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RobinHerne 31 Jan 09 at 9:51 a.m. GMT

Has there ever been an Agatha Christie version of Cluedo (perhaps with some of her characters instead of Miss Scarlett etc)? Or maybe some other Christie-based board game?

I've never seen the appeal of computer games, much prefering old fashioned boards. Looking round a charity shop last year, I came across a board game based on 'Murder She Wrote' (the TV show starring Angela Lansbury... who once played Miss Marple, as it happens). There's something peculiarly appealing about crime-based games.

Robin

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christie_greece 10 Sep 10 at 11:01 a.m. GMT

It's quite expensive though...

I also checked the MOTOE game. Sounds interesting...But they can't send it here. Greece is not one of the countries in amazon's list...:( So i guess I'll have it to be sent to some relatives in Sweden and they will sent it to me then...Confusing, eh?

I wish I lived in UK. Or I wish I were older so that I can travel to UK alone whenever I want. I would like to meet you all. It would be nice if I had the chance to meet you and play these board games with you... I really like your company...!!!!!

christie_greece 10 Sep 10 at 10:51 a.m. GMT

GKCfan

I spoke too soon.  There is a Death on the Nile  puzzle available:

http://www.agathachristie.com/shop/games/jigsaw-puzzle/

Thank you sooo much!!!!I'm not English (as you can see from my mistakes) so I don't have access in shops that sell Christie products. But I can buy this puzzle! Thanks a lot!!!

MissQuin 04 Sep 10 at 11:23 a.m. GMT

Puffinjill

. I'm not busy tonight so anyone out there wants to try their trivia knowledge, just come on round....

Oh dear, I've gone from sounding like a sad, friendless person to sounding like a desperate one!! I'm not THAT scary, honestly!!

You sound like me!

I love that scene in Ackroyd with the Mahjong game, it was very funny, but the fact they were discussing the murder at the same time. There's also some hidden irony when you read it for the second time..

Pongo 04 Sep 10 at 7:12 a.m. GMT

Puffinjill,

I have pasted below a link to the amazon.co.uk page for the game.  

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Orient-Express-Board-game/dp/B001WGBPPA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=kids&qid=1283580653&sr=1-3

Incidentally, there appears also to be an entry for the game at wikipedia.org.

Best regards.

Pongo 04 Sep 10 at 7:10 a.m. GMT

Puffinjill,

Regarding the board game "Orient Express", alas I no longer have it.  However, I just did a Google search for it and it appears to be available used on amazon.co.uk!  I checked it out, and that was the game!!!!!  There is a picture of a person in a trenchcoat and hat standing in the hallway of the passenger car of the train.  

According to amazon.co.uk, you can buy it used for twenty pounds.  

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!  From what I remember, however, as there are set mysteries included, each with a different solution, of course once you know the solution it is not as fun to play it again.  And, if I remember correctly, the game came with only 10 mysteries or so.  

Puffinjill 04 Sep 10 at 6:57 a.m. GMT

You don't still have that game by any chance, do you Pongo? I've never heard of it but it sounds great! My family used to play board games a great deal when I was growing up and the love of them has never left me. We still get together when we can for games evenings but none of them know the first thing about AC so my poor, neglected Agatha Christie Trivia Board Game still sits on it's shelf and awaits the day when it is finally played. I'm not busy tonight so anyone out there wants to try their trivia knowledge, just come on round....

Oh dear, I've gone from sounding like a sad, friendless person to sounding like a desperate one!! I'm not THAT scary, honestly!!

NightRayDuck 03 Sep 10 at 6:19 p.m. GMT

I am now envious of so many of you!! I haven't ever seen a Cluedo game board face-to-face.

Pongo 03 Sep 10 at 4:51 p.m. GMT

There was an Agatha Christie Trivia Board Game???!!!!  I am so envious!  So, you are telling me that trivia questions on AC are set to a board game?!!  That sounds so fun!!!!  

By the way, when I was a kid, I remember my parents buying for me the board game called "Orient Express", the objective being that you had to solve the mystery of a murder committed on the Orient Express. 

Puffinjill 03 Sep 10 at 3:15 p.m. GMT

You are welcome any time, MissQuin!!! I would ADORE to meet like-minded people and would sell my cat (and I love my cat) if I could get to any convention or event celebrating AC. But, sadly, life/work/other complications always get in the way.

MissQuin 03 Sep 10 at 11:19 a.m. GMT

Puffinjill

I do have the Agatha Chrisite Trivia Board Game which, sadly, has never been played as I know no-one who loves all things Christie as I do. Isn't that sad?!! It sits there, on the shelf in my bedroom, and each time I catch a glimpse of it, I sigh! How I wish I knew someone - anyone!! - who has read lots of AC books and would love an evening playing this game. Mmmmm, that makes me sound a sad, friendless person.....

I would play a game of Agatha Chrisite Trivia with you Jill, I'm a good loser!! lol I have the same problem, I can't get people I know really interested in Chrisite. I should go to a convention, then i'd meet like wise fans.

GKCfan 02 Sep 10 at 8:37 p.m. GMT

I spoke too soon.  There is a Death on the Nile  puzzle available:

http://www.agathachristie.com/shop/games/jigsaw-puzzle/

GKCfan 02 Sep 10 at 8:35 p.m. GMT

The Agatha Christie puzzles are now out of print, I'm afraid.  Every now and then you can find one on an online site like Ebay, but they can be expensive.  Some speciality shops still sell them, if you keep looking you can find them.

Puffinjill 02 Sep 10 at 8:05 p.m. GMT

I do have the Agatha Chrisite Trivia Board Game which, sadly, has never been played as I know no-one who loves all things Christie as I do. Isn't that sad?!! It sits there, on the shelf in my bedroom, and each time I catch a glimpse of it, I sigh! How I wish I knew someone - anyone!! - who has read lots of AC books and would love an evening playing this game. Mmmmm, that makes me sound a sad, friendless person.....

NightRayDuck 02 Sep 10 at 5:35 p.m. GMT

I do agree that when I play mystery puzzle games, I would much prefer to play a board game rather than a computer game. I don't play board games often, and I have no idea how a Christie cluedo would be like, but I do know that I had got very tired of computer games needing to install or download or startup.. and then the whirring of the computer innards always distracted me from the game.

Also, a board game can possibly be played by the whole family, as it were, or the whole dinner party or what have you, rather than one or two person(s) needing to crane their necks to see what's on the computer monitor.

christie_greece 02 Sep 10 at 9:52 a.m. GMT

Indeed, a Cluedo based on AC's stories would be a good idea... Some years before I played Cluedo for the first time and I was excited. Then I started reading AC. This year I bought a Cluedo and I didn't like it. There wasn't mysterious enough. It can't be compared to AC's books!!!!!

GKCfan, do you know were can I find these puzzles????I'd be glad to know.

GKCfan 31 Jan 09 at 7:47 p.m. GMT

To the best of my knowledge and belief, there has never been an Agatha Christie Cluedo game (I've checked www.cluedofan.com, and it's not mentioned). I heard once that someone made an Agatha Christie chess set (Poirot as the King, Miss Marple as the Queen, etc.), but I've never been able to track it down. There have, however, been a series of Agatha Christie puzzles, containing little booklets with complete Christie stories. There are smaller puzzles (The Case of the Caretaker, The Plymouth Express, How Does Your Garden Grow? and one more), and larger, 1,000 piece puzzles (The Incredible Theft and more). The small puzzles contained the title story in a booklet, telling the reader to stop before they assembled the puzzle. The solution would be read after the picture (a secret image not shown on the box) was put together). The booklet also had one "bonus" story. These puzzles appeared in the late 1990's.