Cluedo In 2008, "" was created (with changes to board, gameplay and characters) as a modern spinoff, but it was criticised in the media and by fans of the original game. "Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game" was then introduced in 2012, returning to Pratt's classic formula but also adding several variations. By 2016 Hasbro launched the current standard version of the game with the first new original character in over 67 years: Dr. Orchid. In 1944, Anthony E. Pratt, an English musician, applied for a patent of his invention of a murder/mystery-themed game, originally named "Murder!". Shortly thereafter, Pratt and his
Chinese crime fiction called Deep Hatred (恨海), published by "Kanbun Taiwan nichinichi shinpō" (漢文臺灣日日新報), but the work has not been finished yet. Qiu Xiaolong was a significant contributor to English-language Chinese crime fiction in the United States. He was born in Shanghai, but following the Tiananmen Square Protests he decided to remain in the US. Throughout his career he published nine crime-thriller/mystery novels. This includes the "Death of a Red Heroine, When Red is Black" and "A Case of Two Cities." Specifically, "Death of a Red Heroine" was named the best first novel in 2001 at the Anthony Awards. These novels touches on