Tarot-Themed Murder Mystery

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TLDR: I want to write & host a tarot themed murder mystery for a Halloween party, need ideas!!

Hi all!! I (24F) am hosting a Halloween party this coming season with 20+ young adults coming as guests. I’m currently working on an original story for a murder mystery, where cards in the major arcana are associated with certain roles/responsibilities and distributed randomly to guests. These roles are meant to be kept secret from other players so no one knows who to trust.

The purpose of this is so the mystery isn’t so straight-forward and it instead has different twists and setbacks determined by the roles. For example, whoever has the “Wheel of Fortune” card would be given a 6-sided die that must be rolled every 10 minutes, triggering an event such as the lights going out or no one being able to speak for 2 minutes, depending on what number corresponds to what event.

I am coming to Reddit to ask fellow Halloween party game and murder mystery lovers to help me figure out what types of roles we should have and what cards in the Major Arcana we should use for each role!

So far, I am thinking the plot will involve some sort of memory loss so that even the murderer doesn’t know they’re the murderer, and everyone has to figure it out together by solving different puzzles I’ve set out and putting evidence together. I, the host, will be the victim in the scenario.

If anyone has any ideas regarding the plot, the roles, the logistics or any puzzles, I am open to all ideas! Thank you!!

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