Pratt was born at 13 Brighton Road in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham, England. He received his secondary education at St. Philip's School in Edgbaston. His … See more

During the interwar years, Pratt became a musician and earned a living playing piano recitals in country hotels and on cruise ships, where he travelled to places like New York and Iceland. Also … See more

It was during the Second World War that Pratt had the idea for a murder mystery board game. The idea for Cluedo came from his days spent playing musical concerts in country hotels where part of the evening's entertainment would have been murder … See more

After the end of the Second World War, Pratt entered the British Civil Service working for the Ministry of Labour to help demobbed servicemen and women to return to peacetime work.
In 1953, four years after Cluedo first went on sale, … See more

• Parlett, David, The Oxford History of Board Games: Oxford University Press,1999, ISBN 0-19-212998-8
• Jaffe, Deborah, The History of Toys From Spinning Tops to Robots: The History Press Ltd, 2006, ISBN 0 … See more

• The Body in the Library
• Whodunit See more

• theartofmurder.com
• www.cluedofan.com See more