Look inside a kit

Murder mystery nights for 6 to 12

The murder mystery with your guests already in it.

Type their first names and pick a theme. Order by 8pm and your kit is in your inbox by 9am the next morning, ready to print at home.

Cast your guests

£12 a kit · 6 to 12 adults · Print at home

Everything for the evening, £12

Your guests' names are on their character sheets and name cards, and in the clues the others read out.

  • A character sheet for every guest, with their secret, their alibi and who to suspect
  • Clues for three rounds, each guest's marked with their name
  • Your running order, course by course, with what to say
  • A rules card that stands on the table
  • The ending, sealed until everyone has accused
  • A name card for every place at the table
  • Clues checked to lead to exactly one culprit
  • Alcohol-free if you like, with every drink swapped for a soft one

Four themes. 6 to 12 adults, you included. No account, no subscription.

A look inside a real kit

Country-house Christmas for 8, with made-up guests. Two character sheets, the first round of clues, the running order and the name cards are open. The ending stays sealed. Order this theme and your kit has a different culprit, secrets and clues.

Your kit has every piece in full, made for your guests, your theme and your numbers.

Cast your guests

How it works

  1. Tell us who's coming.

    Pick your party date and a theme, then type your guests' first names and see each one cast.

  2. Your kit is made overnight.

    Order by 8pm and it's in your inbox by 9am the next morning. Before it's sent, a program checks that the clues lead to exactly one culprit, and the kit is read through once more for a fair, fun game.

  3. Print it and play.

    Print it on A4 at home. The first page says what to fold and what to cut. Hand each guest their part and follow the running order, course by course.

Questions

When does my kit arrive?

Order by 8pm and it's in your inbox by 9am the next morning, any day of the week. Order after 8pm and it arrives by 9am the morning after. You pick your party date before you pay, and we tell you then whether we can make it.

Is it really about my guests?

Yes. Each guest's first name is on their character sheet and name card, and the other guests' clues mention them by name. The parts you see when you type their names are the parts in your kit, as long as you've put “(me)” after your own. To change who plays whom, shuffle the parts or say so in your order email.

Can I play too?

Yes. Put your own name on the list and you play a suspect. Ask someone who isn't coming to get the kit ready and hand out the parts, so you never see who did it. With the Country-house Christmas kit you can also get it ready yourself: the first page tells you how to fold it without reading, and you shouldn't find out either.

Can we play without alcohol?

Yes. Switch on Alcohol-free when you order and every drink in your kit becomes a soft one. At the country house, the mulled wine turns into spiced apple punch and the champagne into sparkling elderflower. Nobody needs a drink to play.

How long does it take to play?

Plan on about three hours with dinner. The game takes 70 to 75 minutes of it: introductions over drinks, a round of clues after the starters, after the main course and with pudding, then accusations over coffee and the ending.

What do I need to print?

A home printer, plain A4 paper and scissors. A kit for 8 is 21 to 24 pages, depending on the theme. At the country house nothing is cut but the name cards: each guest's clue page folds shut and their character sheet folds round it, one pack a guest. In the other three themes you cut out the clue cards and put each guest's in three envelopes, one a round. Your kit comes attached to an email, and it opens and prints from a phone, tablet or computer.

Who writes the kits?

Dinner Alibi writes each theme's story once, using AI. Your kit is then built around your guests' first names and your numbers, with every drink swapped if you choose alcohol-free. Before it's sent, a program checks that the clues lead to exactly one culprit, and the kit is read through once more for a fair, fun game. Ask for a particular part in your order email and we cast it that way.

What happens to my guests' names?

We use their first names, and anything you tell us about them, only to make your kit, and we delete them within 7 days of sending it, apart from the copy our email provider keeps for up to 30 days. We never ask for surnames. Nothing you type here leaves this page until you press Send on your own order email.

Cast your guests