Clue Board Games

Clue Board Games were introduced in 1949 in Leeds, England and outside of North America the game was originally called and is still known as Cluedo. The inventor of the game was Anthony Pratt. Pratt was a clerk and a part-time clown in Birmingham England when he invented the game. It was originally released by the Waddington`s company , but is know owned by Hasbro the toy company which now owns both Waddington`s and the Parker Brothers game company.

The game takes place in a luxurious mansion separated into numerous rooms. Each player takes on the identity of a different unique character. These characters are houseguests of the mansion`s owner Mr. Boddy (In the North American Version) (Dr. Black in the international version) who has been discovered to be have been murdered. The players then set out to find out which of them is the murderer. They carry out their investigation using the 3 elements of suspect, murder weapon, and room where the murder happened.

There have been a number of books, movies and games which have been released in conjunction with the game. The game got a major modern update in 2008 with the new Cluedo Reinvention version. Clue can be played with 2 to 6 players although some versions require a minimum of 3 players. The suggested age range for players is 8 years old and up. It takes about 5 minutes to set up the game and a typical game lasts between 15 and 45 minutes. It is a game requiring reasoning, deductive powers, and the random chance of rolling dice.

Clue board games and other vintage board games have made a significant impact in popular culture through movies, TV, and spin off games. There has been 1 comedic film released based on the board game. It came out in 1985 and did was not successful at the box office, but it has gained a cult following in recent years. The unusual thing about the film is that it was shot with three different endings. Different movie theaters received different versions, so moviegoers saw an ending with a different murderer being discovered depending on where they saw the film. 3 individual VHS tapes were later released each with one of the endings. More recently a DVD was released which contains all 3 versions of the film. Universal Pictures owns the current film rights for the Clue franchise, and a new version of the movie or similar films may be released in the future.

Clue board games have had an active lifespan on television also. Four seasons of a British TV show similar to the clue movie have been shown and other versions have been aired in Germany, Austria, France, Portugal, and Scandinavia. An American made documentary was release din 1986 called Clue: Movies, Murders, and Mystery and it explored various books, movies, games, and other things which came from the mystery entertainment genre. There have also been many spinoffs games based on clue including a Simpsons version. There have been 18 books based on Clue board games published and several video games as well. View All Current Clue Games at Etailgifts:Click Here