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Murder Mystery Team Building Game

Murder mystery is the rare team activity where the quiet people win. Listening, remembering what someone said in round one, and noticing who changed their story is the whole game. It levels a room in a way that trivia and escape rooms do not.

Sleuth Night runs without a facilitator. One person sets it up and adds the team, everyone gets a link, and the host advances the rounds from their phone while the meeting-room screen shows the clues. Two hours, including a break.

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Death at the Speakeasy

1920s · 6–16 players · about 2 hours

Death at the Speakeasy scales to sixteen and has the least personal backstory of our three, which suits colleagues. Nobody is asked to play a family member with a grudge.

Read the full mystery page

✓ 16 characters, choose 6–16 on the night
✓ Each guest gets a private link: character, secret, objectives
✓ Host runs three rounds from a phone; TV shows the clues
✓ Everyone votes on their phone; reveal on the screen
✓ Print view included as a backup

What the night looks like

Chicago, 1927. A speakeasy owner is dead and sixteen people had a reason. Each colleague gets a character with a public bio, a private secret, and three rounds of objectives that require them to talk to specific other people.

Rounds one and two are questioning. Round three is accusations. Everyone votes on their phone. The reveal plays on the screen.

It works in the office, at an offsite, or in a private room at a restaurant. Bigger team? Run two parties in two rooms with two hosts.

Tips for a team building murder mystery

Cast across hierarchy

Give the manager the bartender and the intern the rival club owner. The game is better when the office structure is gone for two hours.

No costumes required

Suggest a hat or a scarf if you like. Colleagues will not dress up for a Tuesday afternoon, and the game does not need it.

Use the screen

Open the screen link on the meeting-room display. Clues appear when the host advances a round, so nobody has to read aloud.

Rounds of 20 minutes, then a hard stop

Put the timer on the screen. Teams will interrogate each other until you stop them.

Questions hosts ask

How many people can play?

Six to sixteen in one game. For larger teams, run parallel parties in separate rooms; each needs its own host.

Do we need a facilitator?

No. The host is a colleague who plays too. Advancing a round is one tap on the dashboard.

Can we expense it?

It is $29 per party via Paddle, which sends a receipt you can expense. Set up is free, so you can preview everything before paying.

Does it work remotely?

Yes. Guests open their links anywhere, the host shares the screen link on the video call, and the vote happens on phones. See the Zoom page for details.

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