Cluedo

    Easy
    Cluedo
    © Alamy Stock Photo

    Starten Sie den Audio-Text

    Mit dem Audio-Player können Sie sich den Text anhören. Darunter finden Sie das Transkript.

    Transcript: Cluedo

    Who’s the murderer? You’ll need to use strategy and deductionSchlussfolgerungdeduction to find out – when you play the world’s favourite mystery gameDetektivspielmystery game: Cluedo.

    The game’s creator, Anthony E. Pratt, was a British musician, born in 1903, who enjoyed detective fiction and real-life crime stories. He played the piano on cruise ships and at country houses, where murder mystery role-plays were popular. In 1943, he had an idea for a new boardgame. 

    Pratt created ten characters, all of whom were suspectVerdächtige(r)suspects in a country-house murder. Players moved from room to room, asking questions to identify the killer, weapon and location. Pratt called his game Murder! and sold it in 1945 to the British company Waddingtons. Marketed as Cluedo, it became a big hit.

    There have been many adaptationhier: Varianteadaptations and versions since then, with new characters, video and computer games, TV and film spin-offAblegerspin-offs. But what matters most in Cluedo remains the same: logical deduction.

    Neugierig auf mehr?

    Dann nutzen Sie die Möglichkeit und stellen Sie sich Ihr optimales Abo ganz nach Ihren Wünschen zusammen.

    Spotlight Digital