Cluedo in 1949, In particular, Pratt's original design calls for ten characters, one of whom was to be designated the victim by random drawing prior to the start of the game. These ten included the eliminated Mr. Brown, Mr. Gold, Miss Grey, and Mrs. Silver. The characters of Nurse White and Colonel Yellow were renamed Mrs. White and Colonel Mustard for the actual release. The game allowed for play of up to eight remaining characters, providing for nine suspects in total. Originally there were eleven rooms, including the eliminated "gun room" and cellar. In addition there were nine weapons including the
Cluedo updated by the game's initial release and remain essentially unchanged in the standard Classic Detective Game editions of the game. The game consists of a board which shows the rooms, corridors and secret-passages of an English country house called "Tudor Mansion" (named "Tudor Close", "Tudor Hall", "Boddy Manor" or "Boddy Mansion" in some editions) in Hampshire, England in 1926. The game box also includes several coloured playing pieces to represent characters, miniature murder weapon props, one or two six-sided dice, three sets of cards (describing the aforementioned rooms, characters or weapons), "Solution Cards" envelope to contain one card from each