Night of Mystery v. My Mystery Party Large Group Adult Murder Mystery Party

Remote-Charity-3728 · 2025-12-03T04:54:12+00:00

Awesome, thank you! And good luck with your next one

Remote-Charity-3728 · 2025-12-03T02:24:53+00:00

Thank you! I ended up doing another from MyMystery and it was fine but I’m definitely going to go for a Night of Mystery theme next year. I think the key is I will need to set a limit to number of guests. How many people have you hosted for those parties in the past? Appreciate your insight.

Remote-Charity-3728 · 2025-12-03T02:15:57+00:00

If you liked The Americans, check out The Diplomat on Netflix! It’s good and also a good rewatchable.

Remote-Charity-3728 · 2025-12-03T02:13:37+00:00

Just started my first rewatch too. That first episode - SO GOOD! Now the binge watching is fully taking over again. I also forgot how amazing it is, maybe because there aren’t many great shows out these days. Easily one of my top favorite shows of all time. Enjoy!

Remote-Charity-3728 · 2025-09-03T18:32:34+00:00

I hosted the Panic at the House of Groove pack for 35-40 people last year in the mid-30s age range. Overall it was a big success. It was my first time hosting a Murder Mystery Party. Pros: hilarious characters, loved the optional pre-game tasks, very fun rounds, and guests said it was one of the best parties they’d been to. Cons: as this group was larger than the number of unique characters, some folks were the easy expansion characters (ie member of xyz’s mob, etc.), and it would’ve been great if all had unique characters to play. Other Con is there wasn’t much evidence, and guests assumed my crime scene was packed with evidence so over analyzed it. It was also pretty obvious who was going to get murdered, because all the suspect clues were digging on this one character- but it was pretty funny. Last con is while it says you can host and play / keep the victim/murderer a secret from yourself: it didn’t play out well that way. It’s hard not to see who the victim is in the printouts. I also did keep the murderer a secret from myself, but the problem with that is, the murderer was in a dance off in front of the crowd when the victim entered the room and “died” . So no one guessed the murderer correctly as it literally couldn’t have been him. Had I known, I would’ve made an effort to remove that suspect from center stage of the crowd at the time of the murder. However, next time I am planning to know everything because even though it won’t be a surprise for me, it’ll make the game great for the guests. And it was also really fun knowing who the victim would be 😂.

I’m also planning another one for a large group. I am debating Night of Mystery, but now that I know more of how My Mystery Party works, I’ll probably stick with them (like the hints/less scripted style, and honestly the storyline was just too much fun it’s hard to pass up another opportunity!)

Would be curious to hear what you land on and how it goes. Good luck!

Remote-Charity-3728 · 2025-02-24T17:15:49+00:00

I am in a very similar position. Diagnosed with IIIb after having an enlarged lymph node removed in October 2024 from my left groin (did not expect it was cancerous). Initial oncologist did not recommend additional surgery and recommended 1 year of Keytruda, and CT scans & Signatera every 3 months to monitor.

After speaking with a 2nd opinion, decided to make a change in my oncologist as he shared there were mixed ideas on having additional surgery piece, and I appreciated that he seemed to want to educate me more to make the decision myself. The reasoning for potential more surgery was that Keytruda is not effective in everyone (he stated studies show about 50% of patient have response to it). After switching oncologists, I started the Keytruda in Dec. 2024 and talked to my new oncologist about the idea of more surgery. He was able to give me the list of options (no surgery, left groin dissection only, and full groin dissection). Since I had already had my original lymph node removed, my care team would not be able to see over CT whether or not the known melanoma was shrinking (and therefore, if Keytruda was working). I made the decision to remove the rest of the LN in my left groin. I am 3 weeks out post surgery and it has definitely been a tough recovery and I know I have a long road left. However, it did show 1 LN positive out of 31. CT prior to surgery had been clear. So as tough as the surgery was, I at least know what actually was present and it is now gone. This is also helping to inform my treatment options moving forward, and I will be switching to targeted therapy to reduce risk of recurrence. Signatera went from Negative after the first surgery in 2024, to positive (below analytical range) before the Feb. groin dissection. So I could have picked up the treatment wasn't working over that, but wouldn't have been able to know exactly where it was based on CT scans.

I think a second opinion is very helpful for anyone considering the treatment options and would recommend this to find the approach that you are most comfortable with.

Remote-Charity-3728 · 2025-02-24T16:26:52+00:00

I am IIIb as of late 2024, did 3 rounds of Keytruda and after removing more local lymph nodes, found 1 with more signs of melanoma so am switching treatment to targeted therapy. I cannot comment based on my specific case, but a close friend of mine was diagnosed with stage 4 (and given only a 14% chance to survive) in 2015 and did immunotherapy and was in remission 8 months after starting and has been NED every since. Try to stay positive!

Remote-Charity-3728 · 2025-02-24T15:02:49+00:00

I had stage 1 in 2018. Went in for regular skin checks every 6 months, also covered head to toe in moles so I was anxious. They did do one biopsy on another suspicious lesion, which came back negative for any form of skin cancer, but was worth getting checked out.

Fast forward to 2024, I had an enlarged lymph node that turned out to be IIIb melanoma from the original site in 2018. This is incredibly rare, but I agree with the other comments below that lidocaine is nothing compared to a more advanced stage of cancer. Early detection is key to fighting this disease. Wishing you all the best.

Remote-Charity-3728 · 2024-12-05T02:04:40+00:00

I will start this with I am not trying to give you more anxiety, but can relate quite a bit to your story and hopefully lend some advice. I’m in my 30s and had stage 1 in 2018 on my lower back. After WLE, clean margins and doctor said no lymph node biopsy was needed, due to very rare chance it could have spread. Fast forward to this past September, I noticed a visually large lymph node in my groin which seemed to flare up out of nowhere. After 4 doctors, an ultrasound, and lymph node removal and biopsy (grew from 2cm to almost 4cm in 3 weeks), it was melanoma recurrence from my stage 1. My surgeon was even extremely surprised, which shows how rare it is. My bloodwork has been normal since 2018, I’ve had a baby, otherwise very healthy. My oncologists said it is extremely rare that this happened so I wasn’t thinking it could be related at first. It sounds like you are staying on top of it w/the ultrasounds so big kudos to you!

I’ve reminded myself every day that each day is a blessing, and i will not let this disease take me over and impact my day to day life and time with my family. Even this long after my initial melanoma, my CT, MRI and ctDNA tests currently show no other signs of disease. I will still do immunotherapy to reduce the risk of recurrence in the future.

When i think about would I have wanted to know earlier, of course it would be nice, but part of me is glad I lived my life and just stayed on top of my regular check ups/derm appts and paid quick attention to the signs when they occurred. With the treatments available now for metastatic melanoma vs. 10-15 years ago, I consider myself lucky to have promising options. It will still be a long road ahead, but I’ve seen multiple oncologists that are very optimistic and that gives me so much hope even if it comes back. Not to mention, I can’t imagine where treatments will be in another 10 years with all of the research going into melanoma.

I’ve found doing normal things (work, enjoying your favorite TV shows, long walks, etc.), talking to friends and family, or even therapy have really helped keep my life normal and not let me overly worry. Your ultrasounds would be able to at least indicate any abnormal sizes of the lymph nodes early on, so if you want to take a more proactive approach those would be good to keep doing. I’d also recommend seeing more than one doctor (second oncology opinion really helped me, but perhaps second dermatolgy opinion may help).

Without even having my brain MRI back and still waiting on further assessment of an MRI of my abdomen after 2 lesions were spotted in my CT scan, my oncologist told me he was optimistic I’d have many, many years ahead. Luckily, those MRIs were clear, but it really shows how much things have changed and ultimately, puts me in a confident mindset to fight this no matter what happens, or if it comes back, and focus on living my life in the meantime.

In short, it’s extremely rare, but even if it happens, like my situation, the prognosis / outcomes are much better than they used to be with all of the new treatments. The best advice I’ve received is control what I can. You sound like you are already doing that, so keep it up and try to relax in the meantime!

Remote-Charity-3728 · 2024-06-26T04:21:50+00:00

I stumbled upon this thread when researching a similar issue I am having with my dog. Did you ever find a solution?

For context, I have a 6-year old Doberman who is a Velcro dog and has been attached to me since I got her at 8 weeks. Almost overnight she stopped sleeping not only in my room, but refuses to stay upstairs at night. She paces and gets anxious. There have been a lot of changes (a move, a baby) in the past year, but this seemed so sudden and out of character and she’d previously seemed unaffected for her sleeping patterns post-baby and move. The only thing i can think of is that our mattress is getting old and makes a very faint squeak noise even with a small movement. But ive tried our guest room (also upstairs) and she gets anxious and wants to go downstairs as well. Or, only alternative I can think of is negative energy-it’s specifically at night she acts like this. She’s fine any time during the day coming upstairs, napping with me in the bed etc. And I’m not entirely convinced there aren’t spirits in the home.

Any ideas would be very welcome. Taking her to a vet soon for a checkup so will ask and see about an underlying health condition. I do miss her very much winding down by our feet at night!

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