is this game worth buying ?

[LordWallDeMart]

Saw some gameplay but couldn't figure it out.

Is it worth buying now ? what is it all about ?


Thanks.

[funewchie]

You and the other players are trying to solve a murder mystery.

There are 6 people (suspect) cards, 6 weapon cards, and 9 room cards (21 cards altogether).

At the start of a game, the game randomly takes one of each type of card, and puts the 3 into a sealed envelope.
That is the "correct answer" to the mystery.

The remaining 18 cards are then shuffled and dealt out to all players. If you have a card, that means it's not in the sealed envelope.
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You roll the dice, and go from room to room and suggest how the murder happened.
You select a person, with what weapon, in the room you're visiting.

The game then goes through the other players in order, and see if anyone can disprove your suggestion with one of their cards.
If a player can, they must show you that card.

(Example: I enter the Study, and suggest Miss Scarlet with the Rope. The game then checks. Player 2 has nothing... Player 3 has nothing... ding! Player 4 has the Rope card, and must secretly show it to me.
So I now know the Rope was NOT the murder weapon.)

To the right, you have a checklist, which you will use to rule out suspects, weapons, and rooms.
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Your ultimate goal is to rule out enough things that you can guess what's in the sealed envelope.
When you think you've got the answer, at the end of your turn, you hit "Final Accusation".

Beware! You only get one shot at the final accusation.
You pick the suspect, the weapon, and the room as well.
If you're right, you win the game.
If you're wrong, you're out of the game.

(Of course, the other players are also trying to figure it out, too. So you can't take too awful long, or someone else might figure out the correct answer first.)

Edit: And yes, even if your character is the killer, you still have to solve the mystery. (Some versions imply you destroy the evidence, others just have your character comment "I win! I win! I'm going to jail, but I won!")

[funewchie]

As for getting it, all I can say is I liked it quite a lot.

The CPU doesn't steamroll you, but it also doesn't just give up.
The online is quite a lot of fun, too.

As for the season pass, eh, wait until you see if you like the base game first.
I liked it, so I went ahead and got it.

[Utah Cowboy]

I play this a lot and also Crash Dive 2. Love both games.

[Lord Phuknuckle]

Yes, if you like the board game ,its worth getting

[Arcturus Asriv]

Especially if you like the board game and none of your friends like playing it with you because you win all the time. :-)

[piercepiano]

It is worth it. Especially if your friends won't play it with you in person. I got the season pass because I'm a huge fan, but try it first and see if you like it.

[Jim Rockford]

Was it before? Yes resounding yes. Now, they rolled out some changes with NO release notes or purpose...just change for the sake of change and it sucks

[patwerder]

Originally posted by Nezwarothia:

Saw some gameplay but couldn't figure it out.

Is it worth buying now ? what is it all about ?


Thanks.

No!
The ki ist very very bad! Asking 5x thze same? Do you habe the oistol, is it Watson? Costs time and fun!

[hemkeswesley]

Yes, especially if you like the physical board game and/or the movie.

[keedor]

I recently purchased CLUEDO in the current Steam sale, having not played the board game for many years, and am enjoying it immensely.

Fun and very quick to play, even with a full compliment of characters, I am now looking forwards to playing the game online with a couple of friends.

The computer AI plays a good game, too, and one advantage of this digital version is that nobody can "accidentally" knock over the board when they feel they are losing!

[funewchie]

Originally posted by keedor:

I recently purchased CLUEDO in the current Steam sale, having not played the board game for many years, and am enjoying it immensely.

Fun and very quick to play, even with a full compliment of characters, I am now looking forwards to playing the game online with a couple of friends.

The computer AI plays a good game, too, and one advantage of this digital version is that nobody can "accidentally" knock over the board when they feel they are losing!

A big advantage over playing it on Tabletop Simulator.
(Where flipping the table over is an actual game mechanic)

[StressFrakture]

There are a lot of replies already but I will chime in.

I got it on sale. It's really fun. I just got the basic one. I didn't know yet if I'd like it enough to make buying all the costume packs worthwhile or not.

I played online and 2 random strangers joined. It was fun. You can't type or text in it but that is fine. Lets you concentrate more on the game.

I wasn't really sure how to play it when I did the online game but figured it out quickly by observation. I'm still not sure if everyone gets to show the player a card or just one other person does.

I won the game I played. So that helped. :D

[StressFrakture]

Originally posted by patwerder:

Originally posted by Nezwarothia:

Saw some gameplay but couldn't figure it out.

Is it worth buying now ? what is it all about ?


Thanks.

No!
The ki ist very very bad! Asking 5x thze same? Do you habe the oistol, is it Watson? Costs time and fun!

That's how the board game it is based on, is played. It is process of elimination. If you want to guess sooner, you can.