# Anybody know this Mystery Game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-mystery-game/352944 "2006-04-17T04:00:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-mystery-game/352944/1 "2006-04-17T04:00:42Z")
I’m trying to find the name of a Clue-like game I owned sometime around the late '80s or early 90’s. There were disks with adjectives describing the murderer, weapon, location, and motive. As you went around the board you could look at the disks when you went by them and mark them off on a chart. It was an obscure game, but I was hoping somebody here might remember it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-mystery-game/352944/2 "2006-04-17T04:13:01Z")
[Whodunit](http://members.aol.com/buygonegames/srwhodn.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-mystery-game/352944/3 "2006-04-17T13:00:12Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Whodunit](http://members.aol.com/buygonegames/srwhodn.jpg). I thought so. I had tried Googling “Whodunit” and “board game” but I just got hits for Clue and How to Host a Mystery. Thanks for the incredibly speedy reply. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-mystery-game/352944/4 "2006-04-17T13:28:01Z")
That was probably based on the TV show of the same name, where a little mystery was played out in front of an audience and a panel, then the panellers were allowed to ask the cast (in character) questions. Only the guilty party was allowed to lie, and from their answers and the clues given by the host and the story itself, the panellists had to guess who was the murderer. Somehow, in a way I can’t recall, the audience could also participate in the guessing. It was kind of cool, but way over my head as a youngster. Or then again, maybe it wasn’t based on that show at all. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-mystery-game/352944/5 "2006-04-17T13:40:41Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Thanks for the incredibly speedy reply. You’re quite welcome. One of my sisters happened to have a game when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-mystery-game/352944/6 "2006-04-17T16:36:13Z")
Now that I see that it’s called a “Mystery Detective Game” I was able to find it on Google. I had this version: [http://cgi.ebay.com/Selchow-Righter-1985-WHODUNIT-Mystery-Detective-Game\_W0QQitemZ6034662070QQcategoryZ2530QQcmdZViewItem](http://cgi.ebay.com/Selchow-Righter-1985-WHODUNIT-Mystery-Detective-Game_W0QQitemZ6034662070QQcategoryZ2530QQcmdZViewItem) I didn’t know the game was from the 70’s. I first heard about it from a review in Games magazine, and they made it sound like a new game. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-mystery-game/352944/7 "2006-04-21T16:09:01Z")
[Here’s the Whodunit page at boardgamegeek.com](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/1691). I’d have linked that instead but [the default pic](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/99498) threw me.