Vowing to get to the bottom of these murky financial dealings, he invites his uncle's associates to Tudor Mansion for a weekend visit. 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 10 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 Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.