Overall, I found the box of Cluedo Junior to be quite clever and very handy for a game designed for kids. The components are great and they perfectly fit the scope they have been designed for. Too Many Clues: The Mystery Deepens – Gameplay Clue captured the attention of game players everywhere on both sides of the Atlantic. The game had suspense and intrigue and encouraged players to solve a crime logically. It has all of the elements of a great game, and with colorful characters (literally), the game is a bonafide hit. The Cluedo Game Show was a hit in England starting in 1990. Two teams of celebrities watched as actors portrayed the classic Cluedo characters and related clues to the celebrities in character. The celebrities would then try to solve the murder mystery and be the winner of the game. The show lasted for four seasons. Mix up the remaining 4 yellow bases with the 2 you set aside and put a furniture token in each one.

If you roll a yellow, you can look under any furniture model on the yellow base. This ends your turn. If you roll a number, you move any of the characters along the footprints and spaces printed on the gameboard. You can’t pass or land on any other characters, and you can’t end your turn on the space you started from. Moving Around on the Gameboard Clue Junior is the classic whodunit board game Clue, but with the murder element taken out of it, making it more palatable for kids. Clue Junior even features Clue’s iconic characters, including Miss Scarlett, Colonel Mustard, and Professor Plum! As mentioned initially, Cluedo Junior offers the possibility to play two different games at increasing difficulty. https://youtube.com/watch?v=NJsIpDqPgBY Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: How to play Clue Junior (https://youtube.com/watch?v=NJsIpDqPgBY) Frequently Asked Questions Can you play Clue Junior with just 2 players?

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LEVELS FOR GROW-WITH-ME FUN: Choose from 2 levels to find the one that’s right for your family. Play the Level 1 game for ages 4+, or flip the board over for the more challenging Level 2 game for ages 5+ Yes – though Clue Junior has all the references to murder taken out of it, and depending on which version you get, replaces it with missing cake and broken toys! Alternative Games to Clue Junior Turn the five white time bases facedown, take one without looking, and put it in the center of the gameboard. For The Case of the Missing Cake, the player will need to state who they think ate the cake, what time they did it, and what they drank with it.

This game is relatively easy, but it teaches problem-solving, attention to detail, and categorization. This updated version of the game is more inclusive, with more variety in ethnicity and skin tone that the original game. These aren’t part of the solution – however, the missing ones are! When you know which ones are missing or haven’t been found, you will be closer to finding out who the culprit is. Carnival - Case of the Missing Prizes: There are two ways to play this game based on the child's age. In the simple version, players must figure out who took the prizes and when they were taken. When a player lands on a ride, they can secretly look at the clue located there. In the version for slightly older kids, players must also figure out where the prizes were before they went missing. The center room, where the solution is stored during gameplay, is not active during the game. Game Rules

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Place this yellow base at the center of the gameboard without looking at it. This is the drink that was had with the cake. Play continues with players making suggestions and crossing off items on their detective’s notepad. A player tries to determine the room, weapon, and suspect. The player can then make an accusation. If correct, the player with the correct accusation wins the game. If they are incorrect, they are out of the game except for trying to disprove suggestions.

Each player then takes a sheet from the detective notepad and grabs a pencil or pen. The players then fold their sheet in 2, to keep it secret from the other players. Now you’re ready to play the Clue Junior board game! Clue Junior Rules & How to Play The second small cardboard box stores all the main players and game pieces sorting them in three small compartments. Overall, the game includes a few standees representing school rooms, a few tiles representing different locations of a playground, some dices and 6 beautiful player pieces. These 2″-tall mini figures are very detailed and each of them represents a different student in a different colour. The base of each figure is also designed to fit into a plastic ring that contains precious clues to solve each mystery. There are two colour-coded sets of these plastic bases, one for the game set in the school and one for the game set in the playground. You’ll see on the gameboard that there are different types of spaces you can land on. If you roll a number and land on a footprint, your turn is over. If you're a Catan fan, you'll be happy to know that this strategy-based game comes in a kid-friendly version. Like the original version, this game requires you to build a settlement to earn points, but the Family Edition makes it a little easier to learn the ins and outs of the game, so kids won't need to sit through lengthy instructions to get to the fun.Who doesn’t love a bit of mystery and solving crimes? There are some fantastic games out there where problem-solving and sleuthing are front and center, just like with Clue Junior. A newer edition of Clue Junior updates the game so that the players are searching for a missing cake instead of a missing pet. That edition is called Clue Junior: Case of the Missing Cake. Someone has stolen and eaten a piece of cake, and it’s up to these junior sleuths to figure out who.

Over the years, the Clue (and Cluedo) publishers, Hasbro Games/Parker Brothers, and Waddingtons have tried to improve upon the original game. Waddingtons tried Super Cluedo without much success because it changed the way the game was played, and purists didn’t enjoy that. Mix up the remaining white bases with the 2 you set aside and place one character model in each one. When the game starts, players use the mystery wheel to choose a suspect, a pet, and a location. Those are put under the trap door in the police station. Those cards represent the solution to the puzzle. Players then move around the board by rolling a die and following the instructions on the board. When a player has deduced all three elements of the mystery, she’s won the game. Clue Junior: Case of the Missing Cake and Clue Junior: The Case of the Missing Prizes Once a suggestion has been made, other players will try to prove your suggestion false. The player to your left is the first to try and disprove the suggestion. If that player has any of the three suggested cards, they can lay it down face up, and the turn ends. Recently, I had the opportunity to try the latest version of Cluedo Junior from Hasbro and I really loved the newer design and style of this game. As you may be wondering, the game does not focus on finding a murderer but to locate a missing toy in a playground or the kid that sabotaged a science experiment. And yes, you read it correctly: this version of Cluedo Junior comes with a double side game board offering two different type of games with increasing difficulty. Both versions of the game still retain the same feeling of the classic traditional game while been carefully aimed at younger kids. So, let’s get that magnifying lens out and let’s find some clues. School Hall Or Playground? – Components

Clue Junior Game Contents and Setup

Each player takes a turn placing only one of the murder weapons in each room. The envelope labeled “Case File Confidential” is placed on the X in the center of the game board.