Clue Mysteries

by Hasbro

Product Features

• 2 to 6 players.
• Ages 8 and up.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 11 x 15.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006I5G3M
• Item model number: 42404
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,273 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Who stole Colonel Mustard’s pistol and where is the thief now? Who pilfered Mrs. Peacock’s diary and where can the culprit be found? In this spin-off of the enduring whodunit game, amateur detectives travel through the countryside of Hampshire, England, to answer these questions and more as they assist Inspector Brown in cracking 50 different cases. Players each receive a notebook of potential suspects, in which they can record important clues gathered on their journey around the board. Landing on one of the eight building spaces entitles players to question the character who resides there. Sleuths use one of the secret decoders (a mirror, a spyglass, or a location key) to divulge each character’s secret clues, which are hidden on rotating wheels that fasten inside the game board. To spice things up along the way, there are vehicle spaces that offer shortcuts, open road spaces that require players to draw a Clue card and follow its directions, and movable scene spaces that allow players to block opponents’ paths. Players may make accusations at any time, provided they are resting on the scene space where the offender is hiding. A correct accusation wins the game, but an incorrect guess sends the player out of the game and leaves the crime up to the remaining detectives. --Cristina Vaamonde

Product Description

With Clue Mysteries, you get all the usual suspects, plus six new characters - Rusty, Miss Peach, Lord Gray, Mrs. Meadow-Brook, Prince Azure and Lady Lavender. As armchair Scotland Yard Detectives, you can solve one or more of 50 compelling new crimes before this game is played out. Use your tool kit to decode and investigate each case. The secret mirror tips you off if anyone is lying. If you make the correct arrest, you've won!

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Customer Reviews

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50 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Limited replay value and challenge, September 3, 2005

By 

J. Enszer - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Clue Mysteries (Toy)

Clue Mysteries is almost Guess Who meets Clue. Players walk around the board visiting the police office, Mr. Boddy's Tudor Mansion, and the residences of the the six original Clue suspects, all to determine the culprit of a crime. The eight locations on the board provide a clue as to the guilty party and his or her whereabouts. The suspects provide hints such as the guilty person wears glasses, or has gray hair, and you use these clues to narrow down your list of possible culprits. One twist is that one of the suspects could by lying.

Overall, this game plays much differently than the original Clue. The setup involves setting each suspect's "residence" to the correct clue for this game--a process that is guided by the playbook that comes with the game. Then a brief introduction to the mystery is read, and the game begins. The players only really need to deduce who is guilty, since landing on Tudor mansion in any given turn gives away the whereabouts of the culprit. Every roll of the die results in either a visit to one of the eight main spots on the board, or the drawing of a card that usually lets you visit one of the eight main spots on the board. The game moves much more quickly than Clue or Clue FX, but mostly because it's so easy to win.

In the end, this game is much simpler and less challenging than other Clue games. Add in the fact that there are only fifty mysteries total, and you drastically reduce the replay value of the game. It's an interesting spin on a classic, but the classic proves to be more entertaining.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buy The Original, December 25, 2005

By 

Robin E. "Gamelover" (CT USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Clue Mysteries (Toy)

I bought The Clue Mysteries thinking it would be better than the original. I was so wrong!!! It took longer to set up, was more complicated (yet less fun to play) and once you have solved all 50 mysteries (easier to do than you would think), it is worthless. The decoder clues are hard to read, the code wheels are hard to move, and the decoder pieces are easy to lose. My kids are eight and ten and found this game frustrating, boring and not worth the extra time to set up. This was a Christmas flop! Do yourself and your kids a favor. Buy the original, it is more entertaining.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad, but You Can Find Better, July 28, 2007

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A. Kulcsar "akulcsar" (Ypsilanti, MI 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:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Clue Mysteries (Toy)

This certainly is an intriguing game. I have played it a couple of times with family and have found it to be quite entertaining.

The gameplay is nothing like Clue. Instead, you are presented a mystery. You travel around the board retrieving clues that lead you to the solution to the mystery. The gameplay is pretty straightforward.

The execution, however, is a bit difficult. The various tools used to decode the clues, I found, add an unnecessary level of difficulty to the game. Getting the mirror in just the right spot, using the magic red filter...all cute but unnecessary tricks that add little to the gameplay. The cases themselves are of moderate difficulty.

The game is well-suited to a mixed group of adults and older children. Adult-only crowds probably will not enjoy this game terribly unless the group has some affinity toward Clue itself. Those familiar with 221B Baker Street will find an uncanning similarity, but the 221B game, I find, has a much better execution and plays much better in an adult-only setting.

This is not a bad game, but play 221B Baker Street if you want more of a challenge.