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on March 29, 2017
Great game. Easy to understand and get the hang of especially once you play a couple of rounds. Everyone always seems to like this game, though some people are not very good at it because it requires some creativity. We own this Dixit as well as the original, Dixit (Cover Art May Vary) and this is the better version to own because this version allows for up to 12 players, and the original only allows 6. Other than that the differences are: the board in this version has to have more places to count points for a larger group so the scoring is not printed on the board, like in the original, and it comes with a different deck of cards, which we like more than the deck that comes with the original. This game also has instructions that detail a number of ways you can play the game to accommodate more people. We have not played these other versions of the game, but it's nice to know there are different options to make game play with 12 people possible.
on November 9, 2011
We recently played this game at a friends' house (8 people altogether), and it was so much fun!!! So, we bought one ourselves. It does stimulate imagination, abstract thinking, the skill of analogies, and creativity. I am a little skeptical about how much fun it would be with 3-5 people, but who knows.
Update, a few months later: The game continues to be fun, so much so that we even bought the extension pack. Just yesterday we had the opportunity to play with 3 people only (all adults), and it was pretty disappointing at first - it all came down to guessing between 2 cards, and there was practically no suspense or challenge. We were about the quit when one of us came up with the idea of having each person hold 7 cards and play 2 cards per turn, including the storyteller, who had to put down a "primary" and a "secondary" card (we had to guess the primary to get points, but s/he got points for his/her secondary if it was guessed too). This changed the incentives and choice-making and guessing dynamics dramatically, and it made the whole thing much more tricky (more strategy involved), but it was fun!
Update, a few months later: The game continues to be fun, so much so that we even bought the extension pack. Just yesterday we had the opportunity to play with 3 people only (all adults), and it was pretty disappointing at first - it all came down to guessing between 2 cards, and there was practically no suspense or challenge. We were about the quit when one of us came up with the idea of having each person hold 7 cards and play 2 cards per turn, including the storyteller, who had to put down a "primary" and a "secondary" card (we had to guess the primary to get points, but s/he got points for his/her secondary if it was guessed too). This changed the incentives and choice-making and guessing dynamics dramatically, and it made the whole thing much more tricky (more strategy involved), but it was fun!
on June 15, 2015
Best Choice for Game Night with those friends and families that have their own "personal dialect".
Those people who you can talk in "secret code" riddled with "inside jokes" and "references"?
Yeah, this is the game for all of that.
Give clues that only one or two of your friends will understand and leave the other players scratching their head.
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It is slightly different in mechanics, but similar in "feel" to the game Apples-to-Apples.
The fanciful illustrated cards look like they came from the same imagination that could come up with "Alice and Wonderland".
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Example of a round:
The "clue giver" for the round says the word "Marbles", all the players will then discretely choose an illustrated card from their hand that could match with the clue "Marbles" (in hopes to throw the other players off of the clue givers trail), once everyone (including the clue giver) has turned in a card (face-down) for the clue "Marbles" the clue giver will then shuffle the cards and reveal them.
Card 1: Has planets, which "sorta look like marbles on black velvet"
Card 2: Has a crystal ball, which is "sorta like a large marble"
Card 3: Has an orange cat looking out of a paper bag?
Card 4: Has a brain in a jar, "someone lost their marbles"?
Everyone (except the clue giver) discretely votes on a card that they think is the Clue Givers actual card.
Player A: votes for Card 2
Player B: votes for Card 1
Player C: is the clue giver and does not vote.
Player D: votes for Card 3
Once all the players reveals their votes, the clue giver reveals that their card is Card 3!
"WHAT?!" shouts player A and B.
Player D explains, "Haha, Player C owns an orange cat named Marbles! And he loves paper bags!"
Therefore Player C and D gain 3 points!
Those people who you can talk in "secret code" riddled with "inside jokes" and "references"?
Yeah, this is the game for all of that.
Give clues that only one or two of your friends will understand and leave the other players scratching their head.
===
It is slightly different in mechanics, but similar in "feel" to the game Apples-to-Apples.
The fanciful illustrated cards look like they came from the same imagination that could come up with "Alice and Wonderland".
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Example of a round:
The "clue giver" for the round says the word "Marbles", all the players will then discretely choose an illustrated card from their hand that could match with the clue "Marbles" (in hopes to throw the other players off of the clue givers trail), once everyone (including the clue giver) has turned in a card (face-down) for the clue "Marbles" the clue giver will then shuffle the cards and reveal them.
Card 1: Has planets, which "sorta look like marbles on black velvet"
Card 2: Has a crystal ball, which is "sorta like a large marble"
Card 3: Has an orange cat looking out of a paper bag?
Card 4: Has a brain in a jar, "someone lost their marbles"?
Everyone (except the clue giver) discretely votes on a card that they think is the Clue Givers actual card.
Player A: votes for Card 2
Player B: votes for Card 1
Player C: is the clue giver and does not vote.
Player D: votes for Card 3
Once all the players reveals their votes, the clue giver reveals that their card is Card 3!
"WHAT?!" shouts player A and B.
Player D explains, "Haha, Player C owns an orange cat named Marbles! And he loves paper bags!"
Therefore Player C and D gain 3 points!
on March 29, 2012
This game is fantastic! I don't have the patience to sit through long, complicated explanations of rules with most games, but this one is simple and the images on the cards are fascinating and beautiful. I've dragged friends into playing who then want to buy the game after ten minutes--this is how I ended up purchasing it, by the way; via someone cajoling me to play, and I loved it so much that I got it and now the entire household loves it. It's appropriate for many, many ages, large or small groups, and is fascinating to play with people you know well, because your guesses are affected by what you intuit about the other players' mental process. It's not educational per se, but for kids, it's a great way to gauge interpersonal reactions, state of mind of other people, analogies, metaphors, what art means to different people, and the game also requires every player to shift the way they think - which is a great equalizer for pretty much any group of people. It's not possible for a player to be "wrong" and embarassed, and a child's age is not a handicap even when playing with adults (which we discovered when playing the game with four adults and my 14-year-old son). Come to think of it, this is a game that a group of people of extremely mixed mental ability could play quite happily.
Rules that aren't official but useful: no inside jokes (unless everyone playing knows the joke), no references so obscure only a few people present will "get it," and no jargon.
Get it. Play it. Have fun.
Rules that aren't official but useful: no inside jokes (unless everyone playing knows the joke), no references so obscure only a few people present will "get it," and no jargon.
Get it. Play it. Have fun.
on February 1, 2017
The product photo shows the box as an English edition of the game - it is NOT! You can download the directions in English from the manufacturer's website for free, but realize this edition is NOT in English!
on August 10, 2015
Great game, but this is the German Language edition, just so you're aware.
Amazon doesn't care enough to fix or update the listing, and there's no information on this page other than Origin: Germany in the product details. I'm bumping it a star because the picture doesn't show the German text on the front of the box, making you think this might be the standard English version.
It's not.
Amazon doesn't care enough to fix or update the listing, and there's no information on this page other than Origin: Germany in the product details. I'm bumping it a star because the picture doesn't show the German text on the front of the box, making you think this might be the standard English version.
It's not.
on May 2, 2016
So many great reviews for the Dixit line of games. It's definitely a different type of game that the whole family can enjoy, but it gets old fairly quickly. I purchased one expansion with it, and it's a good thing. The more cards, the longer the game will feel new. I can't see it becoming a regular game in our rotation though. The art is really cool though.
on December 30, 2014
Our group had played this game and the owner wanted it back so I had to buy it. We play it when we have 8 to 10 players show up for game night. Easy to teach and easy to play. But with 10 very intelligent players, it is not easy to master.
I never win but it is one of my favorite games.
I never win but it is one of my favorite games.
on January 28, 2014
Dixit is easy to learn, and a fun "party" game. If you stretch the definition of the word a bit, you can even say that there is "strategy" involved. For all the people who enjoy Dominion, Puerto Rico, etc., but want something that you can play with a big group of people who won't sit still long enough to learn the rules of more complex games, this is a good choice.
This is the expansion (self contained) to the original. The artwork is very good, and entertaining in itself.
This is the expansion (self contained) to the original. The artwork is very good, and entertaining in itself.
