Clue: The Great Museum Caper
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Clue: The Great Museum Caper, (also known as Galerie der Diebe) was a spinoff of the board game Cluedo
(Clue in Canada and the United States). It was produced by Parker Brothers
and Waddingtons Games. Clue: The Great Museum Caper was originally produced in 1991, and production ceased soon thereafter. It took place in a museum, and was played with a thief and players. The museum is owned by Mr. Boddy, the murder victim in the original.
It requires a minimum of two players, with a maximum of four players.
The players attempt to catch the thief before he/she can steal as many paintings as possible and escape.
The players roll two dice
: one standard 1-6 die, and a special proprietary die.
The second die contains symbols that represent actions players can take.
The thief can move one, two, or three spaces after each detective's move and tracks his/her pawn separately from the gameboard.
The players win by landing on exactly the same space as the thief.
The thief wins by escaping from the building with as many treasures as possible.
Cluedo
Cluedo is a popular murder/mystery-themed deduction board game originally published by Waddingtons in Leeds, England in 1949. It was devised by Anthony E. Pratt, a solicitor's clerk from Birmingham, England. It is now published by the United States game and toy company Hasbro, which acquired its U.S...
(Clue in Canada and the United States). It was produced by Parker Brothers
Parker Brothers
Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe...
and Waddingtons Games. Clue: The Great Museum Caper was originally produced in 1991, and production ceased soon thereafter. It took place in a museum, and was played with a thief and players. The museum is owned by Mr. Boddy, the murder victim in the original.
Brief gameplay
A game takes up to an hour on average to play.It requires a minimum of two players, with a maximum of four players.
The players attempt to catch the thief before he/she can steal as many paintings as possible and escape.
The players roll two dice
Dice
A die is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers...
: one standard 1-6 die, and a special proprietary die.
The second die contains symbols that represent actions players can take.
The thief can move one, two, or three spaces after each detective's move and tracks his/her pawn separately from the gameboard.
The players win by landing on exactly the same space as the thief.
The thief wins by escaping from the building with as many treasures as possible.