GOALS | RULES | CONTROLS | SCORING | STRATEGY | DID YOU KNOW?
Game Goal
Welcome to Tudor Mansion! Your host, Mr. Boddy, has met an untimely demise. To find out whodunit, put your memory to use, uncover the facts, and crack the case!
Game Rules
Start Screen & Game Options
After the game loads, you'll be presented with the Start Screen. Choose "Game Options" to adjust the volume of sound effects and background music. Choose "Start Tutorial" to view the interactive tutorial, which goes over a series of useful gameplay tips for new players. When you're ready to solve the mystery, choose "Click to Begin." If this is your first time playing, the tutorial will load automatically when you choose "Click to Begin."
Game Play
CLUE Mystery Match consists of three rounds, during which you must discover the details of Mr. Boddy's murder. In the first round, you uncover the location of the murder; in the second round, you find the murder weapon; and in the final round, you reveal the perpetrator of the crime.
Each round begins with a single card being put into the evidence envelope -- this card represents the murder location, murder weapon, or murderer. Once the evidence has been secured, 25 cards are dealt face down in a 5x5 grid. There are 12 matching pairs; the remaining card matches the one placed into the evidence envelope. The 12 matching pairs consist of four cards for each location, weapon, and suspect. This means there are two pairs of each type to be removed.
Left-click on two cards to flip them over. If the two cards match, they are removed from the game board. If the cards don't match, both cards flip back face-down. The logo on the back of any card you fail to match turns yellow -- this will help you keep track of which cards you've seen.
After a pair of cards is successfully matched and removed, the surrounding cards shift to fill the gaps on the game board. Stay sharp -- the direction cards shift is different in each round and discovering how cards move is just part of the mystery.
To the right of the game board is the "notebook," which shows all possible cards left in play. Finding both pairs of a specific card type removes that card from suspicion.
Each round has a set time limit, so don't dilly-dally! A warning will alert you when there are 10 seconds remaining.
Game Controls
- Left-click on a card to flip it over.
- Press the "M" key to mute the music and sound effects.
Game Scoring
- 100 points for each pair of correctly matched cards.
- 1 point for each tenth of a second remaining when you solve the round.
Game Strategy
- Watch out for shifting cards after a match -- they will move in different directions for each round.
- Be methodical when choosing which cards to flip over. If you stay organized, it'll be easier to remember which cards are which.
- The logo on cards you've flipped over but failed to match will turn yellow. Use this to keep track of which cards you've seen before.
- If you're certain of one half of a pair, but not the other, flip over the uncertain card first.
- You can click anywhere in the game window to quickly skip through transitions.
- When two cards don't match, you don't have to wait for them to flip back over. You can click on another card right away.
Did You Know?
- CLUE was invented in 1949 by Anthony E. Pratt in Leeds, England. In the United Kingdom, the game is called "Cluedo."
- The original mansion included a gun room, but it was removed because it was considered to be too elitist.
- Special editions of CLUE feature characters and themes from "The Simpsons," "Scooby-Doo," and "Harry Potter."
- Tim Curry and Madeline Kahn starred in a 1985 movie based on the game.
- In the 2008 game, "Clue: Discover the Secrets," Professor Plum became Victor Plum, a billionaire video game designer.
- Prince Azure was not in the original 1949 edition; he was added in the 2003 game, "Clue FX."
- One of the earliest known murder mysteries is "The Three Apples," one of the tales in Scheherazade's "One Thousand and One Nights."
- Modern murder mystery fiction began with Edgar Allen Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." There is no Rue Morgue in Paris, France, where the story takes place.
