Clue the Card Game

As family board games go Clue is a classic, but it can also grow tedious as you constantly roll and never get quite the right roll to make it to the room you want.

Enter Clue the Card Game.

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What’s different about Clue the Card game?

There’s no board, so that removes a large part of the randomness of Clue that drove me crazy.  Instead the same 6 suspects have stolen something, and are heading to a famous landmark in the United States to escape.  You have to figure out who did it, how they’re escaping, and where they’re going.

It’s also more portable because there is no board to worry about.

Clue the Card game strategy

In Clue the Card Game* you are playing the cards you’ve drawn to get your information, there are cards based on types of information and for specific people.

So, you might be able to get everyone to show you a specific vehicle type (land) or location (Northeast), or have one person show you all of their location types.  And of course there’s the usual method of “I think Professor Plum escaped in a hot air balloon to the Lincoln Monument, can you prove me wrong?”

Just like in the original Clue board game, it’s worth writing down who you showed information to, and what questions were asked.  Jeff writes down everything and as a consequence wins a large majority of the time when we play together.

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Similar games to Clue the Card Game

sadly it looks like Clue the Card game is out of print, or the one dealer selling it on Amazon has a SUPER high price, so here’s some similar games you might enjoy:

• Harry Potter Clue: Mystery at Hogwarts (my kids really enjoy this one)
• Clue The Classic Edition* (I still like the classic game, but not as much as I used to)
• Alibi* (I have not played with the kids yet, but Jeff and I have played it a couple of times)
• Family Pastimes / Spies & Alibis – A Co-operative Mystery Game*  (I just saw this one, and it looks interesting, but have not played it yet)