Because the suspect, weapon and room cards in the envelope are picked randomly and change every game, the solution to Cluedo’s murder mystery changes each time you play. There were other minor differences, all of which were later updated by the game's initial release and remain essentially unchanged in the standard Classic Detective Game editions of the game. If you've suggested a suspect, the player to your left must disprove your theory by producing a card from their hand that matches the murderer, weapon, or location that you suspect. Once one card has been revealed to you, your turn ends - you do not get to ask the remaining players.

If all the players except one make an incorrect accusation, the last player standing wins the game of Clue.This new version of the game offered major changes to the game play and to the characters and their backstories. 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. Dicebreaker is owned by Gamer Network Limited, a ReedPop company and subsidiary of Reed Exhibitions Limited. The game box also includes several coloured playing pieces to represent characters, miniature murder weapon props, two six-sided dice, three sets of cards (describing the aforementioned rooms, characters or weapons), Solution Cards and an envelope (or a mirror in some editions) to contain one card from each set of cards, and a Detective's Notes pad on which are printed lists of rooms, weapons and characters, so players can keep detailed notes during the game. The winner is the player who, through the process of elimination, can figure out which three cards are hidden within the secret envelope that hold the answers to Mr.

Peacock has an immediate advantage of starting one space closer to the first room than any of the other players. Advertising at the time suggested players would take on the guise of "Sherlock Holmes following the path of the criminal", but no depictions of Holmes appear in the advertising or on the box. In the 1980s, as in the US, Sherlock Holmes also appeared in TV advertising of the time, along with other classic detectives such as Sam Spade. The centre room (often referred to as the Cellar or Stairs) is inaccessible to the players, but contains the solution envelope, and is not otherwise used during game play.A custom version of the game was also released in the US by Restoration Hardware as Wooden Box Clue with different cover art.