I, too, was initially hesitant at making a Clue mashup, but then I noticed that there were at least a half-dozen other games on here that took on one or another mashup with works still under copyright. I'll certainly want to be careful when it comes to the cards (yes, I'll be using cards just like in the board game, though with 8 characters and 8 weapons), but as long as I don't quite duplicate what Parker Brothers/Hasbro has, I'm pretty sure I'll be clear; after all, I intend to do the game in such a way that it serves as free advertising (which it deserves, even if it doesn't especially need what little I have to offer) more than it sits as a knockoff.
I, too, was initially hesitant at making a Clue mashup, but then I noticed that there were at least a half-dozen other games on here that took on one or another mashup with works still under copyright. I'll certainly want to be careful when it comes to the cards (yes, I'll be using cards just like in the board game, though with 8 characters and 8 weapons), but as long as I don't quite duplicate what Parker Brothers/Hasbro has, I'm pretty sure I'll be clear; after all, I intend to do the game in such a way that it serves as free advertising (which it deserves, even if it doesn't especially need what little I have to offer) more than it sits as a knockoff.