Dixit (card game)
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Dixit is a card game
created by Jean-Louis Roubira, and published by Libellud. In 2010, it won the prestigious Spiel des Jahres
award.
The other players then select among their 6 images the one that best matches the sentence made up by the storyteller.
Then, each of them gives their selected card to the storyteller, without showing it to the others. The storyteller shuffles his chosen card with all the cards he received from the other players. All pictures are then shown face up, randomly, and every player has to bet upon what picture was the storyteller's.
If nobody or everybody finds the correct picture, the storyteller scores 0, and each of the other players scores 2. Otherwise the storyteller and whoever found the correct answer scores 3. Players score 1 point for every vote their own picture receives.
The game ends when the card deck is empty. The player with the highest point total wins the game.
Recently an iTunes app for Dixit was released. iDixit
Card game
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games...
created by Jean-Louis Roubira, and published by Libellud. In 2010, it won the prestigious Spiel des Jahres
Spiel des Jahres
The Spiel des Jahres is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the stated purpose of rewarding excellence in game design, and promoting top-quality games in the German market. It is thought that the existence and popularity of the award is one of the major drivers of the quality...
award.
Gameplay
Each player starts the game with 6 random cards. Players then take turns being the storyteller. The player whose turn it is to be storyteller looks at the 6 images in his hand. From one of these, he makes up a sentence or phrase and says it out loud (without showing the card to the other players).The other players then select among their 6 images the one that best matches the sentence made up by the storyteller.
Then, each of them gives their selected card to the storyteller, without showing it to the others. The storyteller shuffles his chosen card with all the cards he received from the other players. All pictures are then shown face up, randomly, and every player has to bet upon what picture was the storyteller's.
If nobody or everybody finds the correct picture, the storyteller scores 0, and each of the other players scores 2. Otherwise the storyteller and whoever found the correct answer scores 3. Players score 1 point for every vote their own picture receives.
The game ends when the card deck is empty. The player with the highest point total wins the game.
Recently an iTunes app for Dixit was released. iDixit
Awards
- 2009 Golden AceAs d'OrThe As d'Or is a games award given out by a jury at the Games Festival in Cannes, France.From 1989 to 2003, a jury of journalists allotted Golden Aces by category to games presented by their editors. A special prize, the Super As d'Or, was allotted to the best game from any category.In 2004, the...
, French Game of the Year Winner - 2009 Juego del Año, Spanish Game of the Year
- 2009 Les 3 Lys, General Audience Winner
- 2009 Games 100, Best Party Games
- 2009 Tric Trac de Bronze Winner.
- 2009 AbreOJogo Gateway Game of the Year, Winner
- 2009 Premio del Público al Juego del Festival Córdoba (Audience Award), Winner
- 2009 Joker 2009 catégorie "familles", Winner
- 2010 Gra Roku, Polish Game of the Year Nomination
- 2010 Spiel des JahresSpiel des JahresThe Spiel des Jahres is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the stated purpose of rewarding excellence in game design, and promoting top-quality games in the German market. It is thought that the existence and popularity of the award is one of the major drivers of the quality...
, German Game of the Year, Winner.