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QuestionHow can I win if there are less than six players?Ashton Wu is a Board Game expert at Shelfside. After delving into the Yugioh tournament community while growing up, Ashton launched himself into the board gaming community in 2014 and went into reviewing board games as a career full-time in 2019. His YouTube channel Shelfside has over 35K subscribers and over 4 million views, assisted by written reviews on the Shelfside website and BoardGameGeek.com. He also consults with gaming companies to build high-quality gaming products. Ashton is a tournament commentator, board game playthrough director, and host of the Shelfside Podcast, where he talks about board games with his business partner, Daniel. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in addition to the Technology Management Certificate.In a Clue game with fewer than six players, maximize your strategic options by utilizing all six pawns. Despite the reduced player count, each pawn retains its potential as a suspect, ensuring a challenging and unpredictable gameplay experience.
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QuestionIf you use a pen will you be able to rub out your guess?Community AnswerNo. It is always best to use a pencil in Clue, especially if you are not sure.
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QuestionWhen the clue card says move everyone to a room of your choice, is it the person's choice or each player's choice of rooms?Community AnswerThe person with the card. The card is talking to you, not the other players.
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QuestionHow can I tell when someone is secretly hiding a card?Community AnswerPersonally, I keep track of how many cards each person has shown me. This allows me to know whether or not someone is hiding a card by helping me notice discrepancies.
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QuestionCan I make a suggestion about cards in my hand?Community AnswerYes, that is actually a common strategy used to throw people off (e.g. if you know that the murderer is Mr. Green but you have Prof. Plum’s card, you could make a suggestion about Prof. Plum to confuse people).
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QuestionWhat exactly is Clue?DonaganTop AnswererIt's a popular murder-mystery board game that originated in the UK as "Cluedo." The object of the game is to figure out who the murderer is among a list of suspects, where the murder occurred in the mansion, and which weapon was used.
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QuestionHow can I stop running out of room on my sheet?Community AnswerIf you mean that you are running out of columns, you can get a new sheet for the next game (or if you run out of those, either erase them after every 4 games or order more online; the game instructions tell you how). If you are taking separate notes and that is where you run out of room, just use multiple sheets. The only things that you should write on the detective sheet are x's or player initials.
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QuestionHow can I know what card opponent have shown to other opponents?Moi123456Community AnswerYou should know some of the cards of other players -- all you need is to make a list of all cards, cross off your cards, cross off any you know are in the envelope and the cards you know your opponent has. This will leave some cards left, and you know it can only be that.
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QuestionIn Clue can you team up?RebbacaCommunity AnswerIt would be fine if you want to do that. It might make the game more fun!
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