Cluedo vs. Monopoly – Who wins?

Article Written By: Sarah Maple

Are you the kind of person whoandrsquo;ll sulk if youandrsquo;re not Colonel Mustard? Or will you do anything to get your hands on Park Lane? On a simple level, Iandrsquo;ve come to realize that the games we loved playing as children might reveal more about personality than we think. Last week a friend suggested a game of Monopoly after a dinner party; there followed a mixture of groans and excitement. Interestingly, the host was an accountant and those keen to play included an Estate Agent and a financial consultant. Whilst we tend think of most board games as andlsquo;childandrsquo;s playandrsquo; a game of Monopoly amongst andlsquo;seriousandrsquo; players can get competitive, not to mention vicious. Watching the game that night got me to thinking about how the games that people have enjoyed playing since childhood are quite revealing. Perhaps the jobs weandrsquo;ll go into in later life are fixed long before we can even spell the word andlsquo;careerandrsquo;? Personally I canandrsquo;t stand Monopoly, watching adults play (once I andlsquo;lostandrsquo; everything to get myself out of the game as soon as I could) reminded me of all the reasons Iandrsquo;ve avoided it since childhood. Given a choice Iandrsquo;d play Cluedo for hours, Monopoly, no thank you! As the game continued I chatted to a friend who had also extracted herself from the game early. Sheandrsquo;s an interesting lady; currently working as a legal secretary but studying for an online degree in Criminal Justice or Criminology online as well as looking after two children. She told me a bit about the degree, and then revealed that she too loved Cluedo. As we watched Monopoly descend into less than friendly banter, we concluded that Cluedo lovers have strong skills in logic and persuasion, perfectly suited to very different careers than those who enjoy the out and out competitive strategies needed for Monopoly.

It turned out that not only did she love Cluedo; she was also a walking treasure trove of information about the gameandrsquo;s history. She told me that a solicitorandrsquo;s clerk named Anthony Pratt, who was an avid murder mystery fan, invented it in Leeds during World War II. He came up with the idea as a way to pass the time during air raid drills in 1944. Mr. Pratt, who apparently described himself as andquot;an introvert full of ruminations, speculations and imaginative notionsandquot; took the game to Waddingtons with some friends whoandrsquo;d already invented, and sold, Buccaneer. Due to wartime shortages it wasnandrsquo;t released until 1949. A play on words was used to name the game. Since the object was to collect clues; Cluedo was a play on the word andlsquo;Ludoandrsquo; andndash; meaning, andldquo;I playandrdquo; in Latin. However, for an American market the game was simply named andlsquo;Clueandrdquo; because they play andlsquo;Parchisiandrsquo; instead of andlsquo;Ludoandrsquo;. It was fascinating stuff that made my love of the game seem positively amateur, I recognized that sheandrsquo;d be a formidable opponent. Fortunately, just as she spotted a set in our hostandrsquo;s house and suggested that we might play, the came of Monopoly ended in a sulky truceandhellip;

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Sarah Maple writes about Online Education and Distance Learning Courses.

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