Why You'll Love It
A premium boxed kit, beautifully made
Scales to suit your guest list
Host at the table or online
A different culprit every play
Host guide, characters, clues & audio
The kit does the hard work for you
Vendor:Masters of Mystery
Boxed Game Kit
Why You'll Love It
A premium boxed kit, beautifully made
Scales to suit your guest list
Host at the table or online
A different culprit every play
Host guide, characters, clues & audio
The kit does the hard work for you
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1980s Murder Mystery Game – Boxed Edition
1.5 - 3 Hours
Medium
1985. Soundstage on a British movie studio
Flexible
The Kit
Everything in your kitThe Guest List · A Totally Rad 1980’s Murder
Every guest becomes a character. Choose your edition by how many join the party — the bigger the night, the deeper the cast.
Want every suspect at your table? Pick the 4–20 edition.
Free with every game — never required
Every kit is complete on its own — and every game now includes a free app. Use it, and it sends cinematic invitations, slips each guest their secret script, and quietly casts the killer.
Cast your guests and the app sends each one a cinematic invitation — their character, their costume brief, and an RSVP that fills your table for you.
Before the party, each guest steps into the green room — their character portrait, their backstory, their costume, and lines only they can see.
One tap, and someone in the room becomes the murderer. Only their phone knows. They read the guilty lines; everyone else plays it straight. Nobody can spoil it — not even the host.
Tap-to-examine evidence lands each round, the Detective's recordings set the scene, and when it's time, a synchronized countdown unmasks the killer on every phone at once.
More ways to play
Snap a photo in costume and it becomes your character's face — on the ballots and at the reveal.
Every guest's photos and videos collect in one shared party album — to relive the morning after.
Run the night as the Detective, or play a character yourself and let the app's recordings narrate.
Vote on the honours — Best Detective, Best Costume, Best Liar — and crown them together at the end.
If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact us. We'll get back to you as soon as possible, within 24 hours on weekdays.
Delivery & Downloads
Your digital game is delivered instantly — the moment your order is confirmed, your full kit is ready to download. There's nothing to wait for and nothing posted. Physical boxed kits are dispatched within 1–2 working days.
Hosting Support
Every game comes with a step-by-step Host Guide, so you're never on your own. Still stuck? Our team are real mystery enthusiasts and reply within 24 hours on weekdays.
FAQs
Player numbers, timings, how to host virtually — most questions are answered on our Help & FAQs page. Take a look before your big night.
Contact Us
Prefer to talk it through? Send us a message any time and we'll help you choose the perfect mystery for your group.
Host A Murder Mystery Dinner Party
Suspects
Pick the game version that suits your guest list, whether you’re planning a small murder mystery dinner party or a larger 1980's-themed gathering.
Invitations
Invite your guests and send each person their character details and costume ideas before the party begins.
The Scene
Add dinner, drinks, costumes or decorations to create the perfect 1980's atmosphere. Keep it simple or go all out.
The Case
Start with the Detective’s opening statement, then let guests introduce their characters, mingle, gossip and begin uncovering secrets.
The Murderer
After the first round, the murderer is secretly selected, meaning the mystery can unfold differently each time you play.
Investigate
Follow the host guide through rounds of motive, opportunity and method as guests question each other, reveal clues and try to catch the killer.
Accuse
Everyone makes their final accusation before the murderer confesses. End the night with awards for best detective, best costume, best performer or most suspicious guest.
Plan a night to remember
Match the mystery to the guest list. Compare themes, player counts and languages, then choose the games for your next occasions.
Choose by theme and group size
Build your bundle
Buying it for someone else? After checkout, send it straight to their inbox as a gift — with a personal message, scheduled to land on the big day. They open a cinematic reveal, unlock the game, and the night is theirs to host.
Birthdays, Christmas or a date night in — choose the boxed kit and a beautifully made game arrives at their door — or send the digital edition straight to their inbox.
Welcome to our dedicated section for all things murder mystery! Here, you'll find everything you need to create an unforgettable and immersive experience for your guests. Whether you're looking for menu ideas to tantalize taste buds, curated playlists to set the perfect mood, costume ideas to bring characters to life, or decoration tips to transform your space, we've got you covered.
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Planning to host this game at a paid or ticketed event, a corporate away-day, a pub or restaurant night, a team-building session — or anywhere it forms part of a business? You'll need a Commercial License.
It gives you the rights to run our mysteries for profit — at your venue, for your clients, or streamed publicly — professionally and fully covered. Add it to any game from £165. Already bought the game on its own? Purchase it again with the license and we'll refund your original order.
Please read our FAQs page to find out more.
No — every kit is complete on its own, and you can run the whole night from the booklets alone. The free app is a bonus that adds cinematic invitations and a spoiler-proof secret killer draw if you'd like it. Use it for every guest, just a few, or nobody at all.
Overall rating: 4.7 / 5 from 404 reviews.
Having multiple endings makes it too easy to work out who the murderer is. If you read the responses when you are not a murderer the person that responds with a more negative answer is the murderer.
We loved the flow of this game!! Really great!
Order this for a teen dinner for our homeschool group. We all had a great time playing the 80's characters and finding our murderer.
sooo much fun! there’s a great variety of characters, all of my friends felt represented accurately by the character i picked for them. i love that the killer is randomized and the motives are solid. the detective recordings are a bit wacky but it added to the fun.
We had such a great time !
Really enjoyed it and was a complete success. Nice and easy and everyone played their character well.
We did this as our friends going away and it did not disappoint! We had so much fun with the 80s murder muster. Getting into to character was my favorite. I can’t wait to play again with another group of friends!!!
I got this on a recommendation from a friend for another friends birthday. We all had such a great evening.
We were intimated by the downloads but great instructions & all turned out great! Easy to change things for party needs.
9 Teenager haben das Krimi Dinner Motto 80 er gespielt. Es bedarf einer Vorbereitung (ausdrucken, Rollen verteilen, als Gastgeber den Überblick bekommen). Für 15 jährige manchmal etwas zu überfordert oder etwas zu „peinlich“ in eine Rolle zu schlüpfen. Es hat allen Spaß gemacht und war mal etwas anderes.
Das Kit ist super. Hat allen viel Spaß gemacht. Aufgrund des umfangreichen Scriptes waren einige erst einmal etwas überfordert, aber mit fortgrschrittener Zeit gings immer besser. Mit dem variablen Mörder finde ich super. Unsere Kinder 9 und 12 Jahre haben auch mitgemacht und fandes es lustig. Wir werden auch noch ein anderes probieren. Viel Spaß allen anderen.
Found the game super fun and interactive.
We had so much fun doing the 80s murder mystery! Everyone enjoyed themselves way more than anyone anticipated. We will definitely be playing again!
It was a bit hard to pick up on clues with 17 people. No one figured out the murderer, but we all had fun!
We had a great time! People got into their roles just the right amount-- enough to be fun, but we could still laugh about it. The game is very well constructed to work no matter which characters are in it, so we were able to have fitting assignments. That has a small downside, though, that the solution is not a logic puzzle, but just a subtle character interpretation. Still lots of fun! We even gave each other awards at the end.
Awesome night! Flowed really well, just about right length of time/interraction. Was really good fun!
It was so much fun
It was wonderful! We had so much fun playing and even those that didn’t play had a blast.
So much fun and creative names too
Great fun! Wish I had read about the other characters before the evening, took us just over three hours over dinner to complete.
Super Spiel, habe es zu meinem Geburtstag gespielt und kann es nur empfehlen! Jeder hatte Spaß & es ist mal etwas ganz anderes ☺️
A really fun evening when all the attendees really got involved.
We all had so much fun dressing up for this game night! Everyone got really into their roles and we had a great time. ❤️
We had so much fun! Already planning the next game! Highly recommend playing game in a larger space to keep noise level down in order to hear all the details. We bought the 20 player pack which is the best bang for your buck since we could play this game over and over again
Our group had a blast with this totally rad murder mystery party. The random pick of whodunnit makes it really difficult to crack the case, but it was a fun twist compared to other games we've played.
The night was gnarly!! Baddest experience we've had in decades!
Wir haben zunächst die Struktur des Spiels nachvollziehen müssen. Die Spieler waren sehr verschieden und haben unterschiedliche Lösungen erarbeitet. Letztlich hat jeder nach dem Bauchgefühl entschieden.
Great fun - really made our New Year’s Eve !
We did this for my daughter’s 16th birthday. Most of the girls had a good time. It was kind of slow for some of them and my daughter wished it was more interactive somehow. You definitely need an animated group of people to play with to increase the entertainment value!!! But overall…it was fun!
War viel Lesearbeit. Spielführung und eigene Rolle war herausfordernd aber hat schlussendlich viel Spaß gemacht.
We had a fantastic evening, everyone got into character and love the fact we can redo it with different characters. Worth every penny.
This murder mystery party was so much fun. Having an excuse to get into costume was all our group needed to have a great time. We are now planning to do this every year! Everyone can be the murderer and if you pay enough attention to detail, the mystery can be solved, but its not easy.
It was a blast! I think people were more excited to see the costumes! This was my first ever and same with everyone invited and we fumbled along with our scripts. Even not knowing what we were doing, there was still a guest who figured out who the killer was! Planning my second one now!! Thank you so much !!
A really fun experience and very easy walk through directions!
Super bon jeu! J'aime la versatilité des personnages et la possibilité de rejouer plusieurs fois.
We had a blast getting into character! We are looking forward to making this an annual event!
12 of us took part and we had an absolute ball. Everyone really embraced the theme and characters. It was our first time doing a murder mystery dinner and I was so glad 2 of us had studied the instructions! It would be a breeze to do 2nd time around but first time (with a lot of giddy participants) really needed 2 leaders. Having said that the 2 leaders still took part and had so much fun. Will certainly do another pack but it will have a lot to live up to as the 80s one was so easy to theme and enjoy.
Our group played this on Zoom. It was a lot of fun. All 15 of us really enjoyed playing.
Our friend group love this! It was so easy to follow! I threw a surprise 25th birthday party and we all dressed our parts! 10/10 would recommend and we cannot wait to do more of the other ones!
Only one person guessed the murderer, and there was a lot of preparation, but it was all worth it for the fun that was had..!!
