The mysteries, for the most part, are set up well and require some thought and some looking back over the text. Boddy is counting on you to put the facts together and get to the bottom of this mess. Peacock, Professor Plum, Miss Scarlet, and Colonel Mustard. Boddy loves when his six guests come to stay at his mansion, but the guests do not get along very well, and often steal from each other, and even go so far as to kill one another. And while most revolve around Mr Boddy’s inevitable murder, some more bizarre inclusions involve non-bloodthirsty party games, races and hide-and-seek games, giving it a bit more variety than simple murder mysteries.Ī.E Parker is credited as the series creator for each book, however various authors contributed to the series that spanned only 5 years (a short amount of time considering how many books were published).Clue comes to life in this book of ten short mysteries which the reader must solve. The range of character quirks allow for a camp series of tales, even if the puzzle format is repetitive and unchanging through the series. In this way clues about the gender, weapon, location etc can allow the reader to tick off each character in the table to hunt the culprit. Each chapter ends with a Logic Puzzle table () that the reader can use to narrow in on the suspect, by clues given throughout the story (“A women’s voice was heard from the shadowy figure, gripping the Candlestick tightly”, “Colonel Mustard exited the room, taking the rope with him” etc).
Puzzle formatįor each book in this series, 10 mysteries were included, most (but not always) ending in the death of the millionaire host Mr Boddy. Clue, based off the hit 1943 English boardgame by Anthony E Pratt, builds a series of stories around the renowned characters - Mr White, Colonel Mustard, Ms Scarlet etc - in a series of camp murder mystery romps.Īrchetypal stories - a weekend in a lavish mansion, a mysterious owner, a series of suspicious characters, all with their own twerks and a convenient array of weapons - leads to an infinite array of short tales, with 18 books made, as well as a few shorter spin-off series’.
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