Clue: The Great Detective Game!

Parker Brothers1950

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

During World War II, Londoner Anthony Pratt devises a murder mystery board game to help pass the time while waiting in bomb shelters. Granted a patent in 1947, he takes the game to the manufacturer Waddingtons. Cluedo, in England, and Clue, in America, appear simultaneously

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Title: Clue: The Great Detective Game!
Creator: Parker Brothers
Date Created: 1950
Location: USA
Object ID: 108.3282

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