Life of the Party: Where There's a Will, There's a Murder

Just Games (I) · 1985

8180 min18+ yrs2.0/5 complexity7.8 BGG22Party

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Milton Bradley produced 8 mystery party/role playing games (in the vein of How to Host a Murder) in 1987. They were all called "Life of the Party" games, four mysteries and four murders.

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Milton Bradley produced 8 mystery party/role playing games (in the vein of How to Host a Murder) in 1987. They were all called "Life of the Party" games, four mysteries and four murders. The back of all boxes indicates that these are also copyright Jamie Swise Games, as that outfit produced several of their own titles (and several, if not all, of these) a few years earlier. Copyright date below is based on the Jamie Swise date on the invitations.

Episode: Where There's a Will, There's a Murder (1985)

It is Monday, September 23, 1985. We are at Windgate Manor on the shores of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. This morning 83-year-old Phineas T. Windgate was found dead in his bed with a silver-handled letter opener stabbed through his heart. Windgate was the multi-millionaire owner of Northland Breweries and the Wisconsin Weevils pro football team. The only people in the house at the time of death were the eight major heirs to his fortune, and, of course, his 60 beloved cats.

game anatomy

Complexity2.0 / 5

BGG rating7.8 / 10

Vibe

Party

Play time

180 min

Players

Recommended age

18+ yrs

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Life of the Party: Where There's a Will, There's a Murder is played by 8 players.

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A game of Life of the Party: Where There's a Will, There's a Murder takes about 180 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)

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Life of the Party: Where There's a Will, There's a Murder is recommended from age 18.

Q7How complex is Life of the Party: Where There's a Will, There's a Murder?

Life of the Party: Where There's a Will, There's a Murder has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.0 out of 5.

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