Alfred Hitchcock Edition Clue

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Alfred Hitchcock Edition Clue
Players	3 to 6
Age range	8 and up
Setup time	5 minutes
Playing time	45 minutes
Random chance	High
Skills required	Dice rolling, Deduction

Alfred Hitchcock Edition Clue is a version of the board game Cluedo (Clue in North America) themed using elements from the films of Alfred Hitchcock.

Contents 1 Game contents 2 The suspects 3 Possible murder weapons 4 The rooms

[edit] Game contents

• Instructions
• A game board, representing the location of the murder
• Six colored game pieces, representing the suspects
• Weapon pieces, representing possible weapons used
• Cards, containing depictions of game elements (weapons, suspects or rooms)
• A parchment envelope labeled, "Case File: Confidential", to hold the solution in each game.

[edit] The suspects

• Miss Scarlett as Melanie Daniels from The Birds (a red piece)
• Professor Plum as Michael Armstrong from Torn Curtain (a purple piece)
• Colonel Mustard as Barry Kane from Saboteur (a yellow piece)
• Mr. Green as Mother from Psycho (a green piece)
• Mrs. White as Jo McKenna from The Man Who Knew Too Much (a white piece)
• Mrs. Peacock as Marnie Edgar from Marnie (a blue piece)

[edit] Possible murder weapons

• The Necktie from Frenzy
• The Bomb from Saboteur
• The Knife from Psycho
• The Oven from Torn Curtain
• The Poker from Marnie
• The Seagull from The Birds

[edit] The rooms

There are nine sets in the studio where the murder can take place, laid out on the board as follows:

Diner from The Birds	Hitchcock's Screening Room	Bates Motel Room #1 from Psycho
Horse Stable from Marnie		Farmhouse Kitchen from Torn Curtain
Statue of Liberty from Saboteur
Brenda's Office from Frenzy	Opera House from The Man Who Knew Too Much	Family Room from The Birds

Each of the four corner rooms contains a secret passage that leads to the room on the opposite corner of the map.