Have we seen this Cluedo box cover before?

Michael

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CLUEDO-Hasbro-Cluedo-the-Classic-Mystery-Game-NEW-/370623715304?pt=UK_Toys_Games_Games&hash=item564ae517e8
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cluedoking123 · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:33 pm Post subject:

I want one!
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Aaron21 · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:51 pm Post subject:

I hope this come to the US... Very Happy

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WarnerPlum · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:08 am Post subject:

Is it true!??
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TheBilliardRoom · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:14 am Post subject:

I've just been looking in the Target Toy Sale catalogue, and I just saw this for $27...

Black · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:15 am Post subject:

No thank you, not a bad cover I'll admit.

Mr_Scarlett · Suspect Joined: 01 Jul 2008 Posts: 14

PLEEEASE let this have the PROPER weapons and the Miss/Mrs/Prof back!! Anyone know???

Aaron21 · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:23 pm Post subject:

Here's some info on it....

[url] http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HG38712#.T-Iik6EtF2E Very Happy

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Black · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:42 pm Post subject:

http://content.snapixel.com/serve-content/EBS1/m_Hick_23129c112102/Photo-of-Man-eating-pie.jpg

I don't like to admit I'm wrong be it actrually looks good.

munitzer · Can Opener Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 1646

There's a typo on the box.
"Solve the Murder in the McMansion."*
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Black · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:58 pm Post subject:

Ronald McDonald has been murdered in his mansion.

Zoo977 · Detective Joined: 08 Jan 2011 Posts: 986

It was Miss Scarlet in the kitchen with the double cheeseburger!

Murder by Death · Forensics Supervisor Joined: 09 Oct 2009 Posts: 1546

Interesting. It would appear the characters are targeted at the same crowd as the short-lived "Secrets in Paris" edition.

The board has been completely redesigned, with the pawns moving around a central hub and what appears to be only 8 rooms connected to each other.

The solid color pawns shaped like the characters are kind of cheap looking.

Hard to tell if the clock cards are gone, but at least the board artwork looks gorgeous - a return to an earlier, better time.http://www.theartofmurder.com/

Overall I get a sort of Scooby Doo vibe, with young sleuths visiting some old creepy mansion ... Is this perhaps inspired by the Hub Clue mini-series that aired last Fall?

Not sure about these brain-teasers and riddles. I'm all for mixing it up a bit, evening up the playing field and introducing some real reasoning skills, but describing it for novices and experts alike makes me hope it's not something stupid. And once you've solved the riddles and brain-teasers, doesn't that kind of render that feature moot the next time you play the game?

Somebody buy this and confirm! http://www.ebay.com/itm/CLUEDO-Hasbro-Cluedo-the-Classic-Mystery-Game-NEW-/370623715304

Solve brainteasers and riddles to get to the bottom of the who, what and where in this board game classic, Clue The Ultimate Mystery Game. This edition presents new challenges for Clue novices and experts alike.

cluedoking123 · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:12 pm Post subject:

gah! now I want it more!
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cacums · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject:

Mansion? Huh, what do you know, my nieghbor owns a mansion. Seriously the house looks like most of the houses on my street.

I'm going ot take a crack at the rooms starting on the bottom left and going clockwise:

Garage (there appears to be a dead body rolled in tarp in the driveway)
Billiard Room (pool table looks crooked)
Bedroom (fancy white bed)
Bathroom (with large tub)
Study (I'd assume since it's upstairs)
Kitchen (no dining room?)
Library
Living Room (Drawing Room, but I doubt they'll use a fancy name)
Front Porch (maybe that is a suspected room Smile

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I like how the stairs are two spaces on the board which gives Clue an upstairs. One of the weapons appears to be a wrench (fingers crossed). I'm not to thrilled but it's nice to see a change away from the Spa, Theatre, and Observatory.
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Zoo977 · Detective Joined: 08 Jan 2011 Posts: 986

I can make out a standing metal weapon and a beige plastic weapon in the mix, so there's a good chance a rope and candlestick are included weapons.

I like the suspect tokens. They looks like they're supposed to be figurines sculpted off of the character images.

And the dice don't have the question mark side, so that may be a good sign! Maybe Hasbro's finally listened to us!

Murder by Death · Forensics Supervisor Joined: 09 Oct 2009 Posts: 1546

It looks like only 6 weapons, so perhaps they've gone back to the classics. But there are still Question marks on the board. Hopefully those are for the riddles and brain-teasers, and not the clock cards ...

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alwaysPeacock · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:24 pm Post subject:

Well at least the characters have somewhere to pee & sleep now.

Seriously though, this looks like the kind of revamped Clue game I've been waiting for. A traditional house/mansion setting (sans stupid "Hollywood" rooms), with some extra challenges tossed into the gameplay to make for, what could be, a nice blend of the classic card-swapping game & some actual logic & reasoning tests.

And the box is great! This is coming along just in time for my birthday, too. Very Happy

Edit: I also appreciate the tagline of "The CLASSIC Mystery Game." Perhaps this is a little nod from Hasbro that their last attempt at revamping Clue was anything but in the spirit of the original. (Which now makes me a little bummed about the entire board being redesigned, layout-wise, but it's hardly the first "standard" edition to do this, so I'll reserv judgment until I see it in person). I'm also happy to see the bit (on eBay) about special two-player rules. I almost never have more than one other person to play with, and I'm glad Hasbro has (apparently) taken that into consideration.
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TheBilliardRoom · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:33 pm Post subject:

Well I found a $30 gift card for Target that I got for my birthday... so I ended up buying this...