I don’t know how old I was when
Grandma showed us the game Mr. Ree. I
vaguely remember seeing the game. I don’t
know if my cousins and I attempted to play it – I think we did, but soon
became bored with it. We didn’t
really understand what we were supposed to do.
As I have researched the Internet to
learn if there were really any similarities between Mr. Ree and Clue, Mr. Ree sounds like it may have been more
challenging or fun to play – but I could be wrong. I just remember thinking the layout of the
Mr. Ree board was similar to the mansion set for clue.
Of
course there are different versions of each game – changing design and pieces
every decade or so for whatever reason.
This
is what I remember from my childhood:
Recently
my son, Tony, and his wife gave me a new addition of clue which comes with two
crime scenes.
The
last names of the characters are the same, but they’ve
dropped the Colonel, Professor, Mr. Miss, and Mrs.
Since
the first time that we played it, Clue has become Jenna’s
favorite game. I was amused when she
suspected “Colonel Mustard” as the title has been
dropped. I had told her that the board
game had been made into a play and that Corey had played Colonel Mustard and
that the story had three different endings.
That was a fun play to watch.
You
can see the trailer of clue
here (also watch in parts on youtube).
I
read online that if you can get your hands on a Mr. Ree, you have a valuable
collection piece in your possession. I
don’t know what happened to all the “stuff”
that grandma had in her house. She
surely must have parted with the bulk of it before she moved into a
condominium. I was still in grade school
at the time.
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