Friends Clue Game: The One with the Secrets Edition

Setup

1. Classic setup, according to Hasbro’s instructions: place all six character tokens on their starting spaces, even with fewer than six players, and put the weapons in separate rooms.

2. Sort the character, weapon and room cards into three piles. Put the top card from each pile into the envelope without looking. Those three cards are the answer.

3. Shuffle the remaining cards together and deal them all out. Some players may get more cards than others.

4. Each player secretly checks their cards and marks them on a notepad sheet. Cards in your hand can’t be in the envelope.

5. The Friends box has Rumor cards for characters, secrets and locations, matching the three classic piles. Each player also takes one of six identification cards.

Turn by turn

• Roll and move (classic rules)

  Roll the dice and move up to the number shown. No diagonal moves, passing through the same square twice in a turn, or landing on or crossing an occupied square, including doorways. You can enter a room without an exact roll. If a room has a secret passage, you can use it at the start of your turn.

• Make a suggestion (classic rules)

  When you reach or stay in a room, suggest a suspect, a weapon and that room. Move the suspect and weapon into it. The player to your left shows you one matching card if they have one; otherwise, the next player checks.

• Use your identification card

  Each friend’s card lists an ability and flips over after use. Monica may roll again after her first move to move twice. Phoebe may propose two Plans on the same turn.

• Draw a Gossip card

  Gossip cards have a question mark on the back and a short effect on the front. The publisher’s photos show Ross’s Pivot card, which lets you move anywhere and play it right away, and a We Were on a Break card that gives you an extra turn.

End of the game and scoring

Key rules

• The same size puzzle as classic Clue

  Classic Clue has 6 suspects, 6 weapons, and 9 rooms. Clue: Friends has six characters, six secret tokens, and nine board locations, so the deduction puzzle has the same shape.

• Nine board locations

  The board features Apartment 19, Apartment 20, the Hallway, the Hospital, Ross’s Apartment, Phoebe’s Apartment, Central Perk, Monica’s Parents’ House, and the Balcony.

• Secret passages

  Board notes connect Apartment 19 to the Balcony and Apartment 20 to Central Perk. In classic Clue, you can use a passage at the start of your turn.

• One-use abilities

  Monica’s card lets her move twice, rolling again after the first move. Phoebe’s lets her propose two Plans in one turn. Each works once per game, then you flip the card over.