Clue Master Detective
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Clue Master Detective or Super Cluedo is a crime fiction board game originally published in 1988 based on the original Cluedo board game (Clue in North America).
Overview
As with the original, Clue Master Detective is set in a fictitious mansion, with the board divided into 13 different rooms. The players play one of ten suspects, currently visiting the now dead Mr. Boddy. The concept remains true to the original with some variations on gameplay.Game contents
- Instructions
- A game board, representing the location of the murder
- Ten colored game pieces, representing the suspects
- Eight weapon pieces, representing possible weapons used
- Cards, containing depictions of game elements (weapons, suspects or rooms)
- A parchment envelope labeled, "Case File: Confidential", to hold the solution in each game
- Two green dice
The suspects
- Miss Scarlet (a red piece)
- Colonel Mustard (a yellow piece)
- Mrs. White (a white piece)
- Mr. Green (a green piece)
- Mrs. Peacock (a blue piece)
- Professor Plum (a purple piece)
- Miss Peach (an orange piece)
- Madame Rose (a pink piece)
- Monsieur Brunette (a brown piece)
- Sergeant Grey (a grey piece)
The murder weapons
- The Rope
- The Lead Pipe
- The Knife (also called "The Dagger")
- The Spanner (called "The Wrench" in the North American version)
- The Candlestick
- The Revolver
- The Poison
- The Horseshoe
The rooms
- The Courtyard
- The Gazebo
- The Drawing room
- The Dining room
- The Kitchen
- The Carriage house
- The Trophy room
- The Conservatory
- The Studio
- The Cloak Room (not used as a murder location)
- The Billiard Room
- The Library
- The Fountain
The secret passages
- The Drawing room links to the Conservatory
- The Library links to the Kitchen
- The Courtyard has a private walk that links to the Cloak room
Gameplay
At the beginning of play, three cards -- one Suspect, one Weapon, and one Room card -- are chosen at random and put into a special envelope, so that no-one can see them. These cards represent the true facts of the case. The remainder of the cards are distributed among the players.The aim is to deduce the details of the murder —- that is, the cards in the envelope. This is done by announcing suggestions to other players. An example of a suggestion is, "I suggest it was Mrs. White, in the Library, with the Rope". All elements contained in the suggestion are moved into the room in the suggestion (so Mrs. White and the Rope would be moved to the Library).
The other players must then disprove the suggestion, if they can. This is done in clockwise order around the board. A suggestion is disproved by showing a card containing one of the suggestion components to the player making the suggestion (for example, the Rope), as this proves that the card cannot be in the envelope. Showing the card to the suggesting player is done in secret so the other players may not see which card is being used to disprove the suggestion. Once a suggestion has been disproved, the player's turn ends and moves onto the next player. There is a new rule here, though, in which all cards relating to the situation must be viewed if held by three different players, so it might become instantly obvious to everyone that Madame Rose, the candlestick, and the Conservatory were all innocent of charge. The only way this process may be prevented is if one person is holding both cards, such as Madame Rose and the Conservatory, in which they must choose only one. Even so, you are still permitted only to make a suggestion when your piece is in a room, and the suggestion can only be for that room.
Once a player thinks he or she knows the solution, the player can make an accusation. The player checks the validity of the accusation by checking the cards in the envelope. If the player made an incorrect accusation, that player is out of the game (since the player now knows the correct solution) and the game continues with the remaining players. If the player made a correct accusation, the solution cards are shown to the other players and the game ends.
Changes from the original
- The game is played by two dice instead of one, making movement along the board much faster
- The rooms are much closer to each other
- All characters now start in the Cloak room
- Snoop spaces allow you to read one card of your choice from any other player's hand
External Links
- Extensive Clue Collection and Fan Discussion Forums [TheArtofMurder.com]
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