Hasbro Simpsons Cluedo

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The original game is marketed as the "Classic Detective Game", and the various spinoffs are all distinguished by different slogans. The early lead pipings (lead pipes) were made out of actual lead and therefore posed a risk of lead poisoning. The North American versions of Clue also replace the character "Reverend Green" from the original Cluedo with "Mr. Chess Set • Battle of the Sexes • Board Game • Chess Set • Clue • Don't Have A Cow Dice Game • Don't Panic! These cards are placed face down in the middle and are not seen unless a player takes a turn in the pool room to look at them.

The current UK and North American editions of the game, released by Hasbro in 2023, refer to him as "Boden 'Boddy' Black Jr. There are nine rooms in the mansion where the murder can take place, [21] :121 laid out around the edge of the square game board.In the UK it was released under the Cluedo brand, and was an official re-issue of the original 1949 Waddingtons' design. The revolver is now a pistol, the lead pipe and spanner/wrench have been removed, and a baseball bat, axe, dumbbell, trophy, and poison have been added. However, in the mid-1950s Waddingtons also adopted a Sherlock Holmes-type detective to adorn their box covers for a brief time, though unlike in the US editions, there was no acknowledgement that the character was actually the famous detective. Suggesting an opponent's token is a legitimate board strategy; likewise the weapon icons, though esoteric.

There are six characters, six murder weapons and nine rooms, leaving the players with 324 possibilities. Shortly thereafter, Pratt and his wife, Elva Pratt (1913–1990), who had helped design the game, presented it to Waddingtons' executive Norman Watson, who immediately purchased it and provided its trademark name of Cluedo (a play on "clue" and " Ludo", the Latin word for "I play" and the name of a popular board game based on Pachisi). In addition to the regular cast, Clue Master Detective adds Miss Peach, Monsieur Brunette, Madame Rose, and Sergeant Gray to the list of suspects.With the launch of the US 1972 edition, a television commercial showed Holmes and Watson engaged in a particularly competitive game. The game box also includes several coloured playing pieces to represent characters, miniature murder weapon props, two six-sided dice, three sets of cards (describing the aforementioned rooms, characters or weapons), Solution Cards and an envelope (or a mirror in some editions) to contain one card from each set of cards, and a Detective's Notes pad on which are printed lists of rooms, weapons and characters, so players can keep detailed notes during the game. Peacock has an immediate advantage of starting one space closer to the first room than any of the other players. Games magazine included Clue in their "Top 100 Games of 1982", noting that "Millions love this classic mystery game" and that "it's more satisfying to win through careful deduction than by a lucky stab".

A custom version of the game was also released in the US by Restoration Hardware as Wooden Box Clue with different cover art. At the beginning of play, three cards—one suspect, one room, and one weapon—are chosen at random and put into a special envelope, so that no one can see them. Peacock has an advantage in that she is closest to the Conservatory, a corner room with a secret passage, enabling a player on their turn to move immediately to another room and make a suggestion after rolling the dice. At the beginning of the game, each player is given a set of cards that contains the suspect, weapon, and room cards, and one of each of these is randomly selected and placed in a secret envelope, which represents the solution to the mystery.

The accusation can include any room, not necessarily the one occupied by the player (if any), and may be made immediately following a suggestion. The player's suggestions must include the room they are currently in and may not be made in the corridors. Such lavish box art illustrations have become a hallmark of the game, since copied for the numerous licensed variants which pay homage to Clue. Each player should have roughly the same number of cards, but some players may have one more or one less card than others. In the 1980s, as in the US, Sherlock Holmes also appeared in TV advertising of the time, along with other classic detectives such as Sam Spade.