Clue Secrets and Spies

by Clue

Product Features

• Become the ultimate spy with Clue Secrets & Spies
• Go undercover and use your smarts, your spy light and even your cell phone to become the top agent
• Check your cell phone for a Spy Text that could help or hinder your game
• Your assignments will take you all over the world, so stay ahead of the other agents and earn the title of Ultimate Spy
• Great family game!

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 15.8 x 10.5 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001URY6LQ
• Item model number: 2143
• Manufacturer recommended age: 9 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,044 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Can you prove yourself as the world's ultimate spy? Agent Black- Clue's most notorious spy is plotting, and it's up to you to stop him. Go undercover as an international agent to foil his schemes by completing missions and attending secret meetings. Scan

Product Description

In CLUE: Secrets & Spies Edition, players take the role of a top international spy tasked with infiltrating the Criminal League for Ultimate Espionage to stop its evil scheme for world domination by intercepting the nefarious Agent Black. True identities of Agent Mustard, Agent Scarlet and crew are kept secret as players work independently to complete missions by using clues from the game and real-time tips sent via optional cell phone text messages. The agent who completes the most missions before being discovered by Agent Black will be known as the world's number one spy and wins the game.For 2 - 5 players, ages 9 and up.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

51 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars unlike any clue you've played before, October 20, 2009

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J. Enszer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clue Secrets and Spies (Toy)

Clue Secrets and Spies is unrecognizable as a Clue game - the only thing it has in common is the name of the characters, who are now all "agents." Each player randomly draws a card at the start to determine their agent for the game, which is kept secret from all other players.

The object of this game is to score the most points, and this is done in one of two ways: getting any agent to hold two items at the same time and getting an agent to meet a certain agent in a prescribed location on the board. This is done by playing action cards for any available agent, which allows for one movement and one item donation/swap/theft. Anyone can move any agent when he/she is available, and you don't have to score points for your agent. At the time that a mission is completed, you receive the card (worth one point at the end of the game), and the agent(s) who completed the mission each move one point up the score track on the side of the board - or, if "Agent Black" finishes a mission, he moves one point down the track, starting from the top. The game is over when Agent Black meets any other agent on the scoreboard. At the game's end, all players reveal their identities and add the number of cards they're holding to their agent's score.

The scoring of the game is a little strange - no two agents may have the same number of points. So if four agents already have one, two, three, and four points, then the next agent to score a point moves up to five points, regardless of where they were before. It's an interesting but sometimes frustrating mechanism.

There is also one final addition to this game - the option of receiving text messages on a cell phone during the game, which feels a little bit like the interruptions in Clue DVD Game. This adds some randomness to the game, such as closing down locations on the board, or forcing players to discard action cards. In the few times we've tried it, we forgot about the cell phone, or the messages didn't add a whole lot to the game, or the game was completed before we get more than two messages from the phone.

Overall this game is unlike any Clue game ever, but the idea is straightforward enough. It takes a little bit to sort out the exact rules (and strategy!) for scoring, but the game moves pretty quickly. The cell phone gimmick is entirely optional. This game may not be for people who love Clue and no other board game, but if you're up for a different style of game, this one is okay.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's okay, but it's not Clue and the text messages are simply a gimmick, October 22, 2009

By 

Michael A. Duvernois (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Clue Secrets and Spies (Toy)

The game is completely different from Clue, not a translation of that game to cloak and dagger spy game. The winning and scoring conditions are interesting, but required constant checks back to the instructions. We found that the text message aspect added little (or nothing) to the game. It's just a gimmick. You'll try it once or twice, but if the game catches your fancy it's likely you won't use the text message part any longer. As for us, the game did't catch our attention. It's been set aside to come back to in the winter perhaps.

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money, get a differnt game!, November 10, 2009

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Christopher Kowaleski (Auburn, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Clue Secrets and Spies (Toy)

My 10 year old daughter LOVES Clue. We've played a few different variations of the game and this was by far the worst! It took about 1-2 hours just to get started and is extremely complicated. Like the other reviews point out, you have to constantly check the rules for scoring tips and other info. This game is being returned! There is really nothing fun about the game.