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Cluedo

1949 board game
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Summary

Cluedo is a board game[1]. Cluedo ranks in the top 0.98% of board game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,041 views/month, #6 of 611).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Anthony E. Pratt[3], Elva Rosalie Pratt[4]
  • Publisher: Miro Company[5]
  • Genre: investigation game[6]
  • Part of the series: Cluedo[7]
  • Commons category: Clue[8]
  • Language of work or name: English[9]
  • Archives at: Birmingham Archives and Heritage[10]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[11]
  • Publication date: 1949[12]
  • Characters: Miss Scarlett[13], Reverend Green[14], Colonel Mustard[15], Professor Plum[16], Mrs. Peacock[17], Mrs. White[18], Dr. Orchid[19], Dr. Black[20]
  • Narrative location: Library[21], Lab[22]
  • Official website: http://www.hasbro.com/clue/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cluedo[24]
  • Main subject: crime fiction[25]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Clueniverse[26]
  • Title: Cluedo[27], Clue[28], Cluedo: Klasična detektivska igra[29]
  • Minimum number of players: 2[30]
  • Maximum number of players: 6[31]
  • Different from: Cluedo[32], Clue[33]
  • Derivative work: Clue[34], Super Cluedo Challenge[35]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
  • Media franchise: Cluedo[37]
  • P14579: 1325[38]
  • P14915: cluedo[39]

Why It Matters

Cluedo has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Cluedo is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Clue: The Classic Mystery Game Parker Brothers United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . BBC News Online. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . BBC News Online. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . birminghammuseums.org.uk. birminghammuseums.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Clue, Super Cluedo Challenge, Clue
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: Clue, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791749476753"
  2. 5d ago · Chimatronx · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → CLUE logo.png, Cluedo Clue pack logo.png
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Logo image: Cluedo Clue pack logo.png"
  3. 9d ago · Maxlath · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14915 → cluedo
    Sitelink count → 41
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14915: cluedo, add BlueSky handle (P12361) cluedo"
  4. 14w ago · Marcandre.lureau · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maximum number of players → {'amount': '+6'}
    Genre → investigation game
    Publisher → Miro Company
    Publisher → —
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14579: 1325, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782979813528"
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