1920s Murder Mystery Party Kit — Gatsby Gala

About this product

It's 1926. Victor Ashford — bootlegging tycoon turned respectable hotel magnate — has just thrown the gala of the season. By ten o'clock, he's dead beside the fountain, and every guest has a motive. This is a complete 1920s murder mystery party kit: 10 full character dossiers, a step-by-step host guide, invitation, accusation ballot and solution reveal, scaling from 6 to 12 players.

What you get

• 10 full character dossiers — public bio, private secret, motive, objective, alibi and 3 rounds of escalating clues for each
• A complete host guide with a step-by-step timeline — zero experience needed
• 1 printable invitation template, ready to fill in your date, time and address
• 3 dramatic host announcement cards to build tension between rounds
• 1 accusation ballot, printable for every guest
• A full solution reveal script — host-only pages with the killer's confession
• 10 printable name place cards
• Scales smoothly from 6 to 12 players, with a built-in guide for trimming or expanding the cast
• Gorgeous 1920s Art Deco design throughout — black, gold and emerald

What you can import

• MurderMysteryKit_GatsbyGala.html — the entire kit, print-ready: cover, host guide, invitation, all 10 dossiers, clue cards, ballot, solution and place cards
• Instructions.html — how to print and run the party, step by step

What you can import

• New product category for the shop (first murder mystery kit) — higher price point ($15–40 range) than the escape room line ($5.99), reflects the much larger scope of content (10 full characters vs. 5 puzzles).
• Visual identity is deliberately different from the rest of DeskLark (dark/gold Art Deco "luxury" look) rather than the bright pastel style used elsewhere — intentional, to stand out against typical cute/pastel party-printable listings and justify the higher price.
• Etsy photos: 5 images generated via `utilitare-interne/apps-photos/make_murder_mystery_photos.py` (cover, cast grid, sample dossier, what's included, how it works) — fully illustrated, no screenshots used (not applicable for a print-only product).
• If this performs well, natural next entries in the series: a second mystery theme (e.g. a Hollywood noir or a haunted-mansion Halloween mystery) reusing the same dossier/clue structure, or a themed bundle once 2–3 exist.
• Not yet verified: live Etsy category picker (same caveat as the escape room line — recommend typing "murder mystery" into the category field at listing time to confirm Etsy's current suggestion).

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