Our librarian Courtney wrote a review of the card game Dixit!
I am a decidedly un-strategic tabletop game player. I’ve been known to choose my moves based on how fun they seem, or how much of a chain reaction I can cause, or (quite frequently) because the art on that particular card is interesting. Dixit is a game designed for people who revel in cards with interesting art on them. There are several flavors and versions of Dixit, but all of them come with a deck of large cards, each depicting a surreal, beautiful and perplexing story of its own.
In Dixit, players take turns playing the part of storyteller by choosing a card from their hand and telling a short story about it. The story can be just a couple words, a pop culture quote, song lyrics, or a lush and descriptive paragraph of prose. The goal is to tell a story that’s specific enough that some people will know which card it describes, but enigmatic enough that some of the other players will guess incorrectly.
After you choose your card and tell your story, the other players choose a card from their hand that they think also fits the story you’ve told. All the cards are shuffled together, and the players (except the storyteller) vote on which is the most likely to be the card chosen by the storyteller. If everyone or nobody guesses correctly, the storyteller gets no points. If some people guess correctly, both the storyteller and the other players whose cards were chosen receive points for that round.
I could probably spend an enjoyable half-hour just looking through a deck of Dixit cards. But I also love this game because it uses a creative part of my brain that I don’t get to employ in a lot of other games. It’s best with a large number of people (it can accommodate three to eight players, and I’d say it’s best at four or more), so it’s a go-to choice for me when my family gets together. Dixit is a fun, interactive and casual game that anyone can play, as long as they can make up a story.
If you'd like to learn and play games like this, join us at an upcoming Tabletop Games event! Details and dates here.
Our librarians will be featuring Dixit! at the upcoming Tabletop Games event at Gardner Library on March 7!
Come play some games with us, friends and family!