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A custom version of the game was also released in the US by Restoration Hardware as Wooden Box Clue with different cover art. citation In the UK it was released under the Cluedo brand, and was an official re-issue of the original 1949 Waddingtons' design.
Editions Parker Brothers and Waddingtons each produced their own unique editions between 1949 and 1992.
However, in the mid-1950s Waddingtons also adopted a Sherlock Holmes-type detective to adorn their box covers for a brief time, though unlike the US editions, there was no acknowledgement that the character was actually the famous detective.
In a similar fashion, Parker Brothers sent over a copy of Monopoly to Waddingtons early in 1935 before the game had been put into production in the United States.
Spinoffs Waddingtons, Parker Brothers and Hasbro have created many spin-off versions of the game.
The managing director of Waddingtons, Victor Watson, gave the game to his son Norman (who was head of the card games division) to test over the weekend.
This call resulted in Waddingtons obtaining a license to produce and market the game outside of the United States.
Waddingtons Family Card Games, Robert Harbin, Pan Books Ltd, London, 1972 citation Although the rules are extremely simple, there is enormous scope for scientific play.