Cluedo gold plated, brass finished and sterling silver versions, which have appeared in a variety of designs. There are nine rooms in the mansion where the murder can take place, laid out in circular fashion on the game board, separated by pathways overlaid by playing spaces. Each of the four corner rooms contains a secret passage that leads to the room on the opposite diagonal corner of the map. 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. Coloured "start" spaces
The Cellar (novel) The Cellar (novel) The Cellar is a 1980 horror novel by American author Richard Laymon. It was Laymon's first published novel, and together with sequels "The Beast House", "The Midnight Tour", and the novella "Friday Night in Beast House", forms the series known by fans of Laymon as "The Beast House Chronicles." "The Cellar" is an example of a splatterpunk novel, containing lots of extreme violence, gore, and adult themes including rape, incest, paedophilia, and serial murder. Laymon is often associated with this genre. Donna, the book's protagonist, goes on the run with her daughter Sandy when she learns that