Ready in two minutes
Three steps, and the night starts.
- Open it on one screen
A TV, a laptop or a monitor everyone can see. Paste your key once and the case opens in the browser.
- Gather your detectives
Two to eight players work as one team. Nobody gets a role to memorize, and nobody has to run the game.
- Solve it together
Read the evidence, question voiced suspects, crack the locks, then make your case and get scored on it.
Why no prep
Everything a party kit asks of the host, the game does instead.
Printable murder mystery kits are great for big costume parties. They also mean printing, cutting, handing out roles and someone reading the script. Ours is built for the nights you'd rather just play.
| Compared side by side | Printable party kit | Red Thread Mysteries |
|---|---|---|
| Before guests arrive | Print and cut materials, send roles out | Nothing. Open the link. |
| The host | Reads the script and runs the rounds | Plays too. The game runs itself. |
| The suspects | Guests act them out | Fully voiced characters on screen |
| The solution | Read aloud at the end | You argue it, and get scored on it |
| Group size | Often 8 to 20 or more | 2 to 8, in person or over a video call |
The cases
Pick tonight's case.
The Last Night at the Larkspur
A Red Thread Mystery
One night. Six suspects. A door that stayed locked for twenty years, and opened last night. The road reopens at 7:30.
See the case →Cold Wallet
A Red Thread Mystery
No body this time. Someone is inside the company's systems and the money is about to move. Your team is the last line of defense.
Tell me when it opens →A note from the case room
We're a small studio that makes one kind of thing: mysteries a group can solve together on one screen. Every clue you need is in front of you, every suspect has something to hide, and the ending holds up when you go back and check.
We'd rather make a few cases well than a lot of them fast. How we make them →
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