Play Clue Online

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If you're a fan of the Clue board game, but you can't take it with you everywhere, play Clue online! It has all of the aspects of the board game version, but it is portable and can be played on your laptop or desktop with a friend or by yourself.

Where to Find Clue Online

The best place to start to play Clue online is to find where to download it. The following website has a free game download:

How to Play Clue Online

Previous online versions made it difficult to play Clue unless you had other people to play with you. The newest version of Clue Classic allows players to play by themselves or to play against others online.

Objective

The objective of the game of Clue is to discover who killed Mr. Boddy, with what weapon and in what room.

Clue Cards

There are 21 Clue cards. Of these 21 cards, 9 are room cards, 6 are weapon cards and 6 are suspect cards. In this game, three cards are randomly chosen (one room, one weapon and one suspect card) and placed in a Case File Confidential folder. The remainder of the cards are shuffled and dealt to the players.

Game Board

The game board looks like the regular Clue game board, shown as a birds-eye view on the computer screen. It shows the 9 rooms in Tudor Mansion and all of the players. On the right-hand side of your computer screen is the player area, which shows your profile, menu, notebook, cards and history.

Player Notebook

The player notebook is an integral part of the play Clue online experience. The notebook allows you to "type" information into each section (room, weapon, suspect) using a computerized old-fashioned typewriter. When you "click to add notes," you can put an "x", a "?" or a checkmark symbol if you know it is the correct card to solve the mystery.

Moving Your Suspect

You move around the online board by rolling virtual dice (which look like real black dice rolling). If any other suspects that you are playing against are in the way of your suspect you will have to skip a turn until they are out of your way. The only other way out is if there is a secret passage to another room or to another opening in the room.

Making Suggestions

Each time you enter a room you can make a suggestion as to who you think committed the crime and in what manner. This will help you use the process of elimination to determine who committed the crime in Tudor Manor. The room that you are currently in is automatically included in the suggestion. Once you have chosen the suspect and the weapon you will click on the "Make a Suggestion" button.

Proving Your Suggestion

In order to prove that your suggestion is correct, each of the other players will have to reveal if they have one of the Clue cards that you have named. If one of the players shows you a card that you have named you can place an "x" next to it in your notebook. You'll now know that it is not one of the cards inside of the Case File Confidential folder.

At this point, if you are certain of who committed the crime, in what room and using what weapon, you can make an accusation. Beware - if you are wrong, the penalty is the loss of one turn.

Solve the Mystery

In order to win the game you will have to guess all three of the cards in the Case File Confidential folder correctly. Once the case is solved you can share your notes with other players from the game and view any new achievements in your profile.

Achievements

The Achievements page will show your current ranking as a detective and any awards you have won while solving cases. The more games you play, the higher your rank as a detective and the more awards you will win. You can view your current achievements from the main page of the Clue Classic game.

If you'd like to learn more about playing games like Clue online, don't forget to check out the following LoveToKnow Online articles.

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Comments

Thanks for letting us know, Vezo!

-- Contributed by: Lorie Witkop

Hi, I love playing Clue aka Cluedo. I played Clue online free (as there is no download required) at the Hasbro games website - IMHO it's as good as the board game! I've written a review of this online Clue game at: comparetop5.com

-- Contributed by: Vezo

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