Cluedo (franchise)
Media franchise based on the board game of the same name
Cluedo, known as Clue in North America, is a murder mystery-themed multimedia franchise started in 1949 with the manufacture of the Cluedo board game. The franchise has since expanded to film, television game shows, book series, computer games, board game spinoffs, a comic, a play, a musical, jigsaws, card games, and other media.
Background
It began with the original Cluedo board game where the host Mr. Boddy (Dr. Black in the UK version) was found dead where he was killed by one of the visitors in a certain room with a certain murder weapon.
Characters
The murder victim in the game was known as Dr. Black in the UK edition and Mr. Boddy in North American versions. Updated editions of the game, released by Hasbro in 2023, refer to him as Boden "Boddy" Black Jr.
Player tokens are typically plastic pawns or figurines; the standard edition of the game has six suspects:
Miss Scarlett (the second "t" was dropped in North American versions after 1963 and added back in 2016), the stock femme fatale character; she is represented by a red token/figurine.
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