Jonathan Warren
United Kingdom
Wisbech
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
"Elves are very good at board games, and I'm NOT an elf!"
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All the suspects are present in the mansion while the investigation is taking place. Is there any precedent in law for allowing this to happen? The term 'house arrest' doesn't fit as the crime has not yet been solved.
What is your suggestion as to why the suspects remain within the house while the mystery is solved?
It sounds a strange question to be asking, as it is just a game, but I am wondering if there is any good thematic reason for the guests still to be in the house.
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Keith W
United States
Bellevue
Washington
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The fantastic movie explains everything well. The suspects were all just guests at a party when the murder took place. It's a dark and stormy night and the police can't get there, so they're resolved to solve the mystery on their own.
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Brad "What do you mean "Double Skulls" again?!" Redfield
United Kingdom
Under a DVD Collection, Scarborough
North Yorkshire
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Interesting thought. I always just assumed it was in the style of the traditional murder mystery theme. In murder mystery nights one of the guests is the killer and everyone tries to work out who it is, rather then phone the police.
Didn't the victim get pushed down the stairs or something? It's been a while since I played this one. Maybe the event has just happened and without the immediate ability to contact the authorities the guests try to work it out themselves. Ever seen the original "House on Haunted Hill?". Different theme (horror instead of crime mystery), but they all stay in the house and point fingers when a woman dies rather then do a runner straight to the coppers.
Nowadays you'd just whip out your moblie phone and dial 999. A few decades ago it wasn't that easy! 
(Argh! Edits for missed letters in typing!)
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Avri Klemer
United States
NYC
New York
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It's an homage to a genre of murder mysteries like those by Agatha Christie. See this wiki piece on her plot devices . . .
Quote: Finally, the detective organises a meeting of all the suspects and slowly denounces the guilty party.
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Jonathan Warren
United Kingdom
Wisbech
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
"Elves are very good at board games, and I'm NOT an elf!"
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Thanks for the replies.
I have seen the movie and seen how that explains it and also how the VCR game explains it.
Now, lets assume the players are playing the roles of the police (so the police are in the house), give me a good reason for that to happen.
I'm just trying to construct a back story to something... 
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Randy Cox
United States
Clemson
South Carolina
1024x768 works just fine - Don't Wide the Site!
The Back Alley gets no respect.
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Theme? What's up with that?
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Joseph DiMuro
United States
California
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The real question here is why the killer doesn't remember that he did it, and must scour for clues to figure out that he, himself, is the culprit.
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JoffW wrote: Thanks for the replies. I have seen the movie and seen how that explains it and also how the VCR game explains it. Now, lets assume the players are playing the roles of the police (so the police are in the house), give me a good reason for that to happen. I'm just trying to construct a back story to something...
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Jonathan Warren
United Kingdom
Wisbech
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
"Elves are very good at board games, and I'm NOT an elf!"
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Assume a murder has taken place in a house. The suspects are all gathered within the house... none has left the building (as far as they know). The police arrive at the scene and immediately place all under some type of 'house arrest', pending the investigation (perhaps because they know the killer must be one of the guests in the house). Maybe one of the guests was a police officer and that's why none of the guests have been allowed to leave the premises.
Perhaps there is something in law which allows the police to detain suspects like this for a certain amount of time? Explain how this might happen.
Give me a good back story to the above scenario (be as creative as you like, but make it reasonably believable).
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Jonathan Warren
United Kingdom
Wisbech
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
"Elves are very good at board games, and I'm NOT an elf!"
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cavalier wrote: But they aren't playing the police, they are playing the suspects. That's why the peices are called Ms. Scarlet, et al, not Cop 1, Cop 2....
The point is to assume for the back story that they are playing the police (forget the game characters that the players are playing). I understand that the game of Clue does actually not involve the police, but for a moment entertain me and assume it does involve them.
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Mike Adams
United States
Brigham City
Utah
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cavalier wrote: JoffW wrote: Thanks for the replies. I have seen the movie and seen how that explains it and also how the VCR game explains it. Now, lets assume the players are playing the roles of the police (so the police are in the house), give me a good reason for that to happen. I'm just trying to construct a back story to something... But they aren't playing the police, they are playing the suspects. That's why the peices are called Ms. Scarlet, et al, not Cop 1, Cop 2....
Well, there is Sargeant Gray in Clue Master Detective.
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Mr Gumby
Australia
Taree
NSW
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Maybe it was a terrorist action and everyone can be held without charge for a specified period of time. They are all trying to exhonerate themselves except for the person who did it who has to go along with it so as not to look guilty. It would be good if they could cause trouble.
Shane
PS Don't forget us if you get rich. 
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Dan
United States
Sacramento
California
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JoffW wrote: Perhaps there is something in law which allows the police to detain suspects like this for a certain amount of time? Explain how this might happen. "Detain" is correct. An arrest is something that requires reasonable (or probable cause): reasonable cause that a person committed a crime. A detainment requires reasonable suspicion: reasonable suspicion that a person may be involved in a crime. A detainment is not permanent, and how long it lasts and for what depends on specific facts and circumstances of the case.
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Randy Cox
United States
Clemson
South Carolina
1024x768 works just fine - Don't Wide the Site!
The Back Alley gets no respect.
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What I want to know (if people are worried about theme) is why they don't just look at the body of Mr. Boddy to determine what happened. I mean, if he has a hole in his head, why on earth would someone ask, was it in the conservatory with poison?
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Fraser
Australia
Melbourne
Yep that was 12 Power Grid maps back to back over two days. Worth doing, but possibly not in such a concentrated burst.
Ooh yes, now a little to the left - my nose is itchy. No, no the other left! Now what colour is 12 supporter badge going to be I wonder?
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It might have been a very small hole? And the characters are not police, forensic experts or very observant at all really
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John "Omega" Williams
United States
Michigan
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Why would the police keep the suspects in the building during investigation?
One reason could be that if the suspects leave, they will scatter cross the countryside or leave the country alltogether, making apprehesion difficult to impossible.
Another reason could be that the detectives are trying to "one up" eachother and are keeping the suspects on hand as each moves to be the one to crack the case.
Another possibility is that, well, these are all wealthy or high socioty people and its really not good for a detective or police persons career to drag such in in chains... At the same time, the suspects are compelled to stick around as if they leave then it looks suspicious. So the detectives must resolve the case, or try to, on the spot. An example of this to a degree might be the movie Gossford Park if I recall correctly.
Or just change the setting from a mansion to an ocean liner. Works much beter for that sort of premise m'thinks.
Just some ideas.
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Janet G
United States
Missouri
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Hi Young People,
When the Clue Game was created, many books and movies, had all the suspects gathered in the same room so the police could question them and solve the crime.
Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Characters Mrs. Marpole, and Herclue Perou. (SP) The "Charlie Chan" movies used this tecnique. Please look up these they were really good.If you will check out old black and white movies in the mystery line you will find most of them made that way. How fun to get to decide "WHO DONE IT?" That was what most books and movies
in the mystry genre were called.
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John "Omega" Williams
United States
Michigan
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In some novels and even TV murder mysteries the detective or just concerned guest has to work within a time limit to figure it out.
The first thing is that its a party and often the guests are staying the night at the mansion.
The second is that no one is inclined to leave before the police arrive or whatever event is near done as it might cast suspicion on them. Why is this person so eager to depart if they are innocent.
Also depending on the era or country it may be deemed illegal or unlawfull to depart the scene of a crime. And the aformentioned suspiciousness of it.
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John "Omega" Williams
United States
Michigan
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Not really. A game with a more than pasted on theme has to have a certain logic to it to maintain that.
In this case it is a murder mystery.
The killer isnt going to leave untill its all clear because it will instantly single them out. They may also be hoping someone else will snap and run, drawing attention away.
The innocent are not going to leave because they do not want to fall under suspicion or have some drive to discover the killer.
Why doesnt the killer kill again? Perhaps it was done in anger or revenge. No one else is a target. Perhaps the killer fears being overpowered. He or she is now outnumbered by alerted guests.
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