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
Orient Express (board game) is moved one station every time the specialized die shows a green figure. The detectives receive a telegram about one of the suspects or the victim on certain train stations. When the train stops at Istanbul each player must announce their solution of the murder. The player with the correct solution wins. Orient Express (board game) Orient Express is a crime fiction board game published by Jumbo and Just Games. The game is based on the book "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie. The game was designed by Jeff Smets and released in 1985. The game contains 10