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
Game mechanics In such a game, the winner is the only remaining player to have avoided loss. Some games with capture mechanics are won by the player who removes all, or a given number of, the opponents' playing pieces. Some games end when a player wins by solving a puzzle or riddle posed by the game. Examples include Cluedo, hangman and zendo. Many simple games (and some complex ones) are effectively races. The first player to advance one or more tokens to or beyond a certain point on the board wins. Examples: backgammon, ludo, chutes & ladders. The goal of a structure