We have now reached the peak of entertainment. We have access to thousands of TV shows and movies at any time of the day. We are able to leave our homes and find live entertainment most nights of the week. But it’s just not as fulfilling as having your friends over at a social event and acting your chops off. There’s something about murder mystery dinners that spark excitement from the day they’re announced, right up to the big event. While I was extremely anxious when hosting my first party – I’ve found that even when everything goes wrong – it’s still an incredible experience.
Creating the Best Murder Mystery Dinner Kit
After the huge success of my murder mystery case files, I started work on a murder mystery dinner party kit that would have every detail I felt was missing from games I had played before. I used my years of experience hosting murder mystery parties to cut out things that just don’t work and add numerous things that make the game exciting, fun, challenging, but easy to understand.
This culminated in the creation of Shadows Over Shrouded Island. A long name for a game full of surprises and intrigue.
In this game, a wealthy benefactor needs multiple people to travel with him to a mysterious island. Every person at the dinner has their own reason for why they want to be included. Some are good, some are bad. It’s up to players to figure out everyone’s secret reason, while simultaneously trying to solve 3 murders.
What Makes Our Game Different
One of the big problems I have in other games is relationships. You’ve got friends and strangers mingling with each other, only to find out during gameplay that you’re supposedly in a relationship with someone at the party. This is very awkward, especially so during team building exercises. The whole aspect of having random people fake flirting at a party needed to be axed immediately.
Another aspect of murder mystery dinner games that I don’t like is needing to have a certain number of male and female roles to fit the characters. Sometimes people aren’t available on the dates you need them, and someone of a different gender is. It’s silly to have restrictions on gameplay due to gender roles. In Shadows Over Shrouded Island, every character is gender-neutral. Anyone can play any character. There are clothing recommendations that will work for any gender, but players are free to spruce it up however they like. You can have an all-male or all-female party without needing to change anything in the story.
Murder Mystery Dinner Party Kits
There are a ton of other quality of life changes, that I won’t bore you with. But I will say that you will have a ton of fun with this game. It’s a huge story and could go on for many hours if you’re not careful. If you want to throw a party that everyone can enjoy without any awkwardness in it, then this is the murder mystery dinner party kit for you.
