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The Clue game characters are a colorful bunch. And, while they are all characters, they are also all suspects in the game. Here’s the overview of the CLUE characters (most of which are also on the suspects’ list): 1.) Mrs. White, 2.) Mrs. Peacock, 3.) Professor Plum, 4.) Colonel Mustard, 5.) Miss Scarlett 6.) Reverend Green 7.) Mr. Boddy See World ...

The 1930s and 1940s were known as the golden age for British crime novels. Often, over 10% of all new books published during this period were murder mysteries. The immense popularity of Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and other books by Agatha Christie fueled the public’s appetite.

Material shortages and difficulties from the war delayed the sales of the first edition of Cluedo in England until 1949. By this time, the game (now called Clue, with the tagline “The Great New Detective Game”) had already made its debut earlier in 1949 in North America, courtesy of Parker Brothers. However, it wasn’t an easy sell. One of the found...

The objective of the Clue Boardgame is deceptively simple. Players knew that Doctor Black or Mr. Boddy was the murder victim in each edition of the game. But they needed to solve where the murder was committed (which room), the murderer, and the weapon.

Players first choose from one of the new six characters Doctor Orchid, Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, Miss Scarlet, Mrs. Peacock, and Mr. Green. Then they select the corresponding colored gameplay piece (red, blue, purple, yellow, green, and white). Then, they place it on the start square they are nearest to.

Clue is far more than a classic board game. It is a worldwide brand that has spawned a Movie, T.V. Show, and Musical. In 1985, A dark comedy Clue movie was produced that followed the same formula as the board game with the plot of murder and clues pointing to the culprit throughout the film. One interesting feature of the film is there were three d...

Over the years, the Clue (and Cluedo) publishers, Hasbro Games/Parker Brothers, and Waddingtons have tried to improve upon the original game. Waddingtons tried Super Cluedo without much success because it changed the way the game was played, and purists didn’t enjoy that. As noted earlier, when Parker Brothers introduced Clue in 1949, they created ...

But Hasbro Games/Parker Brothers wasn’t finished with toying around with Clue (pun intended). In 2008, they introduced Clue: Discover the Secrets Game. This was an attempt to update the game and simultaneously change the characters, surroundings, and weapons.