Cluedo

The game “Cluedo” deserves the title of “A thousand Year Game”. Cluedo is a mystery or murder themed board game.  It requires about 2 to 6 players to play.  The story line begins with a murder. “Dr. Black was found dead on Saturday evening at approximately 8.45pm. The body was found at the foot of the stairs leading to the cellars, on a spot marked "X". Miss Scarlett found the body. Apparently, her screams were heard in the village nearby! Does Miss Scarlett protest too much? Cause of death has yet to be determined, but there are several likely objects around the house that could have been used.

The objects are: Dagger (found in the lounge),Candlestick(found in the dining room) ,Revolver (found in the study) ,Rope  (found in the ballroom) Lead Pining ( found in the conservatory)  and Spanner  (found in the kitchen)The Chief suspects that it have to be the guests who were here  for the weekends. They are: Prof. Plum (Purple), Mrs. White (White),Mrs. Peacock (Blue), Miss Scarlett (Red),Col. Mustard (Yellow)  and Rev. Green (Green) , 

                                  

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 At the start of the game, the will be three different decks of cards. They are separated according to suspects, weapons, and rooms.  A player will choose randomly one suspect, one weapon and one room card from the three sets of cards.

These chosen cards will then be placed in a special envelope, so that nobody will be allowed to see them as it represents the answer to the case. The remaining cards are then evenly distributed among the players. After distributing the cards, the player is allowed to select any characters (tokens) they wish to represent.  To move their tokens, the players need to roll the dice.They are allowed to move their tokens in any direction they want except diagonally. Every player is given a checklist (a list of all the cards in the game.) The player is allowed to tick off any clue they are given. The main aim of this game is to find out the murderer and the cause of the murder (the cards in the envelope).

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When a player is trying to give the details of the murder, He or she will try to tell his/her suggestion. For an example “I think it was Mrs peacock, in the kitchen, with a rope.” At that moment, the player needs to place the tokens that were mentioned in the room she/ he stated. Then, the player sitting on the right must disagree with the statement, by showing only one of the cards (suspect, room, and weapon) secretly to that player who made the statement. This will then prove that the card in not in the envelope.  

                                           

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Once a player managed to narrowed down the solution, that player is allowed to conclude. The player will proceed to check the cards in the envelope, without letting any players to see it. If that player makes a wrong conclusion, He or she is to leave the game. If the player makes the right conclusion, he or she must show the solution cards to the other players and the game ends here!

Though the rules may be straight, there are some challenges in the game. As a player is given limited card, He or she is not given much clues to start with. Not only that, the player needs to think a lot before making an accusation, as they are given only a chance in each round. If they make the wrong accusation, they are wasting their chance of getting to the answer which may benefit the other players.

The climax of the game is when all the players are getting close to finding out who is the player. Any of the players may know who the killer is, and each player wants to be winner of a game. At the same time, they do not wish to make the wrong decisions.If they make the wrong decision, they have to the leave the game. Therefore, that moment will be very stressful for the entire players.

Overall, I think it is a good game, as I feel that it has very good storyline, it can be played many times as there are many possibilities of Dr black murder, and it has many challenges. There is also a climax in the game (the part when the player makes an accusation and checks the envelope). It does not require any luck at as it is all about logic. All a player needs to do is to think carefully before making their moves.

Therefore, I feel that this game deserves :A thousand year game title".