#Official clue game characters series#

Boddy plans to continue blackmailing the guests before he is shot by Mr. Boddy while the person Plum killed was his butler. In Ending C, Boddy is seemingly murdered by Professor Plum, but Wadsworth reveals himself as the real Mr. In Ending A, he was murdered by his maid Yvette on Miss Scarlet's orders. He blackmailed the six guests of Hill House and his butler Wadsworth's wife until he is murdered. Boddy is primarily portrayed by Lee Ving while Tim Curry portrays him in one of the film's three endings. At the time of his murder in the game's updated story, he has used connections to government officials in Hue County, the game's setting, to push through permitting and construction on Boden Black Hotel, a luxury hotel which the public opposes. In the 2023 edition of the game, the two names are combined into the character, Boden 'Boddy' Black Jr, a man who acquired his significant wealth by inheritance. Vowing to get to the bottom of these murky financial dealings, he invites his uncle's associates to Tudor Mansion for a weekend visit.

#Official clue game characters series#

Before his birthday Boddy discovered a series of secret allowances bequeath to some of his uncle's former associates. Black, is an eminent anthropologist and the heir of his late uncle's estate, which he is set to fully inherit on the day of his thirtieth birthday.

Boddy's name is a pun on the fact that the character is a dead body. Black was listed in the original patent filing as one of the ten characters created for the game, in which one character was drawn from the suspect cards to be the new victim before the start of a game. In Cluedo, he is the unseen host who is murdered, which inspires the quest to discover who murdered him, with what weapon, and what room in his mansion the crime occurred. Boddy (US), the wealthy owner of Tudor Mansion (formerly known as Tudor Close/Tudor Hall (UK) and Boddy Mansion/Boddy Manor(US)). This is a list of characters in the game of Cluedo (UK) / Clue (US). JSTOR ( March 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: 'List of Cluedo characters' – news

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