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Code 777

Game ID: GID0071505
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1985
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The clever little game Code 777 combines the elements of a good, logical deduction game and Indian poker. Each player receives a rack for keeping three tiles drawn from a pool of tiles, which are seven different numbers in seven different colors (28 tiles in total); however, the rack is turned away from you. When players sit in a circle, each player can see everyone else's tiles, except their own. Each turn, players draw a card with a question like, "Do you see more yellow sevens or more blue sevens?" which should help the others determine their tiles. Once you're reasonably sure of which tiles you have in front of you, you can take a guess — but if you're wrong, you have to start over with a fresh set of tiles ...

Code 777 was explicitly inspired by What's That on My Head?, and Alex Randolph credited Robert Abbott with co-designing this game based on that inspiration.

In 2010, Stronghold Games released Code 777: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, adding both a fifth player to the game and symbols to make it colorblind-friendly. In 2015, Stronghold Games released Code 777: 30th Anniversary Limited Edition, which is the final edition from Stronghold Games.

In 2015 DiceTree Games released a multi-lingual edition of the game.

Similar to:

What's That on My Head?
Egghead
Figure It
Amnesia
Guess What I Am!
Coyote
Pow Wow
Am I a Banana?
What's That on My Head?

Description

The clever little game Code 777 combines the elements of a good, logical deduction game and Indian poker. Each player receives a rack for keeping three tiles drawn from a pool of tiles, which are seven different numbers in seven different colors (28 tiles in total); however, the rack is turned away from you. When players sit in a circle, each player can see everyone else's tiles, except their own. Each turn, players draw a card with a question like, "Do you see more yellow sevens or more blue sevens?" which should help the others determine their tiles. Once you're reasonably sure of which tiles you have in front of you, you can take a guess — but if you're wrong, you have to start over with a fresh set of tiles ...

Code 777 was explicitly inspired by What's That on My Head?, and Alex Randolph credited Robert Abbott with co-designing this game based on that inspiration.

In 2010, Stronghold Games released Code 777: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, adding both a fifth player to the game and symbols to make it colorblind-friendly. In 2015, Stronghold Games released Code 777: 30th Anniversary Limited Edition, which is the final edition from Stronghold Games.

In 2015 DiceTree Games released a multi-lingual edition of the game.

Similar to:

What's That on My Head?
Egghead
Figure It
Amnesia
Guess What I Am!
Coyote
Pow Wow
Am I a Banana?
What's That on My Head?

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  • gives seven code cards
  • includes rules for cooperative or solo play
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  • hey everyone welcome to watch it plays
  • you can see it here on screen again it's awesome in the description when you use this it doesn't talk to you anything more but portion of the proceeds come back to support watch it played and we really appreciate that so thank you and thank you BoardGameGeek
  • if you've played terraformers with them and then you try playing it without them you will miss it
  • just remember this is a promo set for forum Trajanum, or true janam however you say it doesn't matter it is not promos for this game Trajan by the same designer similar name but different not confusing at all
  • I haven't played this one but I have heard good things
  • that is pretty fantastic
  • it seems that what this promo is saying is that if you're a game designer you have the skills necessary to perform any job sounds about right
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