Game Info
Year
2023
Players
2-12
Age
10+
Playtime
15 min
Complexity
1.5/5
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Description
Cooperative party game where the witness communicates a secret word to detectives through dilemma cards
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Board Gaming Ramblings Top List at 15:08 sentiment: positive
video_pk 85471 · mention_pk 219117
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- The best one in my opinion.
- It speaks for itself that we've gotten in 42 plays just by owning it few years.
- It's a great game. Recommend it.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Similo
- Codenames
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — One person knows the target word, others try to guess it based on clues.
- word association — Players try to figure out which of two given words associates with a target word.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Flip 7 is a very silly push a lot game, but it just works.
- It's the only game where I don't teach the rules before we start playing. I just steal a card and say, "Do you want another one? There is 12, 11, 10. You don't want the same one." Boom. Oh, you're out. Haha. You lose.
- But flip seven is just it's even less. Flip seven is just like the perfect breakdown game.
- When it was at its best, Time Stories is one of the most fantastic storytelling vehicles in a board game ever.
- When it was at its worst, it was very bad.
- Dominion is the deck building game. It's like the OG deck building.
- Gloom Heaven we actually finished still one of my favorite experiences in a game ever.
- Basically everything I didn't like Frost Haven has just made better.
- It's a card game. It's a push your luck kind of game.
- So, you're always trying to trick your opponent into trying they can have have a color to themselves or trying to wait as long as possible to see if those good cards come up or just like doing whatever and see what happens.
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Video HJzqyQPbY0I
Board Gaming Ramblings Top List at 20:35 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- simple to get to the table
- fun with non-gamers
- challenging
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- association
- words
Comparison games
- Codenames
- Wavelength
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Clue giving — They're going to have two They're going to have a card and the card is going to have two different opposites on it. They're going to choose one of them to show the other players.
- Deduction — And then you have to say like, okay, so if I were to choose that, which one do I think I can eliminate?
- word association — it's like a word kind of game or association game.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is not science. This is a snapshot of feelings.
- It's tight but it's tight in a nice way.
- it's an exploration game you will be exploring.
- It's wonderfully thematically. It's funny.
- Role Player Adventures, it was a great storydriven game.
- it's fun and fast and simple and easy to teach and uh it's just like a lot of laughs.
- Hard to get is like um mix between similar and code names I usually say.
- Prince of Florence is a great classic uh game that I will always enjoy.
- And this also is one that I really appreciate because it's so easy to get it played.
- It's one of the best games I've played.
- We still have the original and I don't think we're going to let it go.
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Unknown Channel Review at 0:06 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fun, group-friendly party game
- Abstract clues foster creativity and humor
- Accessible to non-gamers and families; works with a wide age range
- Flexible playtime and player counts; can accommodate drop-ins
Cons
- Abstract clues can be confusing or nonsensical for some players
- Best with larger groups; two players is workable but less engaging
- Elimination-heavy rounds can slow down play if the group overthinks things
Thematic elements
- Abstract word deduction through challenging and surreal associations
- Casual social settings, often at gatherings and convention booths
- playful, humorous
Comparison games
- Wavelength
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Elimination — Players selectively remove cards from consideration to narrow down the possible secret word.
- group guessing — The group collaborates to decide which items do or do not fit the secret word, aiming to avoid eliminating the word.
- Player Elimination — Players selectively remove cards from consideration to narrow down the possible secret word.
- risk/reward mechanic — Eliminating the secret word ends the round with a loss; clever elimination helps future rounds.
- round-based clue giving — The game runs in multiple rounds (five in the example), progressively guiding players toward the secret word.
- word association — The clue giver selects a target word and players attempt to deduce it from abstract cues tied to a grid of words.
- Word Deciphering — The clue giver selects a target word and players attempt to deduce it from abstract cues tied to a grid of words.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- I definitely think it's better with more.
- it's 14 plus on the box, but there's nothing like adult or mature about it, so you can play with any age.
- these are very abstract. They don't necessarily have anything to do with the words that are on the table.
- It's fun. It's silly.
- one of those people can pop in, pop out of, you can just kind of have on the table.
- I think it's really fun because these are not the typical clues that you're used to giving.
- It's almost like reverse wavelength in a way that like wavelength you have the two extremes and you're trying to give a word that fits it.
- they're weird. they don't make sense. That's the whole point.
- It's a great game to pull out when you have a group, especially if you have a group of people who aren't really gamers and just want to play and have a good time.
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Board Gaming Ramblings Discussion at 12:51 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- clever blend of Codenames-like deduction with Similo-like hinting
- great social dynamics and accessible teaching
- engaging party-game energy
Cons
- clue quality can be subjective
- best with an engaged group; may lose momentum with very small groups
Thematic elements
- word association, clue quality, and polarized choice prompts
- party/word-game vibes with social deduction and clue-giving
- lively, social, and lighthearted
Comparison games
- Codenames
- Similo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- deck/prompts — cards supply prompts and constraints that shape how clues are formed.
- polarized choice prompts — players choose between two contrasting words to guide guesses, increasing tension and fun.
- word association and clue giving — one player provides clues and teams attempt to guess a target word from a set of options.
- Word Deciphering — one player provides clues and teams attempt to guess a target word from a set of options.
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's Christmas for board gamers this time of year
- we're going to cover as many games as possible after we play them
- it's a gem of a game
- it's fantastic, just buy it
- it's a perfect mix between Codenames and Similo
- come sail away which we only played once ... it was giving me those jiggly feelings of fun
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Board Gaming Ramblings Top 100 List at 19:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- great party game to bring to gatherings
- easy to learn and quick to play
Cons
- can be chaotic with large groups
Thematic elements
- word association and trivia-like dynamics
- party-style word-guessing with playful misdirection
- party/social interaction
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- audience-style interaction — players discard and vote on prompts to progress
- party word game — players guess words based on prompts with wordplay
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's a work replacement game
- it's a fantastic game
- the expansion really elevates it
- it's a very slow deck builder essentially in combination with the work placement
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