King Tut CLUEDO

King Tut CLUEDO (circa 1972)

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Here is another unusual CLUEDO game. I have based the date on the board layout and the fact that King Tutankhamun was frequently in the news in 1972 due to an exhibition in London.

This time there is no Mr Boddy or Doctor Black. The floor layout is of an Egyptian Temple and it is Ali, the Guard of the Temple who lies dead.

As usual, you have to discover the culprit, weapon and room in which the murder took place. The suspects are probably archaeologists in this version. These consist of Miss Carmen (or Cramen according to the Detective notes although the rules also state Carmen), Dr. Smith, Mrs. Estefan, Captain Rebel, Mme. Sapil (The card on the left hand side states Mme Sa and misses out the pil - odd. More comments on that later), & Mr. Cliff.

The weapons are the normal bunch but the Rope becomes the Cord, the Revolver remains the similar, Gun. The Candlestick is now the Handhummer!! The Lead Piping becomes Scrap Metal while the Spanner becomes the amusing Spanner For Nuts!! The Dagger is now the Sward.

The rooms are all rooms of the Temple but we have retained the Hall. The print has not come out on the card for the Nefertiti room.

The whole set is interesting but fairly badly made leading, I'm guessing, to the spelling mistakes and omissions on the cards. Also, the cards are all badly sized as can be seen on the example of the weapons cards as the revolver is very much smaller than the other cards. Also there is very little uniformity to the backs of the cards as can be seen in the following picture. It also states on the back of the cards that it is "King Tout" Cluedo.

The solution envelope is also very cheaply made and does not completely hide the three cards inside so care has to be taken to keep it face down at all times.

But at least the detective notes are clear. They are in English one side and in Arabic on the other.

A weird and unusual set. Great to have in the collection but it does look very "home made"