Cluedo ( /ˈkluːdoʊ/), or Clue in North America, is a popular murder/mystery-themed deduction board game originally published by Waddingtons in Leeds, England in 1949. It was devised by Anthony E. Pratt, a solicitor's clerk from Birmingham, England. It is now published by the United States game and toy company Hasbro, which acquired its U.S. publisher Parker Brothers and Waddingtons.
The object of the game is for players to strategically move around the game board (a mansion), in the guise of one of the game's six characters, collecting clues from which to deduce which suspect murdered the game's perpetual victim, Mr. X (Mr. Boddy in North American versions), and with which weapon and in what room.
Several games, books, and a film have been released as part of the Cluedo franchise. Overall, several spinoffs have been released, some featuring extra characters, and for some, different game play. More recent editions have restored the name Tudor Mansion to the mansion, and say the mansion is in Hampshire, England in the year 1926.
In 2008, Cluedo: Discover the Secrets was created (with changes to board, gameplay and characters) as a modern spin-off.
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