Clue Premier Edition becomes diorama of gruesome murder
This pricy $149 Clue collector's set replicates the original's timeless two-dimensional murder mansion in a deluxe, three-dimensional edition. The wood paneled game box features the original's nine sunken rooms, including vintage period furnishings rendered in excruciating minutiae.
Gorgeous, but for my house, it wouldn't be complete until I had carefully painted miniature figurines to resemble Colonel Mustard, Professor Plumb and Mrs. White, then arranged for their demises in grisly, gore-spattered detail, a miniature diorama of Agatha Christie murders. I want no confusion on where each character was murdered and with what weapon in my mansion.
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No, no, no!
It's Mr. Boddy who was killed. Miss Scarlet, Colonel Mustard, and the rest of the colorful cast are the suspects. So you'd need an appropriate miniature of Mr. Boddy being killed by each weapon to put into the room once the right combination has been discovered.
Brits can substitute Cluedo and Dr. Black as appropriate.
And seeing such a keen 3-D diorama presentation makes me wonder if the secret passages between the various rooms are accurate and available?
John,
I believe what you are looking for is this:
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It's a modular papercraft mansion for gaming. You buy the PDFs online, then cut and assemble exactly the mansion you want. The Cluedo board should be a lead pipe cinch to build. (Oh, I slay me.)
One of these days, I'm going to build the ultimate Kill Doctor Lucky board with this thing.
*drool*
I wonder why its Cluedo in the UK and CLUE in the US
#5, When I was living in Serbia last year, my wife's niece had a Cluedo game that we played. Maybe it's European manufacturer is in a country where the word clue translates as cluedo? Just a guess.
Anyway, this set is awesome and if I had the money burning a hole in my pocket, I'd be all over it.
Why Cluedo? Simply because it sounds like Ludo - Latin for "I play". And it was published in the UK (by Waddingtons) before making it to the US.
This document (beware, you'll get a crick in the neck reading it) explains that it was renamed because Ludo is better known as Parcheesi in the US.