Whodunit
BGG rank
BGG #19,432
BGG rating
5.9

Whodunit

1972

Rules assistance for Whodunit

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–6 players
  • 60 min
  • 8+
  • Complexity 2.0/5

Rules assistant for Whodunit

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Whodunit is a board game released in 1972 for 2–6 players, 60 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up.

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About the game

A suspenseful mystery game for super sleuths. Players snoop through an elegant mansion searching for clues that will identify suspects to the crime. Each player tries to outsmart his opponents and be the first to discover "whodunit". But if a player falsely accuses an opponent he must leave the mansion. At the end, the player with all the correct clues solves the crime and is declared the winner. Includes gameboard, 1 card deck of each: whodunit, motive, scene, weapon, suspect, and detective, 1 pad of detective sheets, 20 clues and alibis, 6 pawns, and 2 dice (First and second editions differ in the cards each game has. The first edition includes 10 suspect cards and 44 Whodunit cards for a 54 card total. The second edition has separate card stacks for each of the categories as listed above.)

Publishers

  • Selchow & Righter

Questions and answers

Whodunit supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.