Clue Slots
Clue – known as Cluedo to millions of fans throughout the world – is one of the most famous board games ever produced. The concept of the game is fairly simple: a group of players try to solve a murder mystery by wandering around a mansion, figuring out who did the crime, what weapon they used, and in what room the deed took place. It’s a game of luck, to be sure, but also one of strategy: players must collect clues and try to quickly piece together the elements of the crime while not allowing their opponents to gather too much information.
Over the years, this classic has been turned into a number of different slot machines by a variety of developers, both for land-based and online play. One of the latest versions is the WMS machine simply known as Clue. It’s not even the only game developed by WMS based on this theme, but as with others, it provides its own twists on the classic formula.
Collect Your Clues
Clue is a 40-line, five-reel slot machine that is available on the Scientific Games-powered Play4Fun Network, which allows players to play a variety of slot machines for free. The object of this title is simple: as in most slots, you’ll want to make matches from left to right across your active paylines, with bigger matches earning larger rewards.
As usual, there are a variety of symbols you can put together in order to claim your prizes. At the low end, we have the classic poker rank symbols like jacks, queens and kings, a standard of the gaming world. More interesting symbols include images of rooms where the crime might have taken place or potential murder weapons. Our favorites are the suspects icons: these are made up to look like little dossiers, complete with photos of actors portraying the famous characters from the board game like Mrs. Peacock, Professor Plum, and Mr. Green.
Solving the Case
Of course, simply matching symbols again and again can get boring, so Clue has a few more tricks up its sleeves. There are a number of special features that players can unlock during gameplay, including a free spins round, a jackpot game, and a couple of bonus rounds.
Our favorite bonus is one that really captures the flavor of the game this is all based on. In this “solving a crime” game, you’ll see five files, each of which related to a suspect, a room, and a weapon. Meanwhile, there are 18 cards laid out in a grid. Clicking on a card will reveal a prize, but it might also start filling in one of the possible murders. Complete any murder – such as Colonel Mustard, in the Dining Room, with the candlestick – and you’ll get three more picks, increasing your opportunities to collect credits.
The Latest Edition of a Worldwide Favorite
No matter what format it appears in, Clue has always been a favorite of fans throughout the world. Beyond countless interpretations and variations on the original board game, it has also been the subject of VCR-based games, computer and video games, a 1985 feature film, television programs and even an Off Broadway musical.
This latest game from WMS is a fine addition to this legacy, and should help bring even more new fans to the game. With a colorful cast of characters and a bonus rounds that are both lucrative and fun to play, we think veteran slots players (and longtime fans of this series) will also find plenty to love here.
