Unsolved murder mystery game - Cold Case Files Investigation - CRYPTIC KILLERS - Detective Evidence & Crime File - individuals, date nights & party games- "Murder at Merivale Manor"

This was purchased as a game night gift for a friend. We all played it together. It was tricky, entertaining and very good quality. Would definitely recommend!

My wife and our friend group love murder mystery games. We got this for Christmas and had a great time playing it. It's different from other murder mystery games as you don't "role play" specific characters and have sheets of paper to memorize, and lies to come up with...instead, you are a cop on a cold case, trying to solve it with all the provided clues, including some you get online. It was a lot of fun, albeit quite different. We will be getting more of these from this company as well.

I enjoyed this game so much! Piecing the clues together and finding the killer took me longer than I expected but I was so engrossed in who these people were and what their motives might be that I completely lost track of time. I highly recommend this game to any fan of mysteries and crime solving.

Omg so fun very time consuming tho

I haven't actually opened this one, but I have played another from the same company. We played it with our daughter and her wife, and we all enjoyed it. They had found it at a thrift store, and it didn't have all the accessories, so I'm looking forward to playing the complete game.

Excellent! I have done a couple of murder mystery games with my family, but it’s so hard to get everyone together at the same time when everyone is in the mood- it can be a struggle. I decided to try one by myself. I looked at a few different brands, and this particular story stuck out. I loved it being a cold case from the 1920’s, and I couldn’t wait to get started. It says the estimated playing time is about three hours, but as I was playing by myself (while taking a ridiculous amount of notes) during my lunch break at work, in the short amount of time after work and dinner and family time- but before bed, and that short span in the mornings on weekends before everyone else wakes up- I stretched it out over 4 days. This story is so in depth- you really need to familiarize yourself with all the evidence and pay attention! The price for entertainment I received was beyond worth it. If the idea of spending money on a game you only play once bothers anyone, or you feel reluctant, I can honestly say (for me) that I was captivated by the story. When I wasn’t working on it, I was thinking about it- constantly turning clues over in my mind and asking questions. It is SO detailed, you learn so much about every character! Even the size of the game is perfect. It comes in a folder inside a clear evidence bag that fit right into my backpack so I could take it with me to work. There is some online content that is crucial to the story- which I loved, and I absolutely did not expect it to be as in depth as it was. It was very cool with the different mediums that were involved. And solving the murder… You always hear about the rush detectives get when they finally have that, “AH HA!” moment and solve the case, I can truly say that that high is real. When I figured it out, I got stuck for a minute thinking, “no way… omg that’s it!” Once you figure it out they lay out every clue and every alibi so you can see if you missed anything. The difficulty is rated 4/5, and with the amount of information you go through, can confirm. Murder at Merivale Manor was SO FUN, and I can’t wait to try another one by Cryptic Killers, I might get another one right now. 10/10 would recommend.

We play a lot of these games and this one was pretty high quality. The clues are mostly paper based, with some audio and digital content. The paper clues are nicely done and look relatively authentic for the decade (fake carbon copies, sepia photos, and magazine and newspaper articles). I enjoyed the 1920’s theme, complete with an Egyptology professor, lady race car driver, and Gatsby-esque Long Island mansion. The historical accuracy isn’t perfect, but I have a pretty high bar having worked with authentic documents from various historical periods at different archives and historical societies. Digression aside, I appreciate the effort! The game play is enjoyable and the clues build as you read through everything. There’s at least one code to crack and more than one mystery to solve, which is more than just a straight read through and point a finger at a suspect like most of these games. We did find it surprising that it was 4/5 difficulty, being that we solved it without using any hints, however we have done many of these and are expert level at this point. Overall super fun time and we will definitely buy more of this brand.

My boyfriend and I made this our valentines day activity and it was the best purchase I’ve made recently! Such a great storyline and evidence. Not overly difficult but still offered a challenge. Will definitely be purchasing more of these!