• May include: Poppyquinn Case Files No 4 Murder Mystery Escape Room Game titled Death wears Tinsel. The game features a snowy department store scene on the cover, with text indicating 1-8 players, 90-120 minutes, and print or tablet options.
  • May include: A mystery game kit titled What's inside, containing 11 envelopes, 36 pages of letters, photos, logs, and clues, 10 puzzles, and a sealed confession. The image displays various game components including documents, a pocket watch, and photos.
  • May include: A game board featuring six suspects with photos and titles: Adelaide the Owner, Winnie the Elf, Julian Window Dresser, Rufus House Detective, Clara the Niece, and Percival Floorwalker. Text reads: Six suspects. One killer. Who really wore the Santa suit at 8:15?
  • May include: A light purple instructional graphic titled How it works with four numbered steps for a mystery game. To the right, a smartphone screen displays The Answer Desk interface with a grid of letters A through J and a code entry field.
  • May include: A collection of mystery game materials including a Secret Santa logic grid, a Pinkerton National Detective Agency pigpen cipher sheet, a notebook with handwritten text, and a torn newspaper clipping puzzle on a light purple background.
  • May include: A digital mystery game kit featuring a list of contents including a 34-page case file, envelopes A-J, a sealed confession envelope K, a paper answer desk, and a host guide. A sample page shows the character Mabel Quigley and game instructions.
  • May include: Poppyquinn Case Files No 4 Murder Mystery Escape Room Game titled Death wears Tinsel. The game features a snowy department store scene on the cover, with text indicating 1-8 players, 90-120 minutes, and print or tablet options.
  • May include: A mystery game kit titled What's inside, containing 11 envelopes, 36 pages of letters, photos, logs, and clues, 10 puzzles, and a sealed confession. The image displays various game components including documents, a pocket watch, and photos.
  • May include: A game board featuring six suspects with photos and titles: Adelaide the Owner, Winnie the Elf, Julian Window Dresser, Rufus House Detective, Clara the Niece, and Percival Floorwalker. Text reads: Six suspects. One killer. Who really wore the Santa suit at 8:15?
  • May include: A light purple instructional graphic titled How it works with four numbered steps for a mystery game. To the right, a smartphone screen displays The Answer Desk interface with a grid of letters A through J and a code entry field.
  • May include: A collection of mystery game materials including a Secret Santa logic grid, a Pinkerton National Detective Agency pigpen cipher sheet, a notebook with handwritten text, and a torn newspaper clipping puzzle on a light purple background.
  • May include: A digital mystery game kit featuring a list of contents including a 34-page case file, envelopes A-J, a sealed confession envelope K, a paper answer desk, and a host guide. A sample page shows the character Mabel Quigley and game instructions.
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Challenging Christmas Murder Mystery Escape Room Game Printable PDF, 1930s Whodunit Party Game, 1-8 Players, Death Wears Tinsel

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May include: Poppyquinn Case Files No 4 Murder Mystery Escape Room Game titled Death wears Tinsel. The game features a snowy department store scene on the cover, with text indicating 1-8 players, 90-120 minutes, and print or tablet options.

CHALLENGING LEVEL · 90 TO 120 MINUTES. A bigger, trickier case for experienced sleuths, with a twist you won't see coming.

Can you unmask a killer before the doors unlock at dawn?

DEATH WEARS TINSEL is a challenging Christmas murder mystery escape room game you print at home or play on a tablet. It's Christmas Eve 1938 at Harrowgate's, a grand department store on State Street, Chicago. A blizzard has buried the city, and the brass doors are time-locked until six in the morning. At half past nine, the night watchman finds the store's beloved Santa dead beneath the 20-foot Toyland tree, a toppled ladder beside him and the gold star in his hand. Everyone says he fell. Mabel at the gift-wrap counter knows better: Barnaby wouldn't climb a kitchen stool. And just hours earlier he told the owner, "Tonight at the party, I'm going to unmask somebody."

Open eleven evidence envelopes. Solve a Secret Santa logic grid, crack an old Pinkerton cipher, piece together a torn 1916 newspaper, decode an elevator operator's shorthand, and build two alibi grids. The first will lead you confidently in the wrong direction. Check each code at the online Answer Desk, with three hints per envelope when you need them.

~ WHAT YOU GET ~
* CASE FILE (34 pages): the cover, How to Play, and Envelopes A to J, full of photo-illustrated evidence
* ENVELOPE K (2 pages): the sealed confession and the Christmas-morning epilogue
* PAPER ANSWER DESK: an offline backup code checker
* HOST GUIDE (4 pages): the opening script, 3-level hints and the full solution
* ONLINE ANSWER DESK: check every code and get hints on your phone or tablet

~ DETAILS ~
* Level: CHALLENGING (for an easier game, try our Easy cases, Nº 1 to 3)
* Players: 1 to 8 (a Christmas party, family game night, or a date night in)
* Play time: 90 to 120 minutes
* Ages: 12 and up
* 10 puzzles: a logic grid, an advent-calendar lock, a pigpen cipher, a torn clipping, an elevator log, two alibi grids, a stopped watch, a handwriting match, and the final accusation
* 6 suspects, each with a photo, dossier and statement in their own handwriting
* Fair-play mystery: every clue you need is in the envelopes, and some clues pay off envelopes later
* No host needed, but a host can play Mabel from the gift-wrap counter for extra fun

~ HOW TO PLAY ~
1. Print single-sided on US Letter paper, or open the Case File on a tablet. Pencils and scissors help.
2. Sort the pages into envelopes A to K using the label on each page.
3. Open Envelope A and start investigating!

~ PLEASE NOTE ~
This is an instant digital download. No physical product will be shipped. Printing, envelopes, a tablet, apps and internet access are not included. The online Answer Desk needs an internet connection; the Paper Answer Desk works offline. For personal use only. Please do not share or resell the files.

PoppyQuinn Case Files Nº 4. Pour the cocoa, put on some carols, and good luck, detective!

Want a quicker game? Try our Easy cases: Murder at the Quinn House Inn, Death at the Sweetheart Ball and Death Takes the Midnight Train.

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