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The gameboard is a floor plan of Doctor Lucky's mansion, and it is accompanied by a deck of cards representing the objects and opportunities that can be found there.

Players take turns moving through the rooms of the mansion and accumulating cards, while Doctor Lucky moves through the mansion following a predetermined path.

A player may attempt to kill Doctor Lucky by playing a weapon card ( such as a runcible spoon, a monkey hand, a letter opener, or pinking shears ) while the player's token is in the same room as Doctor Lucky and out of sight of all other players.

Each weapon card has a certain point value, and certain weapons are worth more points when used in certain rooms ( for example, the trowel is worth extra points when used in the wine cellar, an allusion to Poe's " The Cask of Amontillado ").