Cluedo set of cards, and a "Detective's Notes" pad on which are printed lists of rooms, weapons and characters, so players can keep detailed notes during the game. Depending on edition, the playing pieces are typically made of coloured plastic, shaped like chess pawns, or character figurines. Occasionally they are made from wood or pewter. The standard edition of Cluedo comes with six basic tokens representing these original characters: The weapon tokens are typically made out of unfinished pewter, with the exception of the rope, which may be made of plastic, metal, or string depending on edition. Special editions have included
Cluedo (franchise) IDW Publishing was released in May 2017. Cluedo (franchise) Cluedo, known as Clue in North America, is a murder mystery-themed multimedia franchise that commenced in 1949 with the manufacture of the Cluedo board game. The franchise has since expanded to a film, television gameshows, book series, computer games, board game spinoffs, a comic, a play, a musical, jigsaws, card games, and other media. Waddingtons, Parker Brothers and Hasbro have created many spin-off versions of the game. Spin-off games consist of alternative rule variations of the original Classic Detective Game, which are not to be confused with themed "variants" which use