Alfred Hitchcock Edition Clue

Alfred Hitchcock Edition Clue
Players3 to 6
Setup time5 minutes
Playing time45 minutes
ChanceHigh
Age range8 and up
SkillsDice rolling, Deduction

Alfred Hitchcock Edition Clue is a version of the board game Cluedo (Clue in North America) themed using elements from the films of Alfred Hitchcock.

Development

USAopoly marked Alfred Hitchcock's 100th birthday on Friday, August 13, 1999, by releasing a special Hitchcock‑themed edition of Clue.[1][2][3] The special edition replaces the traditional Clue suspects with characters drawn from Hitchcock's films, including figures such as Mother from Psycho, Melanie Daniels from The Birds, Michael Armstrong from Torn Curtain, and Marnie Edgar from Marnie.[1][3] The game replaces its traditional rooms with locations drawn from Hitchcock's films, including Room No. 1 at the Bates Motel (Psycho), the Statue of Liberty's torch (Saboteur), and settings from The Man Who Knew Too Much and Frenzy.[1][3] The game was also released as a special edition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Clue.[2]

Game contents

  • Instructions
  • A game board, representing the location of the murder
  • Six colored game pieces, representing the suspects
  • Weapon pieces, representing possible weapons used
  • Cards, containing depictions of game elements (weapons, suspects or rooms)
  • A parchment envelope labeled, "Case File: Confidential", to hold the solution in each game.

The suspects

Weapons

The rooms

There are nine sets in the studio where the murder can take place, laid out on the board as follows:

 † Hitchcock's Screening Room ‡ 
Bates Motel
Room #1
Diner
(The Birds)
(Psycho)
Farmhouse Kitchen
(Torn Curtain)
Horse Stables
(Marnie)
Statue of Liberty Torch
(Saboteur)
Opera House
(The Man Who
Knew Too Much
)
Family Room
(The Birds)
Brenda's Office
(Frenzy)
 ‡ † 

† ‡ denotes secret passages to opposite corner

References