DUTCH CLUEDO (UNDATED Circa 1960s)

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It's a great shame that so many of the European CLUEDO's are not dated. I have to hazard a guess at this one as it does have the original card set.

The characters are the originals with Dutch titles but the normal surnames. Mevr. Peacock & White, Mej. Scarlet, Kol. Mustard & Dominee Green. Plum remains a Prof.!

The weapons are a standard set and, like the 1951 German version, the Revolver is still the Revolver but the cards do not have the same blue tint.

The board is slightly strange in that the start squares for the characters are in odd positions. For example, the start square for Green is just two squares away from the Danszaal (Ballroom). I think the designers of the board have tried to give the rooms a sunken in effect by placing 3D type walls but the walls tend to half cover the move squares and the start spaces are printed on the first available square. The picture of the board should show this better.

This version also takes away Mrs. Peacock's advantage. For all other CLUEDO/CLUE games, all the characters have to roll 7 to reach the door of their nearest room whereas Mrs. Peacock only had to roll 6. This time the odds are more even and, ignoring the printed start squares, starting the characters in their normal positions, each requires the standard 7 to reach the first room.

For this set, the weapons are all silver except the rope which is string and the pawns are wooden.

On a final note, the detective note case is the biggest one I've seen being over half the size of the rule book!

Interesting set.

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