![]() ![]() Notably, the remaining playing cards were distributed into the rooms to be retrieved, rather than dealt directly to the players. Some gameplay aspects were different as well. Some of these unused weapons and characters appeared later in spin-off versions of the game. In addition, there were nine weapons, including the unused bomb, syringe, shillelagh (walking stick/cudgel), fireplace poker, and the later used axe and poison. Originally there were 11 rooms, including the eliminated gun room and cellar. The game allowed for play of up to eight remaining characters, providing for nine suspects in total. White and Colonel Mustard for the actual release. The characters of Nurse White and Colonel Yellow were renamed Mrs. In particular, Pratt's original design calls for 10 characters, one of whom was to be designated the victim by random drawing prior to the start of the game. There were several differences between the original game concept and the one initially published in 1949. It was simultaneously licensed to Parker Brothers in the United States for publication, where it was renamed Clue, as the name "Ludo" was not widely known there, Pachisi-style games having been published under other names and brands, so the play on words would not have been generally understood. In 1944, Pratt applied for a patent of his invention of a murder/mystery-themed game, originally named Murder! Shortly thereafter, Pratt and his wife, Elva Pratt (1913–1990), who had helped design the game, presented it to Waddingtons' executive Norman Watson, who immediately purchased it and provided its trademark name of Cluedo (a play on "clue" and "Ludo", the Latin word for "I play" and the name of a popular board game based on Pachisi).Īlthough the patent was granted in 1947, postwar shortages postponed the game's official United Kingdom launch until 1949. Pratt, an English musician and factory worker, recalled the murder mystery games played by some of his clients at private music gigs as well as the detective fiction popular at the time, most notably Agatha Christie. Holed up in his home in Birmingham, England, during air raids on the city during World War II, Anthony E. ![]()
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