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"We recently hired a big manor house as a family for a week away.
As one of the 'activities' we purchased your game Murder at Sea to play one night, and delegated my niece Becky to be in charge.
From your list of games we choose this one, as it was in period with the house, it gave us an excuse to dress up and we needed a game for 23 people.
We had a great night and would like to thank you.
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Carol Strevens, UK
"Thank you so much for your games. I discovered you last year, and Murder at Sea was the second game I hosted. I was bit worried if people will like the atmosphere of 1914 and being divided as crew and passengers, but it has been a blast!We had 25 players playing and I think that was ideal, now I'm planning A Speakeasy Murder and I'm aiming at a similar number. These bigger games are bit different because you usually don't know everything that is going on and it's fun to see the faces at the end of the game when someone is telling the others what were his/her goals and they are like, "Whaaat?" I didn't even know this plot was in the game," yet they still enjoy their storylines.My recommendation for any game, but especially these bigger ones if you are playing with people that don't know each other, is to print photos with names of the characters they are playing. I had the passengers on one sheet and the crew on a "captain's cabin" that I made. It was worth the time, and people used it often - it made the game run smoothly."
Michaela Mrázová, Czech Republic
"What better thing to do for Halloween than throw a murder mystery party!? My fiancée and I wrangled 33 people to participate in Murder at Sea at our home. It could not have been more fun – the costumes, people sticking to their characters, the chaos of everyone trying to kill each other at the end, even Patrick Malloy got in on the action trying to smite people with his Bible. This was an extremely positive experience and I will definitely be putting on another party in the future."
Christopher Sewell, United States
"Ran Murder At Sea on Friday night for a group of 23 and had a great time. Lots of talking right of the bat and much time was spent manoeuvring by the players to get the ship in the right direction, and their favoured officer crew sorted.
The second half really stepped up the intrigue, with several plots coming to an (almost) deadly conclusion.
I hope to run this one again before the end of the year… there's a really nice rhythm to the game, and some great dress-up and acting opportunities. And everyone has motivation to solve the murder!"
Chris Rudram, Enigmatic Events, Canada
"We had another fantastic time with one of your murder mystery parties! This time, we did All At Sea. This is a fabulous game when you have a large group playing. I thought the way the food table was decorated was very clever. They used plain white paper with SS Libertania lettering on it as the table cover to put food on. They used posterboard to make the smokestacks and set a plate with dry ice on top of each smokestack. Thank you for a wonderful birthday party!"
Becky Pruitt, United States
"I just want to say a huge thank you for All at Sea. Wonderfully written. We had such a great time. I hosted it for my 21st birthday and all my guests loved the story line. It was a great success, thank you!"
Lucy Toleman, United Kingdom
"I purchased All At Sea earlier this year and used it for a Titanic themed murder mystery dinner. It was, as all my friends say, the party of the century!"
Haley Nielsen, California, United States
"Last weekend I played All at Sea with 20 teenagers, aged 16–21. As with all your games, it made a lot of fun. I can only recommend your games."
Peter Dünki, Switzerland
"Although it was so stressful to plan, I think it was because no one had ever played a game like All at Seabefore.
However, despite people dropping out last minutes and a few main characters ended up being missed out, the plot was detailed enough that it really didn't matter…
People use their own initiative and it ends up being better than you could have expected! Strongly recommend that you buy one of these games, worth every penny.
Did it as a surprise birthday party and it was so much fun, even as the host!"
Jaz Sawdon, United Kingdom
"I ran All at Sea as a cocktail party last Saturday night for my 33rd birthday. I had a cast of approximately 40 people and it was total chaos!! (in a good way) I had a few drop outs at the last minute so ended up running the game with odd extras and missing a couple of key characters i.e. David Whitlow and Albert Wiggins. But it all worked out okay.
People really got into the theme! Eldon Dunlop (dressed as the Monopoly man) was the director of Dunlop plastics and gave out condoms as calling cards with "Dunlop Plastics - to protect and serve" stickers stuck on the packets. [Censored] was shot at point range by [Censored]. [Censored] then came back as a dissatisfied sprit, possessed [Censored] who bribed [Censored] to kill [Censored] by attaching cheese to [Censored]'s high-heeled shoes and setting a rat with explosives tied to its back loose on the ship.
As I said total chaos! And total fun, thanks for a great game. "
Esther-Amy Bate, New Zealand
"Thanks for making me such a sought-after hostess :) [with All at Sea]"
Lynn Randar, United States
"The All at Sea party went very smoothly and everyone had a great time. We are still getting phone calls from our guests thanking us for a great party. I guess we can call it a great hit."
Elie Ghazal, Sweden
Murder at Sea – Michaela Mrázová
Murder at Sea – Michaela Mrázová
Murder at Sea – Christopher Sewell
Murder at Sea – Christopher Sewell
Murder at Sea – Christopher Sewell
Murder at Sea – Christopher Sewell
Murder at Sea – Christopher Sewell
Murder at Sea – Christopher Sewell
Murder at Sea – Christopher Sewell
Murder at Sea – Shannon Janssen
Murder at Sea – Shannon Janssen
Murder at Sea – Shannon Janssen
Murder at Sea – Shannon Janssen
Murder at Sea – Shannon Janssen
Murder at Sea – Shannon Janssen
Murder at Sea – Shannon Janssen
Murder at Sea – Julilia Morteblanca – Shannon Janssen
Welcome to Murder at Sea – Shannon Janssen
All at Sea with a Titanic theme – Haley Nielsen
All at Sea – German version, in Switzerland – Peter Dünki
All at Sea – German version, in Switzerland – Peter Dünki
All at Sea – German version, in Switzerland – Peter Dünki
All at Sea – German version, in Switzerland – Peter Dünki
All at Sea – German version, in Switzerland – Peter Dünki
All at Sea – German version, in Switzerland – Peter Dünki
All at Sea – German version, in Switzerland – Peter Dünki
Murder at Sea – Melanie Westbrook
Murder at Sea – Melanie Westbrook
Murder at Sea – Melanie Westbrook
Murder at Sea – Melanie Westbrook
Murder at Sea – Carol Strevens
All at Sea – Blaise Richelieu and Wilma Drew – Kay Fretwell
All at Sea – Daniel Warren and the Host – Kay Fretwell
All at Sea – Isabelle and Rory Canter – Kay Fretwell
All at Sea – Jennifer Floreste and Catherine New – Kay Fretwell
All at Sea – the Host and Rory Canter – Kay Fretwell
All at Sea – the cast – Esther-Amy Bate
All at Sea – the cast – Esther-Amy Bate
All at Sea – the ship's crew – Michele de Hart
All at Sea – group photo – Katie Carner
All at Sea group photo – Linda Barletto
All at Sea – C.Gamble & D.Whitworth – Nickey Neale
All at Sea – Catherine New – Nickey Neale
All at Sea – Chef & Padre; paper, scissors, stone – Nickey Neale
All at Sea – Elizabeth James and Sir Ranulph Royston – Steve Hatherley
All at Sea – Lady Isabelle and Sir Rory Canter – Steve Hatherley
All at Sea – Wilma Drew and Reiner Tannhauser – Steve Hatherley
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