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Give the perfect clue so players guess the right surreal image card.
Age: 8+
Play Time: 30 Min.
Complexity: 1/5
Players: 3-8
Awards:
2011/Fall Parents’ Choice Approved Award Winner
2011 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection Winner
2011 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters’ Selection Nominee
2011 Guldbrikken Best Family Game Nominee
2010 Vuoden Peli Family Game of the Year Winner
2010 Spiel des Jahres Winner
2010 Spiel der Spiele Hit für Familien Recommended
2010 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee
2010 Lucca Games Best Family Game
2010 Hungarian Board Game Award Winner
2010 Hra roku Winner
2010 Gra Roku Game of the Year Nominee
2010 Games Magazine Best New Party Game Winner
2010 Hungarian Board Game Award Nominee
2009 Tric Trac de Bronze
2009 Lys Grand Public Winner
2009 Juego del Año Winner
2009 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee
2009 Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee
2009 Golden Geek Best Children’s Board Game Nominee
2009 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee
2009 As d’Or – Jeu de l’Année Winner
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Each player is the storyteller in turn. The storyteller chooses a card from their hand and gives a clue (word, phrase, song…). The other players choose the card in their hand that best fits this clue. The Storyteller’s card is shuffled with the players’ cards, then all the chosen cards are revealed. Which is the storyteller’s card? Players secretly vote, then the scoring begins!
samandandy –
If you like Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity, but you want pictures involved, this is a great game for you. If you like Miyazaki movies or Amelie or Fantasia, this game will likely appeal to you. I highly recommend for theater groups, writing groups, improv classes, and other groups or classes that are aiming at high creativity but also understanding others. While it is a party game, we have found the sweet spot for it to be about 6 people. We haven’t tried the expansions though, so with more cards, it would likely be better for bigger groups.
In the game, one person looks at a somewhat absurd card. The art is all beautiful and interesting, but some of the cards lend themselves to the sentences better than others. The person whose turn it is gives a sentence based on the card. Everyone else selects a card in their hand that matches the sentence. All of the cards (the person whose turn it is and the others) are then flipped over and revealed to the group. The people whose turn it isn’t guesses which card is the storytellers.
The art is definitely the star of this game. The cards are compelling and the first time you see them, a lot of time is spent oohing and aahing (or saying “what is this?”) on the art. The cards remain interesting as time goes on, but as with any party game, if you play it too often with the same group, it has a risk of getting stale.
The main reason I’m giving this 4 stars instead of 5 is that with the wrong group, this is difficult, bordering on painful. The game is silly, but also requires some innovation and creativity. If you have a player who struggles with that, they will be miserable or their cards will always be obvious. So I don’t think it’s universally a great pick, but I think it’s a great time in most circumstances.