This post details 4 cool circus themed murder mystery games.
Including 2 boxed dinner party games and 2 printable games for a large group.
For more top murder mystery boxed kits and printable download games for mystery fans, see my posts listed below.
Circus Themed Murder Mystery Games
All of these top-rated games are available from Amazon UK and US. Suitable for teens and adults, from 13 years old and up.
1. Murder at the Big Top
From: Masters of Mystery | Number of Players: 4-20 Players | Age rating: 15+ | Format: Replayable digital printable murder mystery kit.
Description: Replayable With Different Outcome Each Time. Play Virtually or In Real Life. The Host Can Play Along.
Plot: The circus is in town and it’s the last night before you pack up and move on to the next town. You are celebrating a successful run at a party. Beneath the cheerful exteriors, some issues that have been suppressed for too long finally came to light and several heated arguments take place. With affairs and scandals that have been kept secret, everyone suddenly seems mad at the Burnum brothers. One of them turns up dead… Who killed him? Were they aiming for him or his brother the ring master? [Source: Amazon]
*Murder at the Big Top is available to download from Masters of Mystery for 4 to 20 players.
*Also available as printable PDF files on USB from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
For more Masters of Mystery games and reviews, see my posts below.
2. Talking Tables Circus Themed Mystery Game
From: Talking Tables | Number of Players: 5-12 | Age rating: 16+ | Format: Boxed Dinner Party Game Kit.
Description: Roll up, roll up as you and your guests prepare to solve the mystery of who killed Rollo Upp the ringmaster. With 3 alternative endings you can enjoy multiple nights of interactive murder mystery fun. [Source: Amazon]
*Talking Tables Circus Dinner Party Game on UK Amazon and US Amazon.
For more details: Talking Tables Circus Themed Murder Mystery Dinner Party Game Review. For more Talking Tables boxed dinner party games and reviews, see my posts below.
3. Murder Under the Big Top
From: Broadway Murder Mysteries | Number of Players: 4-20 | Age rating: 13+ | Format: USB Loaded with Printable Game Files.
Plot: It’s 1952, and P.U. Barnhum’s world-famous three-ring circus has come to Podunk! The town is overwhelmed by the excitement, the lights, the animals, and the… dead body of the ringmaster! Yes, there lies Rhett Coate, shot to death right in the center ring. The circus owner, P.U. Barnhum, is in a tizzy. Was the murderer a fellow circus performer…? [Source: Amazon]
*Broadway Murder Mysteries‘ Murder Under the Big Top on UK Amazon and US Amazon.
For more details: Murder Under the Big Top – 1950s Mystery Game Review. For more Broadway Murder Mysteries printable games and reviews, see my posts below.
4. Disappearance At Wirth Circus
From: Lucky Egg | Number of Players: 1 to 20 | Age rating: 12 years old and up | Format: Boxed Game Kit | Setting: Circus themed.
Plot: Jules Leitzel, the star trapeze artist for the Wirth Family Circus, went missing a few days ago. People are saying she’s been kidnapped, but speculation won’t cut the mustard… WE NEED ANSWERS! The FPI have been called upon. You’ve been hired by Malcolm Wirth, the ringmaster’s son to investigate the disappearance. You have five stages of the mystery to solve by using all manner of written and visual evidence in the five envelopes provided. [Source: Amazon]
For more details of this circus themed detective game: Disappearance At Wirth Circus for Teens and Adults (1-20 Players).
*Disappearance At Wirth Circus Murder Mystery Game is available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
For a circus themed mystery game for children: The Curious Case of the Lost Elephant Detective Game for 8-20 kids (Age: 9-12 year olds).
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