Partycide: Murder Mystery Game

Host a murder mystery party at home tonight. Your living room becomes a snowbound Alpine lodge, a 1920s speakeasy, a Venetian masked ball or a Victorian ghost show. Every guest plays a secret character. A "murder" happens. Clues come out round by round, alibis crack, and at the end everyone votes on whodunit before the big reveal. Partycide is a murder mystery game for groups: one phone runs the whole murder mystery dinner party, and your guests don't need the app. For 6 to 16 players, about 2 to 3 hours, playful and theatrical, never gory. Your first mystery is free. ONE PHONE RUNS THE NIGHT Your phone is the script and the stage manager. It feeds you each line, times the rounds, plays music and sound effects, hands out clues on cue, and runs the secret vote and the reveal. You never need to know the answer, so the host gets to play and solve the murder mystery too. Plays fully offline on the night. GUESTS DON'T NEED THE APP Each guest gets a character booklet as a PDF on their own phone, with sealed sections they open round by round. Nothing to memorise: each round, the booklet tells them what they know, what to say and what to find out. Send it by any messaging app or print it. Everything you'd find in a printable murder mystery party kit is included: invitations, name tags, evidence cards, accusation sheets and props. PLAN THE PARTY IN MINUTES • Pick a mystery and a date • Add your guests: Partycide suggests a fair cast, and you can swap roles • Send the invitations and character booklets • Follow a short prep list for food, drinks, costume ideas and props Someone can't come? Drop or recast a role at the door, and the app tells you exactly which guests need fresh pages. FAIR MYSTERIES YOU CAN ACTUALLY SOLVE Every murder mystery has exactly one solution, and players can work it out from the clues they receive. Every story is blind-tested before release: solvers who see only the players' clues must reach the one answer. Every red herring is explained at the reveal. NINE MURDER MYSTERY PARTIES Start free with The Abominable Night: a snowbound Alpine lodge comedy for 6 to 8 (Teen). • Midnight at the Gilded Owl: a 1920s speakeasy on New Year's Eve (8 to 16) • A Bitter Vintage: a wine-estate dinner party on harvest night, for grown-ups (6 to 10) • Last Dance of the Millennium: New Year's Eve 1999 at the Y2K prom (8 to 14) • Silent Night at Hollymere Hall: a Christmas Eve mystery for the whole family, grandparents included (6 to 12) • Till Death Do Us Pact: a reality-TV finale, live on air (8 to 14) • Heartless in Venice: a 1763 Carnival masquerade where nobody is who they seem (10 to 16) • A Ghost of a Chance: a Halloween murder mystery on a stormy Victorian pier (8 to 14) • Wish You Weren't Here: a sunny 1959 seaside centenary for all ages (6 to 12) Each mystery is $9.99 to $12.99 in the US (local prices in the app), or get All-Access for every mystery now and every one we write next. Pay once. No subscription. No ads. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER • A dramatic murder moment and a cinematic reveal • Original music and sound for every story • Awards for Best Detective, Best Costume, Best Performance and prizes unique to each story • A shareable "case closed" card, spoiler-free FOR FAMILIES, TEENS AND ADULTS Each mystery shows its rating before you buy: Family (10 and up), Teen (13 and up) or Grown-ups (18 and up), plus its player count and running time. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no tracking. Your parties stay on your phone. A murder mystery party game for adults, teens and families: a role-playing game and a detective game in one, for a dinner party of six or a big group of sixteen. Host it for a birthday, a Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Halloween or family game night. CONTENT NOTE Every story has a pretend murder, with no blood or gore. Teen and Grown-ups stories may include mild innuendo and mentions of alcohol, smoking or gambling. Family stories have no innuendo, alcohol or smoking. No real money is ever involved.

• New "Who's hosting next?" screen: after the awards, your guests can scan a code to get Partycide and host their own mystery. • Guest booklets now end with a thank-you page and a link to the app, and printed booklets get a tear-off card when there's room. • The "case closed" share message now includes a link to the app. • Ending a party early now takes you through the full after-party. • Layout fixes for large text sizes.