Clue: Murder at Boddy Mansion FAQ For the PC (DOS/Windows) Written by peach freak or peachfreak90@hotmail.com Copyright 2003-2005 Tim Brastow. All Rights Reserved. Version 1.25 This FAQ is for Clue: Murder at Boddy Mansion. This is also for people who need help to play the game. If you have any questions, stuff I missed, mistakes I made, email me at peachfreak90@hotmail.com or IM on AIM at sonicdoommario (closed list, email me if you want to be on it). All questions about this FAQ will be put in the Asked Questions section. Also, this FAQ is protected by copyright. You cannot sell this, put this on your website without my permission, or any other violation of copyright law. You can, however, save this and store this in something like My Documents. |------------------------------| |Table of Contents | |1. Update History | |2. Frequently Asked Questions | |3. Playing the Game | |4. Credits | |------------------------------| =================== 1. Update History =================== Version 1.00, July 7, 2003: Started and finished FAQ. Version 1.15, December 19, 2003: No update here, but I changed my email address since my other one wasn't working, and I did fix some grammar mistakes in this FAQ. Version 1.25, October 12, 2005: Well, well, well. Haven't updated this in nearly two years. But now the first question for this game has asked, so I have put it in my new Asked Questions section. ============================== 2. Frequently Asked Questions ============================== Question: How do you get this game online? My friend can see my game server but cannot join it. How do you fix this issue? Thanks for any help you can provide me with. Answer: First, there can be many issues that can hold you back from playing online. First, check and see if you are playing on a LAN (Local Area Network) or playing over the internet, because that may be the case sometimes. Second, it can be your firewall blocking you from joining games. If this is so, turn off the firewall that comes with your virus scanner or go to Start > Settings > Control Panel. Then turn off the firewalls that is found in one of its options (for Windows XP only). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==================== 3. Playing the Game ==================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note that I have been getting many emails saying that they cannot play this game and weird things happen. I have checked the requirements for this game and it is not compatible with Windows 2000/XP. They have also gave me their RAM, graphic card settings, and so fourth. If you want to play this under Windows XP, you will need to turn Windows 95/98 compatibility on. I do not use XP so I don't know how to do this. For Windows 2000 I do not know. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clue is a classic board game made by Hasbro. Now you can play it on the computer if no one wants to play the board game with you. Hasbro also added a Network Option that allows you to play online with other people. The Characters/Suspects: Miss Scarlet (Red), Col. Mustard (Yellow), Mrs. White (White) Mr. Green (Green), Mrs. Peacock (Blue) Prof. Plum (Purple) are the six characters you can play as. Each character has their own starting position on the board, which could be useful for the rooms because you could pick that character to reach a room quickly that you rarely get as a card. The turn order is clockwise around the board, the order is the same order I listed the characters. You can play with a minimum of 3 players, maximum of 6. The Weapons: Just like the characters, there are a total of six weapons: The Knife, Candlestick, Revolver, Rope, Lead Pipe, and Wrench. These weapons only have one use: 1 of these six was used to kill Mr. Boddy (the owner of Boddy Mansion) by one of the six suspects listed in the Characters section. The Rooms: Unlike the weapons and characters, there are a total of nine rooms: The Hall, Lounge, Dining Room, Kitchen, Ballroom, Conservatory, Billiard Room, Library, and Study. These rooms have many uses: 1 use is where Mr. Boddy was killed, 2, to make suggestions, and 3, the rooms in the corners (Lounge, Kitchen, Conservatory, and Study) have shortcuts to another room (Study goes to the Kitchen and vice versa, and the Lounge goes to the Conservatory and vice versa). ************ Main Menu: ************ Start Game: Start a new game Load Game: Jump back into a game you previously saved Preferences: Choose between stuff you want on and off How to Play: If you don't know how to play, the rules are right there, but this FAQ also explains this game Hasbro: Shows stuff about Hasbro Exit Game: Exits Clue and goes back to the Desktop ************************* Choosing the Characters ************************* After you click Start Game on the Main Menu, you will be asked if you want a single game or be networked with other machines. No matter which one you click, you will then be given which characters you want to be on the board. When you select a character, you will then have the option to have them be a computer or a human. If you pick a human, you can name who they will be played by. If you pick them as a computer, you set their skill level. Once you have 3+ players, you can now click Start Game, and you can chose between classic (with a dice) or without a dice. The game now starts. ****************** Playing the Game ****************** Once it is your turn, you can roll the dice (by clicking the dice block at the bottom right hand corner of the screen). To move a space, click on a tile that is one step away from you (you can't go diagonal). Once you've reached the highest number you can go, click on the colored token that replaced the dice. If you roll a six but you only needed a 1 to get in a room, you can still go in the room. ********************** Making a Suggestion ********************** Whenever you reach a room, make sure to click on the lightbulb at the bottom right hand corner of the screen. You pick a character and your weapon, and click suggest once you've picked both. Somebody will try to disprove your suggestion by showing you one of their cards as proof. Remember this: To increase your chance of no one disproving your suggestion, don't go into a room you have as a card, guess a weapon or suspect you have as a card, because the criminal/room/weapon is not one of your cards. Be sure to mark them on your list (on the bottom left hand corner of the screen, click on the cards, and on the pop up, click the list at the bottom right and corner, and click on the square to check it, or on the preferences, put auto-mark on, because if you don't mark your stuff and you guess the same thing again and it's shown to you, it's not good), and the last three cards unchecked (1 room, suspect, and weapon) is the one who killed Mr. Boddy. Another way to make a suggestion is when anyone guesses you, you will go to the room they guessed them. If you are already in the room where you got guessed in, you cannot make a suggestion. So from there, you click on the lightbulb again. So remember, when someone shows you a card of any kind, don't guess it again. ********************** Making an Accusation ********************** Whenever you think you've collected enough clues from everybody or no one can disprove your suggestion (make sure you don't have the cards they tried to disprove), you can make an accusation by clicking on the handcuffs at the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Pick one character, weapon, and room. If you guess correctly, you win the game and a little cut scene happens. If you are wrong, the game ends and they show you who did it and nobody wins. ******************* Saving your Game ******************* At the bottom right hand corner of the screen, click "Clue" if it's there. The menu will come up, with some of the options from the Main Menu except this menu has Return to Main Menu and Save Game. Click Save Game, type in a name, and then do whatever you want from there. To Load a Game, go to the Main Menu (or the one in gameplay), and click Load Game. This shows a list of saved games, and click the one you want to go back to. ============== 4. Credits ============== CJayC: For posting this FAQ on GameFAQs. Hasbro: For making this game. Microsoft: For making the PC. Myself: I wrote the guide. You: You read the guide, and liked it (hopefully).