A murder mystery party game is a type of role play. Everyone acts out the part of a suspect in a murder case. At least one player is the murderer and is lying through their teeth in order to mislead the others! To add to the confusion, everybody involved has got their own little secrets too which they are trying to conceal. Over the course of a dinner, further clues emerge and the players cross-examine each other. Even you as the host don't know who killed the victim and can play a part too. Will you and your guests have guessed by the end of the evening who the culprit was...?
Perhaps you have taken part in a murder mystery party before. This murder mystery game differs from the usual boxed versions in one respect – the players won't get a character booklet at the beginning of the party which would gradually reveal new information. Instead they are given advance character information to read through before the party. "Murder in the Puszta" is based on real life insomuch as everybody already knows at the beginning of the evening everything they did and saw before.
However, there is no need to learn anything by heart since during the game players can always look up details. But they mustn't show their background information to any of the other players at any point.
For an additional element of fun, role descriptions include costume suggestions. Of course you and your guests can vary these according to your taste or the contents of your wardrobe – or ignore them completely!
Number of players: 8, ages: 16 and up, time: approx. 3-4 hours