Murder Mystery

Hollywood Murder Mystery Party Game

★ MURDER ON SOUNDSTAGE 7 — a 1949 Hollywood whodunit for 4-12 players ★

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Stage 7 was dark by nine. "The Long Way Down" had been shooting eleven weeks against a scheduled six, and the wrap party was called early because the studio could no longer afford to keep the lights on. There was a table of drink in the scene dock, somebody wheeled in a piano — and at the end of the night they found Roy Castell on the stage floor beside the camera dolly, under the one work light still burning.

🎭 THE TWIST THIS ONE IS BUILT ON

Six people told the same lie that night, word for word, and five of them were innocent. They were all standing in the wardrobe corridor at eight o'clock and they will all tell you so. Somebody handed them that sentence. The question is not who was lying — it is who needed the lie in the first place.

🖼 FULLY ILLUSTRATED — NEW EDITION

• 12 painted character portraits, one on every character sheet

• A "Meet Your Characters" page so your guests can see the whole table at a glance

• A painted cover of Stage 7 as it was found

Nobody hands out a plain sheet of text any more. Your guests get a face to play.

👤 12 CHARACTERS, EACH WITH A REAL SECRET

The 6 at the centre carry the mystery — the head of wardrobe whose car was on Cahuenga at seven, the studio fixer who put six people in a corridor and gave them one sentence to say, the star who found out another actress was tested for her part, the leading man who owes eleven thousand dollars to people who do not send letters, the screenwriter whose last three pictures went out under a name that belongs to nobody, and the producer with forty thousand missing from the production account.

6 more of the crew each get a full sheet of their own: a motive, an alibi, something they saw, and a reason to be nervous. Nobody at your table just watches.

📄 WHAT YOU GET — instant download, 23 pages

• Host Guide — how to run all three rounds

• At a Glance — the whole game on one page, safe to read even if you are playing

• The Tangle — who is covering for whom (host only)

• The Story — read aloud to open the night

• Meet Your Characters — the illustrated cast

• 12 Character Sheets — secret, alibi, what you know, and what to say in Round 3

• Clue Cards for all three rounds

• Accusation Sheets and printable invitations

• The Murderer’s Envelope — hand it to one guest, or leave it sealed and play along yourself

• The Solution — sealed at the back, read aloud at the end

🖨 HOW IT WORKS

1. Print. A4 and US Letter are both included — print at 100% on plain paper.

2. Hand out. One character sheet per guest. At 4 players you use the core 6; at 12 you hand out every sheet in the file.

3. Play. Three rounds, roughly 90-120 minutes. Clue cards go out at the top of each round.

4. Accuse. Everyone fills in an Accusation Sheet. Read the Solution page aloud — whoever names the murderer, the method AND the motive wins.

You can host AND play. No character sheet tells its owner they are the killer, so read your own and leave the last two pages — the Murderer’s Envelope and the Solution — in an envelope until the vote.

★ GREAT FOR ★

Dinner parties, game nights, girls’ nights in, birthday celebrations, Halloween gatherings, and evenings when a group of friends wants something to do together — small groups and large.

Teen & Adult · Instant digital download · Nothing is shipped · Print it again for the next party.