# Looking for a Clue based "dinner and a murder" **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 27, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-clue-based-dinner-and-a-murder/750339 "2016-03-27T12:33:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-clue-based-dinner-and-a-murder/750339/1 "2016-03-27T12:33:06Z")
Does anyone know of any “dinner and a murder” games that are based on the game Clue? Or of an easy way to turn Clue into a dinner theater? I like those games but have used all the ones I have and am looking for new ones. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-clue-based-dinner-and-a-murder/750339/2 "2016-03-27T14:16:15Z")
Why not just allocate everyone a color , get them to dress appropriately and stay in character through out the night. Play clue in 15 minute intervals in between each dinner course. Finish the game over port and brandy after dinner . And ps we call it cluedo in the colonies . 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-clue-based-dinner-and-a-murder/750339/3 "2016-03-27T21:39:35Z")
We were thinking we could do something like that. Maybe give out the cards and let people talk during dinner asking each other questions. I figured we’d have to come up with a way to be sure everyone gets to ask the same number. I’ve heard it was called Cluedo across the pond, but why? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-clue-based-dinner-and-a-murder/750339/4 "2016-03-27T23:34:22Z")
The characters in clue are classic murder mystery type characters. In a pinch, I imagine you could buy a non Clue based dinner mystery game and with a little bit of changes make it a Clue based one. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-clue-based-dinner-and-a-murder/750339/5 "2016-03-28T00:08:46Z")
There was a series of “How to Host a Murder” games issues in the 90s. > **[How to Host a Murder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Host_a_Murder)** > > How to Host a Murder is a long-running series of boxed murder mystery games published by Decipher, Inc. Players take on the roles of suspects after a murder has occurred, all attempting to expose which one of them is the murderer. The setting is supposed to be humorous, with players dressing in costumes and overacting their parts. > The first game in the series, The Watersdown Affair, was published in 1985. Sixteen other How to Host a Murder games have been published since, and the line has also s... ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-clue-based-dinner-and-a-murder/750339/6 "2016-03-28T01:22:07Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > I’ve heard it was called Cluedo across the pond, but why? I think it’s a reference to the game Ludo (a variation of Parcheesi, from the looks of it; it looks a lot like Sorry! with dice instead of cards). Also, in Cluedo, Mr. Green is called Reverend Green.