Anthony E. Pratt Birmingham that manufactured components for tanks. Working on a drilling machine, he found the work tedious, but it gave him time to think, including about the ideas behind Cluedo. It was during the Second World War that Pratt had the idea for a murder mystery board game. The idea for Cluedo came from his days spent playing musical concerts in country hotels where part of the evening's entertainment would have been murder mystery games. These would involve both actors and hotel guests playing the characters in a plot which involved the murder of one or more of the guests. The
Kremlin (board game) Kremlin (board game) Kremlin is a board game parody of Soviet government. The game takes its name from the Moscow Kremlin, the physical location of the main Soviet government offices. It was designed by Urs Hostettler and originally released in 1986 by the Swiss board game company Fata Morgana under the name "Kreml". An English translation of the game with slightly modified rules was published by Avalon Hill in 1988. In 1989, "Kremlin" won the Origins Award for "Best Boardgame Covering the Period 1900-1946". Each player controls a number of politician cards depicting caricatures of Soviet politicians. These are arranged