My little sister's birthday is next month, and she wants to do something unique, like host a murder game (which I did a couple years ago... she actually just wants to be like me, because I'm so awesome, but anyway)... Murder games are designed for eight people, but Maya (the sister) wants to invite eleven of her friends, for a total of twelve players.
I have been assigned the role of creating a murder mystery fit for twelve ten-to-eleven year olds. I am uncreative, unimaginative, and super busy all the time... so I thought I'd pose the problem on Hatrack!! Anyone feel up to creating a murder mystery? The cast is for 5 boys and 7 girls... good luck! I really appreciate any ideas. You can e-mail me your completed work at pigs_are_me@yahoo.com, and if you wouldn't mind posting a brief synopsis on this thread (one that doesn't give away the ending), that would be nice... Maya wants to go over them and choose her favorite.
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how old is she? Murder mysteries seem to need- A butler A hunter A rich woman a maid a doctor another doctor (female) a shauffer a pirate captain a ninja (I like ninjas) a beauty queen a famous singer a cop.
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There are murder mystery kits out there for younger people, I considered doing one for my daughter's party.
Since they're so complex and it's a huge undertaking, you're probably better off doing that, since you say your schedule is really full.
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Raia, I'll take you up on the challenge. I've e-mailed you some background information about the story. Let me know what Maya thinks of it.
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I don't know if this is going to succeed before then, but I'm bumping this thread... PLEASE if you can, help me out! I'm completely stumped. This weekend, Maya and I are sitting down and trying to figure something out together... but there's only so much she can help me, as she wants to participate, so she can't know the ending.
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Take the partygoers into a room. Don't mention anything, but let them just look around. There you should plant various clues.
The "murder victim" is one of your sister's stuffed animals. Everyone has to figure out how it died, and ultimately, who did the nasty deed.
So, at some point, you turn out the lights, toss the poor dead bear (or whatever) into the center of the room with a gruesome note attached. (or have it suddenly appear hanging by its neck from the chandelier).
The who done it part is easy. Just work back from the solution when you write it, and then come up with red herrings to use to confuse things. E.g., the Winnie the Pooh was always jealous of the teddy bear, and then you find a small drop of honey near the corpse. Bwah hahhahahah
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Oh well, I hope this helps.
You should be able to write something fairly elaborate if you think of it as small hints and then you can hide little clues all over the house.
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Here Is a site which sells mysteries... it gives scenarios and characters but not motives/alibis and the murderer. Perhaps you could borrow some ideas from there and fill in the blanks?
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