If you love the fashion of the 1920’s and have been itching for an excuse to put on that flapper costume or pinstripe gangster costume then it might be time to host a Roaring 20’s themed Murder Mystery party.

The 20’s is a decade not just well known for its unparalleled shift in women’s fashion, but it was also a time of prohibition, bootlegging, gangsters and corrupt lawmen. While these were certainly years of huge cultural transformations the allure to this period has undeniably maintained it’s seductive charm, and with a 1920’s costume and some good company it’s the perfect time period for recreating and reenacting the shadowy events of a speakeasy crime scene.

These uproariously fun role playing games are a perfect excuse for getting a crowd together or throwing a dinner party, and having an entire room of people all dressed in the same costume theme is be nothing short of entertaining. Besides, the style of a 1920’s costume for men or women means the evening will be a relatively formal event, and guests are likely to show up looking extremely dapper and especially lovely in their gangster and flapper costumes.

Of course when it comes to throwing a party like this it’s important that the guest list includes people who will come ready to embrace the role of their assigned character. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a great actor or not (after all, you won’t be up for an Oscar) but to really enjoy the game the way it is intended to be played everyone should plan on being dressed in their 1920’s costume and have a good idea of the role their character will have as the evening unfolds.

There’s always a great reason to dress up, and Murder Mystery nights make for an amusing and often hilarious setting for enjoying the company of friends in a way you’ve never seen them before.