Murder Mystery Party - Lethal Luau
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Toys and Games Reviews of Murder Mystery Party - Lethal Luau
Customer Review: Murder Party Comparison
Summary: 3 Stars
This was my fourth time hosting a murder mystery party and the first time I've used the Bedazzled Murder Mystery series. My first three parties were all from Decipher's How to Host a Murder series. Here are a few differences I noticed.
1) The game barely took 2 hrs to complete as opposed to the 4 hrs we averaged with the other parties.
2) Each round starts with a printed dialog for the characters to read. People who enjoy improv might find this limiting, but a shy crowd appreciates the help.
3) The murderer knows in the first round they've done it. This is ok if your guests are good actors who can keep a secret, but it will change the experience for that guest. In the How to Host a Murder series the murderer has to figure out the mystery along with the other guests.
4) The game is written for a minimum of 6 people with 2 extra characters in case you have more guests. We played with 7. Having an extra, non-suspect, character confused some guests but as hostess I appreciated not having to find an 8th guest.
All in all we had a good time with this game. The theme is easy to setup and everyone can easily find a Hawaiian shirt. If I had known the differences between the game brands I would have planned my party differently, but I will definitely use the Bedazzled Murder Mystery series for parties in the future.
Customer Review: Excellent Murder Mystery!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this Murder Mystery for a church group gathering and it was a blast! The box contained everything we needed for the evening. It has invitations, name plates, a planning guide and character booklets. The planning guide was invaluable to me as hostess and helped with recipes and a schedule of events. You can play the game with a full dinner, a luncheon menu or even with snacks. As far as the guests, they were given invitations that provided costume suggestions and they all came accordingly, which made the evening all the more fun and believable. There is also a CD that you play at different times during the game to help you keep up with what has been revealed about the characters. I will say that I put in some extra work to pull off our party, though you don't have to if you want to do it on a small budget. We went all out with decorations from a local party store, finding some Hawaiian music and I even provided leaflets with Hawaiian on them for the guests to practice the language. Lethal Luau is a good game to center your party around and then imagine what you can do beyond it to provide the atmosphere of the story. We even reenacted the murder at the beginnig!As to the plot itself, it was excellently done. I hadn't put all the clues together myself, but one of our members came out with the solution exactly. Everyone else agreed and it turned out that through listening closely and paying attention to clues, the murder is one that can be solved.
Everyone had a good, fun time! We enjoyed playing the parts, learning about Hawaii through the characters and CD and most of all playing a game that brought us all together for a good evening with friends.
Customer Review: Who Would Have Guessed!!!!
Summary: 3 Stars
I housed this at my birthday party...it was fun and all....dont get me wroung....but by the end of the story line when you had to guess who was the murder....every single character had a reason to commit the crime....it was impossible to guess....it was basically a luck game.....there was not deatil that you had to really lisen for to figure out teh murder....i wish it was a little easier....in my group of 10 people and like four others not playing not one person got correct person....it was fun tough i think the best part was dressing up like differeent people....and teh cd was a very nice touch...Customer Review: Who Would Have Guessed!!!!
Summary: 3 Stars
I housed this at my birthday party...it was fun and all....dont get me wroung....but by the end of the story line when you had to guess who was the murder....every single character had a reason to commit the crime....it was impossible to guess....it was basically a luck game.....there was not deatil that you had to really lisen for to figure out teh murder....i wish it was a little easier....in my group of 10 people and like four others not playing not one person got correct person....it was fun tough i think the best part was dressing up like differeent people....and teh cd was a very nice touch...