Tarpey Games

Games, at your level.
A group of high school lockers with one locker open, revealing a backpack and some books inside. "Y 2 Killed, A 1999 Murder Mystery," appears in black and white lettering in front of the lockers.

1 Host  |  11-19 Players  |  2 hours  |  Ages 18+

Y2Killed is a 1990s themed murder mystery party set in the year 1999, in the town of Oceanside, one week before the Salmon Bay Homecoming Regatta.

You and your friends play as seniors at Oceanside High School, like Andy, the co-captain of the sailing team, or Shawn the senior class president who seems to have everything together but is actually hiding a dark secret.

Half the game is spent gossiping about other characters and the other half is spent trying to achieve secret objectives. Each character has a secret object that can change the outcome of the game. In the end, you will all need to work together to solve a murder mystery!

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rainbow colored floppy disks with the words "Everyone Versus the Memory Police" in front of them

4-9 Players  |  30-60 minutes  |  Ages 12+

A cooperative 18-card puzzle you solve by sharing memories.

On your turn, you will play a card from your hand, share a memory with another player, then exchange hands. You are trying to play your Memory Cards into the Memory ARK in numerical order to avoid deletion by the Memory Police.

There are also Special Memories that have special rules and a Time Crystal you can activate to get back any memories the Memory Police deleted.

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Age of the Guild Special Mushrooms Unit


a blue mushroom with spots. some of the spots are arrows pointing upwards

1 Host  |  3-5 Players  |  4 hours (2 two-hour session)  |  Ages 21+

Age of the Guild is a rules-light RPG set in the world where mushrooms grow on elemental crystals like Earth and Fire. And everyone has a mycelia network of magic fungi integrated into their bodies. So everyone has magical elemental super powers, like the ability to breath fire, or turn into a puddle.

Players play as the Special Mushrooms Unit. They were sent to Astrid & Dotty's Organic Farm, Inn & Tavern by The Order of Mycology to investigate an infestation of Night Tangles. Night Tangles are an ancient monster long thought to be safely contained inside The Shadow Realm. Dotty blames the Table Company for putting the entire realm in danger.

Will the party be able to stop the Night Tangles from infesting the entire realm? Only time, and your merry band of players will be able to answer that question!

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a charcoal grill with the words "Backyard Trivia" above it

1 Host  |  1-10 Players  |  60 minutes  |  Ages 18+


Backyard Trivia is a pub-style themed trivia game that you host yourself. Its collaborative, clever, and super casual. 

One game lasts about an hour and it is the perfect thing to do while sitting at a brewery, drinking tea, or hanging out in your backyard. 

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The words "Two Degrees" with a few wind turbines being blown over. two sets of branches show the game the awards Best Gameplay and Judges Choice in the 2019 Games for Our Future Game Jam.

1-4 Players  |  30 minutes  |  Ages 12+

Two Degrees is a cooperative tile-laying game about mitigating climate change.

Grow forests, build wind farms and connect your cities via high speed rail. You’ll also need to deal with natural disasters that occur more frequently and become more disastrous as temperatures inevitably rise. Don't let temperatures increase by two degrees!

Full rules here.

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Tarpey Time Travel Tourism

1 Host  |  2-6 Players  |  60 minutes  |  Ages 15+


Tarpey Time Travel Tourism is a time-travel-themed puzzle room you host yourself. Players are trapped aboard a time machine (your living room) where six other guests have gone missing.

They must figure out where each guest has traveled by interpretting clues that the onboard computer supplies to them. These clues could be the most recently used emojis of someone, the transcript of a voicemail, the music they are listening to, and other things like that.

It's a free Print & Play game with an accompanying YouTube video that helps guide you and your players along.

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