"As a Shakespearean comedy was being presented on an off-Broadway stage, a real-life tragedy was being acted out backstage. Bit player Barry Wine was murdered while he sat in his dressing cubicle. With a suspect list which includes a wealthy producer, an overly ambitious director, a talented costume designer, and five actors (some of whom are legends in...
Ringmaster and circus owner Joshua Brady was found dead inside the cat cage by aging lion tamer Rudolph Valini. Brady, who had recently acquired the circus, was despised by his adopted circus “family.” What was he doing in that cat cage? Why did he buy this creosote and cotton candy heaven in the first place? Find the answers to these and other relevant...
Milton Bradley produced 8 mystery party/role-playing games (in the vein of “How to Host a Murder”) beginning in 1987. They were published as "Life of the Party" games; four mysteries and four murders. These are also copyright Jamie Swise Games—the designer of the games, who produced several other titles (and many, if not all, of these) a few years earlier....
Milton Bradley produced 8 mystery party/role playing games (in the vein of How to Host a Murder) in 1987. They were all called "Life of the Party" games, four mysteries and four murders. The back of all boxes indicates that these are also copyright Jamie Swise Games, as that outfit produced several of their own titles (and several, if not all, of these) a...
Milton Bradley produced 8 mystery party/role playing games (in the vein of How to Host a Murder) in 1987. They were all called "Life of the Party" games, four mysteries and four murders. The back of all boxes indicates that these are also copyright Jamie Swise Games, as that outfit produced several of their own titles (and several, if not all, of these) a...
Mystery party game for 3 male and 3 female characters. Local television personality Lowell Weenaman, better known as Captain Weenie, was found murdered last night at Readenweep Racetrack. Mr. Weenaman was making a personal appearance, in costume, as part of the track's season opening festivities. The Captain Weenie Show, which totally lost its school age...
In medieval times, most kings had a court jester to entertain and amuse them. On the night of the annual Masquerade Ball, King’s Court Technologies discovers it has its own jester. While most of the partygoers are dressed in masquerade attire complete with mask and beads, one mysterious character is seen dressed in a fool’s motley and a jester’s cap with...
Jeux Noir ("Black Games", working title) is a card game inspired by film noir. It takes the darker end of the noir murder mystery, setting the players up as Private Investigators competing/co-operating (as they desire) to solve a murder. Working alongside the police, players must uncover all the information they can about the suspect, and eliminate methods...
From the publisher: Play the detective card game to put the Jigsaw together -- and then have a picture mystery case to solve. Each case has 40 clues and is 8 x 14 inches. The sealed envelope contains the Solutions, and a secret coded message for crime fighters everywhere. Lots of play value! Rules included for a group co-op game for 12 to 36 players, using...
A new and expanded version of the classic party game Werewolf, with 24 total roles and gorgeous, full-color art. Includes several new roles and optional rules not present in the publisher's previous werewolf game, such as 3-faction play. (from the back of the box): Who are the wolves pretending to be human!? The largest pack in the Werewolf series, which...
This game is based on a Japanese comedy game series 人狼〜嘘つきは誰だ?〜. There are 17 types of roles. And if you are the werewolf you would have to get rid of the humans until you have the same number of werewolves as the humans do. And humans are to get rid of the werewolves. However, there is a third force, the fox. The fox wins if he lives on till the end of...