Cluedo/ Clue
Cluedo (Clue in North America) is a crime fiction board game originally published by Waddingtons in the United Kingdom in 1948. It was devised by Anthony E. Pratt, a solicitor's clerk from Birmingham, England. more...
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It is now published by the United States game and toy company Hasbro, which acquired its U.S. publisher Parker Brothers as well as Waddingtons.
Overview
The game is set in a mansion, with the board divided into different rooms. The players each represent a character who is a guest staying at this house, whose owner, Dr. Black (Mr. Boddy in the North American version), has been found murdered.
Players take on the role of suspects and attempt to solve the murder. The solution to the murder requires the three components of Suspect, Weapon, and Room.
Game contents
Instructions;
A game board, representing the location of the murder;
Six colored game pieces, representing the suspects;
Weapon pieces, representing possible weapons used;
Cards, containing depictions of game elements (weapons, suspects or rooms);
A parchment envelope labeled, "Case File: Confidential", to hold the solution in each game;
A six-sided die (often red in the U.S. version);
The suspects
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Miss Scarlett (Miss Scarlet in NA versions) (a red piece);
Professor Plum (a purple piece);
Colonel Mustard (a yellow piece);
Rev. Green (Mr. Green in pre-2002 NA versions) (a green piece);
Mrs. White (a white piece);
Mrs. Peacock (a blue piece);
See www.theartofmurder.com for pictures of the different editions, confirming name changes.
Possible murder weapons
The Rope;
The Lead Pipe;
The Knife (also called "The Dagger");
The Spanner (called "The Wrench" in Canadian and U.S. version);
The Candlestick;
The Revolver;
Sometimes in special editions, a seventh weapon is added. The 50th Anniversary edition added the Poison. The Limited Gift Edition added the Poisoned Chalice.
The rooms
There are nine rooms in Tudor Mansion where the murder can take place, laid out on the board as follows:
Each of the four corner rooms contains a secret passage that leads to the room on the opposite corner of the map.
Chronology
In recent years, Hasbro has made more of an effort to connect their clue boardgames in an overall story. The boardgames that take place in this chronology are Clue, Clue FX, Clue Mysteries, and Clue DVD. The complete chronology can be found at Clue chronology.
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