Then place all the character marks and weapons into the center of the board.Ģ. Pick a character that you would like to play and note its character marker this will signify you for the rest of the game. SETUP FOR CLUEġ. Set out the Clue game board on a flat and even surface. For visual rules check out the video above. The game people know today as Clue is much more simple but still loads of fun. The original game also included a gun room and a cellar as well as a plethora of weapons such as a bomb, syringe, fireplace poker, and an ax which were eliminated for the actual game release. White and Colonel Mustard for the game release. Nurse White and Colonel Yellow were changed to Mrs. These characters included the eliminated Mr. The original game included 10 characters, one designated as the victim by random draw at the start of the game. It was simultaneously licensed to Parker Brothers for US distribution under the name Clue. Pratt and his wife Eva presented the game to Waddingtons, a board game publisher in the United Kingdom, who immediately wanted to publish the game under the name Cluedo (a conjunction of clue and the Latin word Ludo meaning “I play.”) Despite the patent being granted in 1947, due to wartime shortages, the game wasn’t released until 1949. The original game, dubbed Murder!, was created by Anthony E. What did they use to commit the murder? Where was it done? And who could have done such a thing? NUMBER OF PLAYERS: For 3 to 6 players MATERIALS: A game board composed of the locations, 6 different player markers, 6 weapon’s figures, a deck of cards containing: 6 suspects, 6 weapons, and 9 locations, a booklet of categorized paper to record suspicions, small envelope to hold the final answer, 2 dice, Optional red bonus card deck* (*Not included in all versions of Clue) TYPE OF GAME: Murder mystery strategy game AUDIENCE: For children and Adults 8+ OBJECTIVE OF CLUE: The object of the game is to solve the mystery of the murder by answering these three questions.

Official clue game characters