Vote on a New Room to Update the Iconic Cluedo Board
Choose a stylish new potential crime scene for Cluedo, the classic whodunit game, inspired by a Houzz designer photo
Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlet and their fellow suspects will soon have a freshly renovated room for their misdeeds and, for the first time ever, you can help choose what that new room will look like. Houzz is teaming up with Hasbro, the toy and board game company, to update the classic Cluedo murder-mystery board game for its 70th anniversary. And from 26 August to 9 September 2019, you can vote on which Houzz photo should inspire a renovation of the game’s hall, or if the hall should be replaced by a drawing room, bathroom or bedroom.
Vote now: Help update the Cluedo board game
Update: The room has now been selected. See this story to find out which room was chosen!
Vote now: Help update the Cluedo board game
Update: The room has now been selected. See this story to find out which room was chosen!
Existing hall
Here’s a look at the hall that voters can choose to update or replace. The four popular Houzz photos they’ll be able to vote on were selected to fit the look and feel of Tudor Manor while giving the existing hall a modern refresh.
Whichever new room is chosen to take the hall’s place, Hasbro designers will study the style of the inspirational design and create matching mood boards for their illustration team to interpret.
“Once the furniture placement is approved, the illustrator adds textiles, prints, textures and colour to the room,” says Kathleen Murray, senior creative manager games development. “From these we delve even further into the story by leaving ‘Easter eggs’ throughout the rooms. Perhaps you’ll find that there is a broken bottle, or maybe there is a candlestick that is out of place.”
Here’s a look at the hall that voters can choose to update or replace. The four popular Houzz photos they’ll be able to vote on were selected to fit the look and feel of Tudor Manor while giving the existing hall a modern refresh.
Whichever new room is chosen to take the hall’s place, Hasbro designers will study the style of the inspirational design and create matching mood boards for their illustration team to interpret.
“Once the furniture placement is approved, the illustrator adds textiles, prints, textures and colour to the room,” says Kathleen Murray, senior creative manager games development. “From these we delve even further into the story by leaving ‘Easter eggs’ throughout the rooms. Perhaps you’ll find that there is a broken bottle, or maybe there is a candlestick that is out of place.”
New hall
If voters choose to update the hall, the grand entrance shown here by Archer & Buchanan Architecture will be its renovation inspiration. The dramatic arches, brass light fixtures and custom-stained white oak floor could deliver a refined vision for the reimagined space.
Help choose a new look for an updated version of the Cluedo board game
If voters choose to update the hall, the grand entrance shown here by Archer & Buchanan Architecture will be its renovation inspiration. The dramatic arches, brass light fixtures and custom-stained white oak floor could deliver a refined vision for the reimagined space.
Help choose a new look for an updated version of the Cluedo board game
Drawing room
If voters choose to replace the existing hall, they can select from three rooms – a drawing room, a bathroom or a bedroom. The drawing room, if chosen, will pull from the rich palette and traditional details of this Chicago drawing room by Michael Abrams Interiors.
If voters choose to replace the existing hall, they can select from three rooms – a drawing room, a bathroom or a bedroom. The drawing room, if chosen, will pull from the rich palette and traditional details of this Chicago drawing room by Michael Abrams Interiors.
Bathroom
With elegant gondola-print wallpaper, soft lighting and dashes of orange, this jewel-toned bathroom by Ann Lowengart Interiors would fit right into the Cluedo mansion’s ornate aesthetic.
Vote now until 9 September 2019
With elegant gondola-print wallpaper, soft lighting and dashes of orange, this jewel-toned bathroom by Ann Lowengart Interiors would fit right into the Cluedo mansion’s ornate aesthetic.
Vote now until 9 September 2019
Guest room
Gothic touches in this moody bedroom designed by Tineke Triggs of Artistic Designs for Living could persuade voters that this is the right room to add to the updated board game.
The winning image will be revealed in October 2019, and the corresponding room design will then be incorporated into the updated Cluedo game board. As for whether it will be Dr Orchid in the drawing room with the candlestick or Mr Green in the redone hall with the wrench, players will just have to wait and find out.
Cast your ballot: Vote now to help update the Cluedo board game
Gothic touches in this moody bedroom designed by Tineke Triggs of Artistic Designs for Living could persuade voters that this is the right room to add to the updated board game.
The winning image will be revealed in October 2019, and the corresponding room design will then be incorporated into the updated Cluedo game board. As for whether it will be Dr Orchid in the drawing room with the candlestick or Mr Green in the redone hall with the wrench, players will just have to wait and find out.
Cast your ballot: Vote now to help update the Cluedo board game
Professor Plum, Mrs Peacock and the rest of Cluedo’s cast of familiar characters and memorable murder weapons – dagger or lead pipe, anyone? – have appeared in books, movies, musicals and more over the years. Tim Curry starred in the 1985 film based on the game. And actor Ryan Reynolds is reportedly set to star in the remake.
The game – created in England in 1949 and originally called Murder! – is one of Hasbro’s biggest international brands. It is available in more than 30 countries around the world, and now’s your chance to be part of its history.
By partnering with Houzz, Hasbro is giving Cluedo fans a chance to shape the game and update the mansion, also known as Tudor Manor, for the first time in 70 years. The new design ideas from professionals in the Houzz community will have the potential to not only influence the features of the board, but also the way players experience the mysterious fun.
“The room design helps tell the story of Cluedo through visual imagery,” says Christopher Nelson, Hasbro’s senior game and product designer. Whichever design voters choose, he says, will serve as a thoughtful new backdrop against which the game’s always-intriguing events will unfold. “For example, the original hall had a broken statue. This element suggests that a struggle may have occurred and ties the murder mystery to the game board. Elements like this are hidden through the art.”
Vote now on the new look for the Cluedo board game