1920s Murder Mystery Party Game, Printable Speakeasy Dinner Party Kit for 4 to 12 Players

New Year's Eve, 1926. The Velvet Clock is the smartest speakeasy in the city, hidden behind a dusty clock-repair shop. You knock, give the password, and step through a grandfather clock into a room full of jazz, gin and very bad decisions. By a quarter past midnight the owner, Max Vane, is dead in his locked office, and nobody calls the police to a speakeasy.

Death at the Velvet Clock is a printable murder mystery dinner party game for 4 to 12 guests plus a host. It plays in about 3 hours. Everyone, the killer included, gets a character, secrets and an alibi to defend. The host runs the night and is the only person who knows the solution.

━━ WHAT YOU GET ━━
Five instant-download ZIP files. Unzip them all into one folder and the kit sorts itself into folders: letter (US Letter paper), a4 (A4 paper), phone and extras.
• Files 1 and 2 for US Letter, files 3 and 4 for A4 (download the pair that matches your paper)
• File 5: phone-friendly character booklets and emailable invitations, for any paper size

Each paper size holds:
• Start Here guide, with a 7-step plan
• Host guide with a full running order and FAQ
• 12 character booklets (4 core characters plus 8 optional ones, so any group from 4 to 12 works), as one file to print and as one file per guest to email
• Clue cards for three rounds, with optional patterned card backs
• Evidence files: eight exhibits, including a floor plan of the club
• Accusation and vote sheets
• Solution reveal script, to read aloud
• Invitations, role inserts and name badges
• Cocktail and zero-proof menu, dinner menu, signs and place cards
• Costume guide: each character's look, a budget version and one prop
• Party extras: award certificates, photo-booth props, a 1920s playlist and club chips
• Ink-saver files for any printer, plus colour "deluxe" covers, invitations, menus and door sign

Plus an email invitation for every character (PNG and PDF) and an invitation you can type on in any web browser.

━━ HOW IT WORKS ━━
1. Download and print at home or at a print shop.
2. Send invitations and hand out character booklets before the party.
3. Play three rounds of clues, questions and accusations.
4. Vote, then read the reveal. Every clue in the solution is in play during the game, so a sharp guest can solve it.

━━ GOOD TO KNOW ━━
• This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. Nothing is shipped.
• Suggested costumes: beads, feathers, pinstripes and spats.
• For adults and teens. It touches on period drinking and gambling.
• Personal use only. Please don't resell or share the files.

━━ HOW IT WAS MADE ━━
Written and designed by Velvet Clock Mysteries with the help of AI tools. The character portraits were made with an AI image generator and checked by hand. The ornaments and floor plan are original vector drawings, and there is no stock art. All fonts are licensed under the SIL Open Font License.

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