\nMeet my favorite board game. Clue. This charming lil “murder mystery” detective game is really one the whole family can get into. The premise? Someone has killed Mr. Boddy and you must deduce WHO DONE IT! Players get to choose from 6 different “characters” (aka suspects) and you travel around Mr. Boddy’s mansion, collecting clues. The ultimate goal is to figure out who was the murderer, in what room he (or she!) killed Mr. Boddy and with which weapon. Sounds grisly but I promise ya, it’s not at all! The feels a bit like an Agatha Christie Miss Marple mystery\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand because it’s not scary, its great fun for kids. Over the years they’ve released several different versions of the Clue board game, with the graphics updating to reflect the design of the time. \u00c2\u00a0We love it so00 much we have four different sets! You might recall we also took it camping with us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Clue first got its start in 1944 in\u00c2\u00a0Birmingham, England\u00c2\u00a0when solicitor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0clerk Anthony E. Pratt filed a patent for a game called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Murder!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It was eventually licensed to Waddingtons (in the UK ) and to Parker Brothers (in North America, where it was renamed it simply \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Clue\u00e2\u20ac\u009d).\u00c2\u00a0Pratt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s original game was slightly different from\u00c2\u00a0the version finally released in 1949. Originally he had ten characters who would become suspects and eleven mansion rooms as possibilities for the scene of the crime\u00e2\u20ac\u201dincluding a gun room\u00c2\u00a0and cellar.\u00c2\u00a0 Most intriguingly he had nine murderous weapons, including such gems as the axe, \u00c2\u00a0a syringe, poison and the mysterious shillelagh. (!!!!)<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at one is one of my favorite versions, the 1963 edition. Just look at the cute illustrations!<\/p>\n

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Cuuuuuuuuuuute, yes?? I bet Mr. Green did it. With the\u00c2\u00a0shillelagh. Hee.<\/p>\n

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But as cute as this is, I have to confess my REAL favorite is the one I grew up with. That’s THIS 1972 version. And oh ho ho, is it different. You don’t get the same charmingly sweet drawings, but this version has the added layer of mystery and drama by showcasing actual actors as the characters. And oooh the drama!<\/p>\n

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I mean, look at that mysterious spray of broken pearls! \u00c2\u00a0The cream colored princess phone that’s off the hook (literally and figuratively). \u00c2\u00a0Amazing! I love the design of this edition so much…<\/p>\n

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I was always Miss Scarlet….and I was verrrrry transfixed by The Lounge. And The Ballroom. And ze candlestick. We played this game alot growing up. I still can hear my favorite aunt, Tante Maria counting out her prediction in her cute German accent, “It vas Mista Green, in de conservatory….mit de leadpipe!” My Uncle Max was always sneaky and would try and spy on us to see which portion of the notepad we were marking off when we got our clues (top portion meant person, middle was weapons, bottom was rooms!).<\/p>\n

I love to see how they have updated the game over the years. The latest versions I’m not too keen on, but just look at these two. SO MUCH FUN!<\/p>\n

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OK friends. Do you love Clue?? And did you know there was a CLUE movie? I haven’t seen it in years but I remember loving it. I wonder if it has stood the test of time….hmmm. Perhaps I will cozy up in the Lounge with my candlestick and a copy of it this weekend!
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Meet my favorite board game. Clue. This charming lil “murder mystery” detective game is really one the whole family can get into. The premise? Someone has killed Mr. Boddy and you must deduce WHO DONE IT! Players get to choose from 6 different “characters” (aka suspects) and you travel around Mr. Boddy’s mansion, collecting clues. … Continue reading Chairman of the Board :: Vintage CLUE<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[994,1076,665,587],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-of-alix","category-best-of","category-vintage-childhood","category-vintage-toys-and-fun-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/modernkiddo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/modernkiddo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/modernkiddo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modernkiddo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modernkiddo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/modernkiddo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/modernkiddo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modernkiddo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modernkiddo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}