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Cluedo is the third 'board' game released for the BBC Micro by Leisure Genius, following hot on the heels of Monopoly and Scrabble. Cluedo is a whodunnit game in which up to six players (with any number of these being controlled by the computer) try to solve a murder that has taken place at 'Tudor Close'.

The game is a faithful eight-colour Mode 2 copy of the original. As in the board game, each player takes on the identity of one of the suspects. It is the task of each player to piece together the clues to the crime. This involves moving from room to room, and quizzing your opponents. The winner is the first to deduce the three components of the crime: the murderer, the weapon and the place of the dirty deed.

This is a good, colourful implementation of the old favourite by Waddingtons, but is really best suited to single player use. Half a dozen people cannot gather around a computer in the same way as they could a board game spread out on the table. The computer version is ideal for those unable to field a full team. Full marks to Leisure Genius, though, for the implementation.