Murder at the Masquerade Ball – Venetian Masquerade Murder Mystery Party Game (6–12 Players)

What you get

On the private island of Isola Corvara, two hundred masked guests have crossed the lagoon by launch for the Moon Ball, the most glamorous masquerade of the year. At 10:45 their host, the glass magnate Ottavio Corvaro, raises his glass and promises that at the midnight Unmasking he will unmask "one face more": someone under his roof is not who they claim to be.

At 11:50 he is found dead in his study, poisoned in his own wine. A guest in a Golden Sun mask was seen walking in and walking out. Everyone knows whose mask the Golden Sun was. But tonight, masks changed hands at the Mask Table, and someone tore a page out of the Mask-Keeper's ledger…

Over three rounds your guests gossip, guard their secrets, examine evidence and track who wore which mask, and when, before the Commissario unmasks the killer.

What's included (112 pages in each paper size)

• Host Guide: setup checklist, a 2.5-hour party timeline, read-aloud scripts for every round, casting and scaling for 6–12 players, hint ladders, a masquerade menu with alcohol-free drinks, decor and dress-code ideas, and a music style guide
• 12 secret character booklets (6 core + 6 optional; mixed genders, including 2 gender-neutral roles). Every booklet is 4 pages, so nobody can guess the killer from the page count. Each one has a backstory, secrets, a signature mask, costume ideas, lines to try and round-by-round objectives and clues.
• Fill-in invitations, 12 character cards to send with them, name tags with mask emblems and 4 room signs
• The Case File and 28 clue cards across three rounds
• 13 evidence props: guest and mask register, floor plan with walking times, ball programme, torn dance card, perfume receipt, mask-swap ledger, chess scoresheet, quadrille chart, speech notes, launch ticket, burnt ledger page, letter with a wax seal and a mysterious note
• Detective sheets: detective notepad, Mask Tracker, suspect checklist, timeline worksheet and accusation sheet
• Solution and reveal script for the host, a mask-chain diagram, a hidden logic table, a master timeline and an answer key for scoring
• 3 award certificates: Best Mask, Best Detective and Most Mysterious

How it works

1. Instant download after purchase.
2. Print at home. Every file comes in US Letter and A4.
3. Send the invitations, hand out the booklets and follow the host scripts.
4. Collect the accusations, reveal the killer and take the masks off.

Good to know

• 6 to 12 players plus a host. The six core characters carry every clue needed to solve the case. Optional characters add suspects and red herrings, and each one has a verified alibi, so the mystery is fair at any group size.
• Fair-play puzzle: the murder can be solved logically from the clues and props. Guests keep their own masks all night; the mask swaps happen on paper.
• About 2.5 hours. No gore, so it suits teens and adults.
• Works in black and white; looks best in colour.
• Digital product. No physical item will be shipped.
• For personal use. All places, companies, characters and events are fictional.