I love to dress up. No matter the holiday, theme, or occasion. I will find a way to costumeitup. So, obviously I love Halloween. Each year, I commit days, weeks. Clue has become a classic mysterysolving game since it was first created in 1949. In this popular whodunit, players try to figure out which of the characters, all. The board game Clue just killed off Mrs. White and added Dr. Orchid to its cast of characters. Casio Manual Tone Bank on this page. Hasbro Gives Clue Board Game A Makeover NPR. The new version of Clue takes place in a modern mansion at a party of the rich and famous. Courtesy Hasbro. Courtesy Hasbro. The new version of Clue takes place in a modern mansion at a party of the rich and famous. Courtesy Hasbro. The Clue game from the 1. Players wont see it in the updated board game but they will see a baseball bat, a trophy and an ax. Dons Game Closet has over 10,000 Vintage Board Games for Sale from the 1950s to 2000s. We have 1000s of rules and free scoresheets. Courtesy Hasbro. Courtesy Hasbro. The much beloved murder mystery game Clue is getting a makeover. Its been on the shelves for 6. Hasbro has redesigned the game for a modern audience. Rob Daviau, who helped design the new version, tells NPRs Melissa Block that the new game takes place at a modern mansion at a party of the rich and famous. Clue Board Game Notebook' title='Clue Board Game Notebook' />The weapons have changed, the characters have bios and the mansion has new rooms, like a spa, a theater and a guesthouse. And the company added an element of suspense with a second deck of cards. A board game is basically a story that youre telling around the table together. N.283323620.jpg' alt='Clue Board Game No' title='Clue Board Game No' />In this case, its a murder mystery, Daviau says. So whats the pacingHow nervous should you be How much time do people have Because we know that people have less time now than they did before. The new game has nine weapons instead of six. There is no more lead pipe, and the revolver is now a pistol. The company also added a trophy, an ax and a baseball bat. The weapons arent in scale to each other, Daviau says. It oddly took a very long time to get the proportions of the baseball bat right the handle, versus the knob, versus the thickness. My engineer was ready to kill me because I kept sending him back to trim another millimeter off the barrel. The characters have changed, too. Miss Scarlet has a first name Cassandra. Colonel Mustard left the military hes a former football star. Clue Board Game Note Taking' title='Clue Board Game Note Taking' />Victor Plum, formerly the professor who was always known as the smartest man in the room, became recast as a self made video game designer a dot com billionaire. But what about people who cherished the classic version of Clue and may not want to see changes Daviau says Hasbro was very conscious of that when updating the game. We wanted something that the mom or dad whos bringing home for the family could say, This is what I remember, and this is what I want to play with my kids, Daviau says. At the same time, we wanted something the kids would feel like it belonged to them. And this is something thats very appealing to them. Clue Board Game No' title='Clue Board Game No' />So we tried to blend those two worlds. It plays like Clue, it feels like Clue, but it just feels like Clue that would have been created in the 2.