Cluedo? 1st. edition 1949, 2nd. edition Waddingtons

	Cluedo? first edition Cluedo? second edition	(#1) 1949 (#2) 1949 or later	Waddingtons
	First produced	1949	Players	2 to 6	Age(s)	8+

Click either picture for more		#1		1 x playing board 6 x wood pawns; - Col. Mustard, Prof. Plum, Rev. Green - Mrs. Peacock, Mrs. White, Miss Scarlett 6 x miniature weapon tokens; - revolver, spanner, lead piping, candlestick, dagger, rope 21 x playing cards; - 6 cards representing people in the house - 6 cards representing the weapons - 9 cards representing the rooms 1 x pack of detective notes cards 1 x murder cards envelope 1 x dice 1 x dice shaker 1 x rules leaflet Printed in black and white on the reverse of the cards and on the box and game board labels. The finger print on the box lid is black. This edition is identified by the red fingerprint included under the magnifier on the playing cards and on the box and game board labels.
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Pieces and weapons are moved on a playing board which represents the ground floor plan of Tudor Close. The object is to solve by elimination and deduction the mysterious murder of Dr. Black, owner of the house, whose body has been found at the foot of the stairs leading to the cellars at a spot marked X.

Cards are placed in the murder envelope and remain a mystery until a player makes the correct accusation. The winner is the first player to identify in 1 accusation;
- the murderer and
- the weapon used and
- the room in which the crime was committed.

The game Cluedo was invented in 1944 by Anthony Pratt, a retired solicitor’s clerk from Birmingham, UK. He approached Waddingtons Games in Leeds and after delay caused by post war shortages, Waddingtons launched the game in 1949. Parker Brothers released a US edition called Clue, in the same year replacing the Rev. Green with Mr. Green. It was thought inconceivable that a man of the cloth could be involved in murder. Sold today in almost 50 countries around the world, Cluedo has become a household name. The name is a derivative of the Latin phrase “ludo”, for “I play”. Clues plus I play = Cluedo.

There is no year of manufacture or year of copyright shown but Patent Number 586817 is printed on box, cards, rules and game board.

Other murder mystery games were to follow, including those where the motive would need to be identified too. However, this game has continued to be popular in part because of its uncomplicated game play.