act
as the real character. As in real life, each character should know a little more about their
character above the rest of the group. Therefore, these types of clues do not need to be
revealed to the other guests - unless you want to tell your secrets. Don’t worry, others will
figure your secrets out on their own in later rounds if it is vital to the mystery.
As with any normal dinner party, most of the party play will involve mingling with the
other characters and finding out about each other's characters through the clues you receive.
As the game progresses, you should have quite a bit of information to filter through to figure
out the motive and whodunit! Read your clue cards thoroughly and take your time discussing
issues with other guests. Make sure you speak to all guests in each round. Any guests that you
feel might be hiding something - make sure to ask him or her loads of questions! You will be
asked to submit a guess of whodunit, and why they did it, at the end of round two. Watch
out…YOU could be the murderer and won’t know it until the end of the game along with
everybody else. Therefore, if you feel that you are the guilty party by the end of Round Two –
by all means, accuse yourself!
From this point forward, you are to remain in character until the mystery is solved. If
you are playing a ‘hypocritical police officer,’ then that is who you are until the end!
Undoubtedly, your host cast you into a character that you are comfortable playing. Some
characters are designed to be played more reserved than other characters. Feel free to play
your role in any manner that you feel comfortable. Embellish your character’s personality if
you would like. However, if you feel more reserved tonight, you can opt to allow the other
guests to approach you, or you can simply listen in on others’ conversations to get your
information.