What is "cluedo"

Cluedo — known as Clue in North America — is a murder mystery game for three to six players, devised by Anthony E. Pratt from Birmingham, England, and currently published by the American game and toy company Hasbro. The object of the game is to determine who murdered the game's victim (" Dr. Black" in the UK version and "Mr. Boddy" in North American versions), where the crime took place, and which weapon was used. Each player assumes the role of one of the six suspects, and attempts to deduce the correct answer by strategically moving around a game board representing the rooms of a mansion and collecting clues about the circumstances of the murder from the other players.

Numerous games, books, and a film, Clue, have been released as part of the Cluedo franchise. Several spinoffs have been released featuring various extra characters, weapons and rooms, or different game play. The original game is marketed as the "Classic Detective Game", while the various spinoffs are all distinguished by different slogans.

In 2008, Cluedo: Discover the Secrets was created (with changes to board, gameplay and characters) as a modern spinoff, but was criticized in the media and by fans of the original game. Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game was then introduced in 2012, returning to Pratt's classic formula but also adding several variations.

Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Grange of a visiting guest was played and, through a combination of interrogating the suspects (of whom only the murderer could lie) and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who committed the murder, which of six weapons (not usually the original six from the board game) and in which room it was committed, whilst viewers were invited to play along at home.

Cluedo was an Australian television game show based on the board game of the same name. It was presented by Ian McFadyen.

Cluedo (also known as Clue) is a murder mystery board game for three to six players.

Cluedo may also refer to the following spin-offs:

• Cluedo (Australian game show)
• Cluedo (UK game show)
• Cluedo: Discover the Secrets, a 2008 board game designed by Hasbro as a modernization of the original Cluedo board game
• List of Cluedo spinoff games, various games based on the Cluedo or Clue brands
• List of Cluedo video games, video games using the Cluedo or Clue brands
  • Cluedo: Murder at Blackwell Grange, a 1998 video game
  • Clue (iOS game), known as "Cluedo" in the UK and Europe
  • Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion (also known as Cluedo Chronicles: Fatal Illlusion), a 1999 PC point-and-click adventure game
  • Cluedo DVD Game, a 2006 interactive game for DVD players