Clue Dungeons & Dragons
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Clue Dungeons & Dragons is a board game was made in 2001. It was produced by Hasbro
Hasbro
Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...

 shortly after their purchase of Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...

, owners of the Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

license. The game contains artwork in the Dungeons & Dragons style. The character positions of the cover are in the style of the 1996 version.

Overview

Discover who killed the Archmage of Korinon. A doppelganger
Doppelgänger (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Doppelgangers are monstrous humanoids, identified primarily by their ability to change their shape and appearance to mimic almost any humanoid creature...

 has taken over the body of one of the suspects to commit the dastardly deed. Now the ghost of the Archmage has sealed his castle with the suspects and assorted monsters inside until his killer is denounced.

Gameplay

The game can be played in the classic Clue
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...

fashion, or the monster cards can be introduced for added fun. A battle with a monster can result in such benefits as an extra turn or a peek at an opponent's card. If the player loses the battle, however, he will be taken to the maze at the center of the board until he wins freedom by rolling a specific number.

Suspects

  • Mialee the Elf Wizard (Scarlet)
  • Tordek the Dwarf Fighter (Mustard)
  • Ember the Human Monk (White)
  • Regdar the Human Fighter (Green)
  • Lidda the Halfling Rogue (Peacock)
  • Nebin the Gnome Wizard (Plum)

Rooms

  • Grand Hall
  • Dungeon
  • Chamber of Tricks & Traps
  • Wizard's Tower
  • Dragon's Lair
  • Treasure Chamber
  • Lost Crypt
  • Magical Armory
  • Library of Arcane Tomes

The Weapons

The six weapons of the game are
  • The Vorpal Sword
  • Mace of Disruption
  • Ring of Magic Missiles
  • Staff of Power
  • Flaming Battle Axe
  • Dagger of Venom

The Monsters

Each monster in the game gives you an item when you defeat it.
  • Beholder
    Beholder
    The beholder is a fictional monster in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It resembles a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth, single central eye, and lots of smaller eyestalks on top with deadly magical powers....

     - Amulet of Seeing
  • Bugbear
    Bugbear (Dungeons & Dragons)
    The bugbear is a type of fictional monster for player characters to encounter in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.A bugbear is depicted as a massive humanoid distantly related to goblins and hobgoblins...

     - Boots of Striding & Springing
  • Displacer beast
    Displacer beast
    A displacer beast is a fictional creature from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.-Publication history:The displacer beast was inspired by the coeurl, a feline-like creature from the 1939 science fiction story "Black Destroyer" by A. E...

     - Crystal Ball
  • Goblin
    Goblin (Dungeons & Dragons)
    In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, goblins are a very common and fairly weak race of evil humanoid monsters. Goblins and Kobolds are commonly non-human monsters that low-level player characters will face in combat. In D&D, goblins aren't smaller cousins of orcs, but are a part of...

     - Potion of Speed
  • Gelatinous cube
    Gelatinous cube
    A gelatinous cube is a fictional monster from the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It is described as a ten-foot cube of transparent gelatinous ooze, which is able to absorb organic matter.-Creative origins:...

     - Broom of Flying
  • Skeleton
    Skeleton (Dungeons & Dragons)
    In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the skeleton is an undead creature, usually created by applying a template to another creature.-Dungeons & Dragons :...

    - Potion of Speed

Trivia

  • The character card of Nebin had to be recreated to face forward - on the cover, it is the side profile.
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