MGC Clue

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Figure 1. The virtual MGC historical house.

Figure 2. The MGC historical house in Chesterhill, Ohio.

MGC Clue is an online game developed in Second Life, in which visitors play the board game clue in a virtual house (Figure 1) that is a replica of the historic MGC (Multicultural Genealogical Center) house in Chesterhill, Ohio (Figure 2).

In this game of clue, players try to find out where someone hid one of the historical MGC documents in the virtual MGC house instead of solving a murder case as in the original clue game. The house serves as the playing area for the game instead of a traditional board and the players can wonder around the house while playing the game. There is a display in each room showing the status of the game.

MGC Clue is a three- to six-player game. There are three different types of cards in the deck: documents, characters, and rooms. There are a total of 21 cards in the deck and they are all dealt out except three. One document, one character, and one room are not dealt because these cards are the answer that the players need to find out. Once everyone has their cards they guess a character, a document, and a room to try and figure out what the hidden cards are. If the next player can prove the guesser wrong then they show them that card with which they can prove them wrong. If not, the next player tries to prove the guesser wrong. And if no one can prove the guesser wrong then they can check if they are right. In the game the computer will tell everyone if the guesser was right and that player will be the winner. If not the game plays on.

Figure 3. The kitchen and the MGC Clue control center.

MGC Clue is controlled in the kitchen (Figure 3), where players must click on the square to join the game. The players will receive cards that they can use to keep track of which room, character, and document combination is the answer. After all players clicked on the square, one player needs to click on the circle to start the game.

Figure 4. MGC Clue game play.

Once the game starts, the MGC Clue cards will be dealt out and the players must keep these cards. Once players get the cards, they can move throughout the house to a room that they would like to play in and look at the picture in that room for messages from the game. The first player will be prompted to enter a guess once all cards are dealt out. That player will then simply click on a pop-up box for what his or her guess is for the character, room, and document combination (Figure 4). After a player guesses, a message will be displayed above all of the pictures in the house and other players can refute the guess. The game continues until no one can prove the guesser wrong. The computer will then check to see if the guess is right. If it is then the guesser wins.