The Case of the Silver Bullet

When Diana and Robert were moving out of their Centerville house, we inherited a murder mystery dinner party game. Neither of us had ever tried one and so we thought that it would be especially fun. We also have some awesome friends who jump into any game with guns blazing so we knew that this was going to be a great night.

Because so much of the game depends on our pamphlets and the DVD, there was not too much work for us to do. We set up a little crime scene and made some dinner and appetizers and the night was set. 

            The table setting                                                                         The weapons

Everyone came more than amazingly dressed. It seriously knocked my socks off how prepared everyone was and how in character they stayed the whole night

The Cowans

Jack E Jackson and Countess Von Orlock

 The Johnsons

Juan Pinto and Chastity Darling

 The Duncans

Rev. Marlow Bates and Grace Dubnar (OUR MURDERER!!)

 The Wings

J. Neil Gibson and Anne E Winslow

 The Clarks

Mary-Lou Gibson and Detective Sam Silverman

Anne Winslow was the Nanny and Neil's hired help and so I thought that this character was most fitting as the hostess. It was also a lot of fun.

 Appetizers

(I was able to knock out 4 states at this dinner including South Dakota, the last appetizer)

 The game is played in stages. We eat, we discuss, we watch a DVD, we eat, we discuss, we watch a DVD etc. It was slow moving at first because no one had played before but once we got rolling it was a good time. For dinner we had Delaware chicken and salads that everyone brought.

 

 While the parents discussed and ate, Ralphie and Kelsey just played and played and played! They also ate a lot of food off the floor, but they were happy most of the night.

 When the murder was solved we all enjoyed a Mississippi Mud Pie and an Indiana Sugar Cream pie, both delicious and 2 states done!

Over all people had a really great time. If I were to host one of these again, I would not be a character and I would read everyone's booklets so that I would know where the story is going. Our story got kinda weird in the middle and no one knew what to do. We didn't know if things were real or fake especially when someone pulled a werewolf card on us. Any way, it was still really fun, I just think that if I were ever a host again I would be the "detective" and help the story moving forward easier.