On American television, the Clue title and theme were used in the 1986 documentary Clue: Movies, Murders and Mystery, which took a look at mystery-related pieces of media, including Murder on the Orient Express, Murder, She Wrote, Sherlock Holmes and other television series and movies, as well as a look at the board game itself, among other things. The books featured the US Clue characters in short, comedic vignettes and asked the reader to follow along and solve a crime at the end of each. When someone finally gets the solution and tells everyone the tension dissipates and the mystery is solved for everyone fun. Using her tendency to tamper with witness testimonies, Boden Black blackmails her into representing him in his hotel dealings.

In addition there were nine weapons including the unused axe, bomb, syringe, poison, shillelagh (walking stick/ cudgel), and fireplace poker. The murder cards remain unchanged to the basic edition, but are not dealt to each player, instead there are 'clue' squares on the board marked by small plastic magnifying glasses, which players collect to get clues. These cards are placed face down in the middle and are not seen unless a player takes a turn in the pool room to look at them. Also, according to the rules, "If, after making a false Accusation, your character pawn is blocking a door, [you must] move it into that room so that other players may enter. The first one, “Playground Mix-up” is designed for younger players that need to work cooperatively to identify what item from the playground went missing and which kid may have took it.Rather than the remaining cards being dealt out at the start of the game, they had to be 'discovered' by reaching one of the many blue counters scattered on the board.

In Clue Master Detective, Miss Scarlet is depicted as an Asian woman nicknamed the " Mercenary of Macau". Black has had an item stolen and, in addition to guessing the criminal, location (room) and stolen object, the time of day when the crime took place also has to be discovered. Madame Rubie - A red-headed femme fatale dressed in ruby, similar to Miss Scarlett, who is described as a cold yet elegant woman who "enjoys the finer things in life". The dice includes a yellow and white side as well so that you do not have to cover all of the board. There are eight clocks—the first seven drawn do nothing—whoever draws the eighth is killed by the murderer and out of the game.An arcade version of the game was released on an itbox terminal which involves answering questions with a chance to win money. When you think you know who ate the cake, what time it was, and what they had to drink, make your accusation.

The fact that the board is half the size of a normal game board means that it’s the right size for playing in a restaurant or pub. Special editions have included gold plated, brass finished and Sterling silver versions, which have appeared in a variety of designs.In all three endings, he leads the police in raiding Hill House and arresting the murderer or murderers depending on the ending.

The base of each figure is also designed to fit into a plastic ring that contains precious clues to solve each mystery. character pawns – the same classic Cluedo characters you know and love including Miss Scarlett, Mrs. As a very nice touch, the detective notebook includes a few sets of different sheets so the set of items potentially missed will change every few games. Silver" are some of the oldest colour names previously unused, and "Gray" is one of the most enduring names in later editions, albeit with different characters depending on the edition.Instead players move from location to location to track down each of the suspects to gain their clues, before finding Inspector Brown to make an accusation.