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Murder Mystery Party - Lethal Luau

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Manufacturer: University Games
Brand: University Games
List Price: $24.99
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Everyone's a suspect when murder is on the menu. Aloha and welcome to Hawaii. There is a luau for Chase Diamond to celebrate his birthday. The impromptu party quickly turns to a woeful wake when a Chase is poisoned. Was it a friend or foe who fatally freshened his favorite cocktail? This mystery dinner party game for adults includes recipes, a shopping list, invitations plus a tasty murder mystery to solve. Each player dresses up and plays the role of a suspect to the murder.


DESCRIPTION:

Amazon Maximum Age: 99
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 99
Amazon Minimum Age: 216
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Toy
Brand: University Games
EAN: 0023332200108
Feature: Game for 6 to 8 players
Label: University Games
Manufacturer: University Games
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 216
Model: 33208
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: University Games
Release Date: 2003-03-01
Studio: University Games


FEATURES:

• Game for 6 to 8 players
• Includes party planner with recipes and menu by cookbook author Sandra Gluck
• Also includes eight place cards and eight party invitations and envelopes
• Contains six secret clues
• Recommended age from 18 and up



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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great party game
Comment: I bought this for my husband's 30th birthday party. We had a bunch of friends over, all dressed up like our characters, and had a great time. Fun game that keeps you guessing till the end.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Entertaining.
Comment: It was fun. We did this while eating dinner and each guest dressed the part and played the part pretty well. Only invite people that will participate to make it enjoyable.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Fun but Forgettable
Comment: I've played a few of these games and I would say this is the most forgettable one I've played. The characters I can't recall now.

Customer Rating:
Summary: My first murder party
Comment: It was my first mystery dinner party -- and the guests were from our mystery book club. I really liked it, but it would have been better with some eduation (about when to ad lib, show the evidence around, etc). We had fun and even I (very shy) dressed up and got into character. Can't wait to buy another -- but will do a little more preparation.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Murder Mystery Party, Letal Luau
Comment: We hosted a murder mystery dinner party for our daughter's 18th birthday. The luau theme was fun and easy to find props & clothing for ... hawaiian music was also easy to find (iTunes has a large selection). This game took us about 2 1/2 - 3 hours. Three out of seven of us accurately guessed who the murderer was. None of us had ever participated in a mystery dinner game before, and we all enjoyed it. Even though we handed out the character parts w/ clothing suggestions on short-notice, everyone came dressed to fit their part.

This was the first mystery game we've played. It was fun and we'd like to plan more in the future. I agree with what other people have said about the number of players. This game says it's for 6-8 people, but the 7th and 8th player parts don't have lines (other than introducting themselves), so their participation is limited more to listening to others, although they can ad lib their own lines and help w/ interrogating the other suspect characters. I'd suggest that the host/hostess take the 7th & 8th "non-suspect" parts, or give those parts to guests who can't commit to whether or not they'll make it. However,if you have a slightly larger guest list, you could probably create & add more non-suspect parts of your own if you had a couple other people who wanted to ad lib lines and be there to listen, interrogate and scruitinize clues to try to solve the crime.

I loved the recipes & planning guide that came with the game, it was very useful and I will use the recipes again in the future. We used the main "from scratch/self-prepare" dinner menu, but to make it a little simpler & quicker, did sub in some frozen entrees from Trader Joes rather than completely preparing all from scratch (ie the coconut shrimp, orange chicken, and frozen meatballs), but used all the other recipes ... the papaya, avocada, pineapple salad was delicious! Everyone liked the tropical fruit punch so much, I had to make up a 2nd batch ... we went w/ the non-alcoholic version (our guest ages ranged from 17 to 52yrs). The suggested age limit on this particular game is 18+ due to some mild adult content w/in the script ... probably closely equivalent to a PG-13 movie rating though.

NOTE: we didn't realize that we should have passed around the individual clues as they were revealed for people to really analyze and scrutinize them for various things ... be sure everyone gets a chance to really check out the "physcial" clues as they are revealed throughout the game.

Oh yeah, I give this game some credibility for being educational due to how closely you have to pay attn and remember events and things people have done/said in order to figure out who the murderer is. Also, depending on how much you want to research the hawaiian culture, food, music for your prep, it could be even more educational :-)

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