Cluedo was originally called ‘Murder!’ and was developed and patented in the UK by Birmingham-born Anthony E Pratt who sold his game to Waddingtons. The game was officially launched in 1949 and rebranded by Waddingtons as ‘Cluedo’ (a portmanteau of the words clue and ludo – ludo being the Latin for I play).

In the US Cluedo was licensed by Parker Brothers and underwent a slight name change to ‘Clue’.

Cluedo. UK. Eagle. 1983.

Cluedo. France. Pif Gadget. 1981.

Cluedo. France. Pif Gadget. 1979.

Cluedo. 1979 Miro-Meccano catalogue page.

Cluedo Video, 1988, France.

Cluedo Video. France. Cora Christmas catalogue. 1988.

Cluedo. Ets De Neuter cataloguepage. 1995. France.

You can read more about the history of Cluedo at this great site dedicated to all things Cluedo cluedofan.com