American Sleuth
American
Sleuth
One body. A room full of suspects. And one of your guests is the killer.
No printing, no cards, no app to install. The TV and everyone’s phone are all you need.
Your living room, turned crime scene
American Sleuth is a murder-mystery party you can host in minutes. Pick a story, hand out the roles on everyone’s phone, and let a radio-drama narrator walk the room through three rounds of clues, lies and accusations.
Pick a mystery
Choose from 44 stories, from a lighthouse in a gale to a Venetian carnival, sized for 4 to 40 guests.
Guests join on their phones
Everyone scans the code on the big screen and receives a character, a secret and a private notebook.
Work the case
Three rounds of clues pinned to the detective’s corkboard. Question the room. Somebody is lying.
Name the killer
Accuse who, how and why. Then the reveal, and the scores. The killer wins by getting away with it.
Forty-four mysteries, every one a different night out
Every story has its own look, cast and killer. Hosts choose by group size, era or mood, and a story plays differently each time because the killer changes.
Browse the mysteries
A party, not a screen-time chore
- Everyone plays at once. No one is eliminated and no one sits out.
- One host button moves the whole room along. Nothing to prepare.
- Phones hold private clues, so the room has to talk to each other.
- Costumes optional, but the best parties lean in.
What makes it work
A hidden killer
One guest is secretly the murderer, and gets a cover story to tell. Everyone else must catch the slip.
Radio-drama narration
Each round opens like an old-time radio play, with a sting, a narrator and a closing line.
Fair clues
Every story is checked so the evidence always leads to the real killer. No cheating, no cheap twists.
4 to 40 players
An intimate table for four or a forty-person bash on one screen.
Painted portraits
Every suspect is illustrated. Guests can even be painted into their own character.
Scored and settled
Points for the killer, the method and the motive, and for the killer who evades the room.
The night is young. The body is cooling.
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