I love Cluedo, always have great memory as kid. It first I heard about re-vamp and truth is, I don't like sound of it. 1940's setting was part of it charm which I love. It's going be like new coke, last for while before bring out classic version again.

I think the credit card thing for the Monopoly is the greatest dumbing-down of a game ever. Take all the math out of the game...

This will just remove all the charm of clue; it's not supposed to feel like today. Monopoly isn't either! If you wanna modernize monopoly, the wealthiest person in the game should have to pay for low income housing to be built on Baltic Avenue and once anyone gets close to winning, the banker should go bankrupt and end the game leaving everyone poor, or Anti-trust legislation kicks in and your properties are sold off to other players by the banker.

Also, peculiar side question: I know things very from country to country; Where's Waldo/Wally is a prime example, however I never knew this about Clue(do). So this just makes me wonder why Cluedo? What is the "do" for? Is it Clue(DOH) or Clue(DEW)? Just seems curious to me, why not just Clue in North America?

I LOVE Cluedo, its my favourite boardgame ever. Im a bit gutted that they are modernising it to this extent.

I recently bought Cluedo and it was pretty much similar to the original. Th graphics on the cards and board ahd been updated but it was in essence the same game. And I dont mind modernisation in that way.

but it sounds like theyre basically taking everything 'Cluedo' away now. not a fan of this move.

I hope they keep making the modern one even if this new monstrosity does occur.

One thing they could do to 'modernise' it is go down the line of adding more characters and rooms, akin to the Super Sleuth Edition special that they did a while ago for a limited time. It had a few extra weapons, rooms and characters but kept the original stuff all in there.

Ive not really played any modern version of monopoly. I kind of refuse to out of principal.

@ Coltess: It's pronounced CLUE-DOH and (as i was sad enough to research this on Wikipedia) is a portmanteau of the words 'clue' (obviously) and 'ludo' (Latin for "I play"). Americans have been patronized since they started omitting letters in words (like the U in colour). And I liked your analogy about monopoly. Might as well give it a different name and call it a totally new game.

@ MKKitana: I'm afraid it seems it will completely replace the original (a sucky idea). But as (it sounds like) you gave the Super Sleuth edition a try, i'm surprised by your adherence to classic Monopoly. Monopoly city is in my opinion, a wonderful version that never sought to replace anything, still retains the monopoly 'feel' of property ownership & take-overs, but adds the modern feel and complexity of big expense and expanse.

Here's how it is: A new version of a classic game that retains the overall 'feel' of the original but adds new elements to intrigue or add complexity tends to go down well. A complete re-vamp for no other reason than to modernize for the sake of it is an idea best left on the shelf. This is what has happened throughout consumer history - the people will vote with their feet. I know i do. I was watching a topical talk-show programme that brought up the whole subject and was surprised by the amount of positive response the new Cluedo was getting from phone-in viewers and audience.

Just don't buy the new Cluedo?
As long as they don't walk into my house and replace the game I have, they can do whatever they want. Change can be good.

I've been a huge fan of this game since I was a kid. I have:

Clue: The regular classic game.

Clue Master Detective: Same as Clue, but this is where more rooms (like the drawing room and carriage house etc) more weapons (the poison and the horse shoe) and more characters (Miss Peach, Sgt. Gray etc)

Clue Museum Caper: A Very different game from regular Clue, but its freakin awesome. You're basically trying to stop an art thief in a museum. It had a limited run and I've seen it go for a couple hundred on ebay.

Clue II: Murder in Disguise: A very corny game where you have to watch a video to get clues, eliminate suspects etc. The actors were hilariously bad, but ya get what ya pay for. Still loved it as a kid though.

Harry Potter Clue: My lady owns this, and while there are some strange variations on the original rules and everything is obviously Harry Potter-ized, it still manages to have a certain something that I really enjoy.

So yeah, all of these variations and they're all Clue to me and they're all awesome.

I tend to prefer Clue with a 20's to 40's era feel to it (which the awesome movie back in the 80's thankfully maintained), but honestly? I've seen a Risk game that uses the Halo license and Monopoly has been given the commercial treatment for everything from Ohio State to the Beatles. If it's good and it works, then I'm for it.

Side note: Has anyone ever played the board game Go For Broke? It's kinda like Monopoly in reverse. I had it for a long time when I was a kid but I think that it was lost when I moved at some point. Loved that game!

I've been looking at some of those other versions mentioned by Baraka, and they look pretty damn good. I know what it is that bugs me. These spin-offs are different in some way, different game play or additional rules or more people. The 21st C version adds NOTHING making it feel cheap.

I love how they're replacing all these games with Facebook games. Scrabble is now Words with Friends, Hungry Hungry Hippos is now Hungry Hungry Farm Animals, Monopoly has a Cityville addition.

I like the Facebook games, but honestly, we don't need to replace the names of our beloved classics just because the younger generation could get into it... It's ridiculous to see all these games getting their names replace just to intrigue the younger generation into getting it. I laugh every time I walk pass the board games and see these replacements.

Even my parents have a fuss about these replacements too...