Murder on the Prairie

We were invited to a friends house for New Years Eve and to play a murder mystery game called "Murder on the Prairie". If you haven't attended a murder mystery party before this is basically a game wherein one of the partygoers is secretly playing a murderer, and the other guests must determine who among them is the criminal. Everyone is given a character to play and no one, not even the murderer, knows who the killer is until the end of the evening. Our party opened with a "death" announcement and throughout the evening we all had to investigate this tragedy by discussing with each other whom knew what.

It was funny to see people get into their characters and try to convince each other they weren't the killer, even though they hadn't a clue if they actually were. Slowly throughout the party you get to know more details about all the characters (even your own) and start to piece together whom you think did it. It's pretty much a live game of Clue while drinking and eating with friends.

Zach a.k.a. "Luke Hansen", a farm hand in love with the victims daughter, had quite the southern drawl by the end of the evening. Sarah a.k.a "Dorothy DoLittle", was the town gossip and had to tittle tattle on everyone. A favorite character had to be "Lulu Peachy", a can-can dancer who was played by a 12 year old girl visiting from LA. This little girl had no fear in taking on the role and making us all laugh with her impersonation. Also, "Red-Eye Mitchell", the town gun-slinger, a.k.a Willie Resko, was hilarious chewing on his cigar and shooting his plastic toy gun anywhere he pleased.

It turned into a fun way to bring in the New Year!

The "Victim" a.k.a. some clothes stuffed with snow.

The town folk.

"Luke, Red-Eye, and Lulu Peachy" getting some chuckles out of their characters.