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Game & Format

Murder Mystery + Wine

Character cards, secret objectives, and clues dropped between courses — with an assigned wine alongside every piece of evidence.

Anyone Large group Any season Medium effort
Deepen friendshipsMix strangers
PurposeGive every guest a role before they arrive and a reason to stay engaged all the way through dessert.
VoteWho did it? — open table accusation round with a show-of-hands verdict before the reveal.
RevealThe solution and the killer surface with dessert; then the host reads each secret objective so the table replays the…
Run of show

What it's for

Give every guest a role before they arrive and a reason to stay engaged all the way through dessert.

The guest's job

Stay in character, pursue your secret objective, and accuse someone before the final course.

The vote

Who did it? — open table accusation round with a show-of-hands verdict before the reveal.

The reveal

The solution and the killer surface with dessert; then the host reads each secret objective so the table replays the whole night.

Food & drink spine

Multi-course menu paced to the clue schedule; finger food for investigation lulls between reveals.

Conversation fuel

"What gave you away, and at what point did you know you’d been read?"

How it flops — steer around it

A Traitor who is too good at lying or too bad at it — both kill the game. Cast for the middle.

From the deep-dive notes

A dinner that runs on intrigue. Each guest gets a character, a secret objective, and an assigned wine. Clues surface between courses; a blind pour arrives alongside the evidence.

Why it works

Gives every guest a role before they arrive and a reason to stay engaged all night.

Food

Multi-course menu that paces the reveals; finger food for the investigation lulls.

Drink

One assigned wine per character; a blind pour tied to a clue.

Voting

Who did it? Best performance award by vote.

Conversation prompts

Stay in character. Accuse someone before dessert.

A bespoke dinner-party concierge. Vote with conviction; bring something defensible. Themes · Playbook