Was it Victor Plum with the poison in the spa??? (Hasbro Cluedo Reinvention)

Member Name: Rockmaiden

Product:	Hasbro Cluedo Reinvention
Date:	10/01/09 (93 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: New modern twist to the game

Disadvantages: Playing pieces were a little boring

I bought this game to play on christmas night with familyas we all love cluedo and this is the up to date 2008 version.

Now I'm sure that everyone has played cluedo at least once but just in case it's a murder mystery game where you move around the board trying to find who who has comitted a murder where and with what.

Cluedo reinvention has all new rooms, new first names for the characters and new weapons. I'll list these at the end for anyone who wants to know what they are.

Everything looks much more modern and updated especially the board and the cards.

The new versiona lso has an added twist with the additon of 'Intrige cards'. These are an extra card that are drawn during the game that give you extra turns or a few more spaces to move when you roll the dice. Beware though because drawing some cards can result in the death of another player.

Each player also has a 'special personality' card which gives each player a special skill of their own that can be used once in each game. Again I will list them at the bottom for those who want to know.

The one thing that I didn't like about the new game were the playing pieces. I have previously played cluedo where the playing pieces looked just like mini people and were very realistic and with this being the new version you expect them to have improved even more. Instead I found that the pieces are nothing more then a rectangle of clear plastic with a coloured question mark on to signify who is who. I was really disapointed with this but once you start playing you soon forget about it.

It is a really good game and any cluedo fan is sure to love it.

Now for those of you that like to know the characters full names and special powers are:

Kasandra Scarlet- Look at a card that one player has just shown another.
Jack Mustard- Can have an extra roll.
Victor PLum- Can have two guesses on one turn.
Jacob Green- Can have a guess for a room that he is not currently in.
Diana White- Move to any room that does not have a secret passage without rolling.
Eleanor Peacock- Randomly pick a card to look at from someone you have just shown a card to.

The rooms are:

Hall
Dining Room
Kitchen
Patio
Observatory
Theatre
Living Room
Spa
Guest House

The weapons are:

Knife
Candlestick
Pistol
Poison
Trophy
Rope
Bat
Axe
Dumbbell

Summary: A great new up to date version of cluedo with a few added twists