CLUE JR. The Case of the Missing Cake
by Hasbro
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: HasbroBrand: Hasbro
Model: 0409 S5
Product features:
- 2 to 6 players.
- Ages 5 to 8
Toys and Games Reviews of CLUE JR. The Case of the Missing Cake
Customer Review: Elementary, My Dear Game Player
Summary: 5 Stars
O.K., I know that people are complaining about the fact that instead of finding out who committed murder one, you have to find out who ate a piece of cake at a certain time, with a certain beverage. These babyish details have not derailed the fun for either my daughter or me. As a matter of fact, I chose this version at a thrift store as opposed to another Clue, Jr. version (at the same thrift store) that seemed even more babyish due to dopey lookin' kids searching for a mutt (or something akin to that). The game does not seem too difficult, nor too simple. I think that this game could possibly be too above a five-year-old's head, but from sixish on would be great fun. After placing "do-not-peek" time and beverage bases in the center of the board in order to establish the crime scene, you place cardboard characters in the white time bases and furniture pieces in the yellow drink bases (including the "crumb evidence" base, which a character resides on). All these aforementioned pieces are placed in certain rooms on the board. Play begins by rolling the die: if you roll to the yellow side of the die, you can look under any piece of furniture; if you roll white, you may peek under any character. If you roll a number of spaces, you can move any character in a certain direction in order to get to the info you desire in order to win the game that much quicker. You can try to land on yellow footprints within a room in order to peek under the piece of furniture within that room, you can land on white footprints within a room to look under a character, or you can just try your best to go in an intended direction towards rooms and people that you have not checked out yet. It just adds a little more strategic action to the game, and a little more excitement. Of course, you must check off the times, drinks, rooms, and people that you have investigated in order to deduce who is the cake-snatcher. If the rules seem too confusing or complicated, just tweak them- fun is not always achieved by rules set in stone. Our pieces are not top heavy, and we do not really knock them over during gameplay. I do not feel that this game is cheaply made; it is just standard. Briarpatch or Ravensburger games seem no tougher than this game. I do not care that pencils were not included, as I have pencils in my home. My daughter and I have great fun figuring out the culprit, etc....we get to feel like Sherlock Holmes for a minute, just without a pipe or Scotland Yard detectives getting in the way.
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