Clue: Secrets in Paris

***Clue: Secrets in Paris*** is a spin-off board game in the *Clue* franchise. *Secrets in Paris* incorporates additions from 2008's *Clue: Discover the Secrets*. It was published by Hasbro under Parker Brothers in 2009.

## Description

"You're on a high school drama club tip to France and the sights are like, totally amazing until - OMG! On a dare, a student has stolen a priceless work of art!

Now it's up to you to solve the mystery... one of your classmates is hiding something! Was it White? Did she hide the work of art in the Orsay Museum, using the "rope"? This CLUE game has more secrets, more rumors, more drama than a high school hallway! It's packed with landmarks, scenery, and interesting personalities: including student "passport" profiles, illustrated gameboard, city map CLUE sheets, 9 miniature prop "weapons", Rumor and Intrigue card decks, and more!

Narrow down you suspects, then make your accusation - uncover the mystery that everyone is whispering about."

- Description on the reverse box cover.

According to early advertisements for the game, the original concept read as followed: "A group of young students are on a class trip in Paris. One night when they were out to dinner the Chaperone did not show up. Later they found out that she had been murdered!"

## Introduction

You’re on a high school drama club trip, but someone came for more than the scenery! The art has been stolen from the Louvre, and it’s hidden at one of the sites you’ve visited. One of the students used a drama club “weapon” prop to commit the crime— now it’s up to you to solve the mystery! Travel around Paris asking other players about their cards. If you can narrow down who did it, where they hid it, and with which prop, then make a correct accusation, you win!

## Contents

* Gameboard
* 6 Student Pawns
* 6 Passports
* Deck of Rumor Cards
* Deck of Intrigue Cards
* Clue Sheets
* Confidential Envelope
* 2 Dice
* 9 “Weapons” Props

## Suspects

The following are the students who might have been the thief:

* **Samantha Scarlet**: Samantha is the star of the show who always gets her way, but has no problem breaking hearts and backstabbing her fellow actors along the way. She’s got looks, she’s got class and she gets everyone’s attention—which is exactly how she likes it. In fact, she always steals the show—hey, wait a minute...!

* **Zach Mustard**: Zach is a big guy; with a big attitude! He is one dude whose bad side you don’t want to be on. He counts on his brawn, not his brains (if he even has any inside that hard head) He’s usually cast as the villian…could he have taken his role a little *too* seriously.

* **Emma White**: Emma is always trying to fit in, one way or another. She’s desperate to just once be cast as “leading lady”. She can be focused and driven, especially in her effort to make a name for herself. Could Emma have been driven to star in her own “criminal” performance?

* **Ryan Green**: A popular, good-looking dude who seems friendly and easy-going, but he’s really just into himself. A natural performer and smooth talker, everything has always come easy for this “leading man”. But is Ryan’s good-guy reputation all just an act?

* **Ashley Peacock**: She’s got everything under control; seriously, everything! Drama club director, stellar grades, friends, student government; even the teachers think she rocks. But don’t cross this control freak! She’s so organized, she could run her own theater company, if only she had some way to pay for it...

* **Justin Plum**: Justin is so smart he’s pretty much in “a class” by himself. His eccentric behavior can sometimes get laughs (don’t worry we’re laughing at you, not with you!) His roles are usually relegated to bit parts and the token nerd, but he just might be looking for a way to fi nally outsmart everyone who ever laughed at him!

## Props

One of the following prop "weapons" was used by the guilty party to assist them to steal the artwork:

* Knife
* Candlestick
* Pistol
* Poison
* Trophy
* Rope
* Bat
* Axe
* Dumbbell

## Sites

One of these famous landmarks in Paris is where the thief hid the artpiece:

* Place des Vosges
* Bastille
* Norte Dame
* Orsay Museum
* Eiffel Tower
* Arc de Triomphe
* Paris Opera
* Louvre
* Sacred Heart Basilica

## Reference

1. ↑ Clue Secrets in Paris. Retrieved on November 30, 2023.