Already one of the great pioneer in communication theory, Paul Watzlawick realized that you "can not not communicate". Each type of communication, even without the language is communication. With images can be, in the words of an old saying, say more than a thousand words. In exactly this environment Dixit is located, a card game that invites based on images to communicate.

The game format, covered with the Dixit this bow is very simple. The active player chooses from his earlier hand-drawn maps a face card, to which he can think of an association. Most likely this is a headline, a sentence or part of a story of an experience or situation, a title song or a movie quote. He calls the other players now that sentence. Then, the players look out of their hole cards from the card that best matches the uttered sentence.

All cards are placed face up. Now start a betting round. Each player tried to call the card that best fits the headline of the active player. All players should immediately have recognized the right card, this is unfair to the owner of the card and provides negative points. If only part of the player has correctly located and the other part is wrong, however, the victory points are distributed according to the rate of accuracy. This continues in turn until the entire deck of cards is played out. The player with the most victory points wins.

Dixit works. And it has a certain charm, which is to bring out something from inside the player. An idea or memory is connected with a picture and a story. The harmony of these elements brings victory points, as the Association and to see through image may not appear to be easy and also not impossible. After a round one in a call and perhaps explains the hitherto only touched upon memories.

Dixit is the game of 2010. This choice produced in the experts - scene is conflict, given the high density of very good vintage board games in the 2010th Since games like Dixit are atypical and access a communicative elements in the players that did not occur in every game. It will appeal to a number of players. Everyone's thing but it is not, and certainly does not affect what the replay appeal. Dixit is on the low side, especially since the same pictures usually get the same stories on the plan, unless you always play with different people. Anyone choosing Dixit should always think twice about whether he can be a suitable match for the game round.

Author: Jean-Louis Roubira
Graphic: Marie Cardouat
Publisher: Libellud
Distributor: Asmodee
Players: 3-6
Age: 8 years
Run Time: 30 minutes

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Tags: Asmodee , card game , game of the year