This post includes five top 1940s themed party games.
Four of which are dinner party boxed games. Available on Amazon UK and US. Plus one printable party game kit, available for download online.
All of these games are great for a large group. Mostly for 12 players. The last game works for up to 60 people! All set in the forties including games with a World War II theme. The perfect setting for an intriguing murder mystery!
For more top decade themed party games and kits. See my posts included below.
Best 1940s Themed Party Games
1. Stiffen Very Carefully
From: Red Herring Games | Number of roles/players: 14 (UK), 12 (US) | Age rating: 17+ | Format available: Murder Mystery Party Game Boxed Kit including CD |Setting: 1940s – WWII, inspired by the popular and very funny ‘Allo ‘Allo TV series!
Description: Listen very carefully; this is ‘Night Owl’ calling… It is wartime in occupied France and in the sleepy village of Vieuxvion, café owners Ronné and Ethel Tartine are trying to keep the Germans happy while secretly helping the Résistance. However, all hell breaks loose when the body of an RAF pilot is found at the café. It looks suspiciously like murder, but who did it and why was the pilot holding a (German?!) sausage? [Source: Amazon]
*Available to buy from UK Amazon or US Amazon.
2. Murder at the Cafe Resistance
From: D’Avekki Studios Limited | Number of roles/players: 12 players | Age rating: 18+ | Format available: Murder Mystery Dinner Party Game includes optional music CD | Setting: World War II.
Description: It’s the end of the Second World War and Herr Bevore is throwing a party at the Café Résistance. Everyone is invited, even his victors, but before the party begins he is bumped off in his bedroom by an explosive Roquewurst sausage.
Host your own party to find out who flambéed Herr Bevore! [Source: Amazon]
*Available to buy from UK Amazon or US Amazon.
3. Murder a la Carte The Brie, the Bullet & the Black Cat
From: Paul Lamond Games | Number of roles/players: 10 to 12 players | Age rating: 13+ | Format available: Dinner Party Game Boxed Kit including CD | Setting: 1942.
Description: Brie Bullet and Black Cat is set in October 1942. You have been invited for dinner at the Official Residence of the Deputy Mayor of Casablanca. Morocco is a colony of France governed by the Vichy French regime. The guest of honour was to have been France’s greatest living mime artist. But he fails to arrive. He has been murdered and your task is to find out which of your friends is guilty! [Source: Amazon]
*Available to buy from UK Amazon or US Amazon.
4. The Diamonds Dagger and One Classy Dame
From: Paul Lamond Games | Number of roles/players: 10 to 12 players | Age rating: 13+ | Format available: Dinner Party Game Boxed Kit including CD |Setting: 1942.
Description: Everyone’s a suspect when murder is on the menu!
Inspector McClue’s The Diamonds, the Dagger and One Classy Dame provides everything you need to serve up the perfect murder mystery dinner party!
Set in 1942, the Mayor of Casablanca has been murdered and now the killer is coming to dinner! [Source: Amazon]
*Available to buy from UK Amazon or US Amazon.
For more Inspector McClue games see also Inspector McClue Games on Amazon US and UK.
5. The Curse of the Comet
From: Mysteries on the Net.
How many can participate? From 6 up to 60 players. With 6 main character roles.
Format available: Printable Detective Games Kit Download.
Setting: 1945.
Description: A gathering occurred last night at Highview. The secluded Beverly Hills estate of movie star Maurice Mason and his wife, Dianna Darien. One that proved to be both intriguing and tragic.
For, this morning, the body of Maurice’s twin brother. Famed archaeologist Myron Mason, was found draped across the thorn bushes that grow in profusion around the grounds… [Source: Mysteries on the Net]
*For more details of this downloadable 1940s party game, visit: Mysteries on the Net.
More Decade-Themed Mystery Games
Looking for more cool mystery party ideas with an era or decade theme? Checkout my top picks for themed detective box kits: Medieval | Pirate | Wild West | Victorian | 1920s | 1930s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s.
See also my latest: Decade Party Games.
You might also like: Top 10 Best Detective Board Games.
Also check out my latest:
Kids Mystery Party Game Ideas.
Mystery Party for Teens and Tweens.
Murder Mystery Games for Large Groups.
Best Murder Mystery Dinner Party Games.
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