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Wavelength is a social guessing game in which two teams compete to read each other’s minds. Teams take turns rotating a dial to where they think a hidden bullseye is located on a spectrum. One of the players on your team — the Psychic — knows exactly where the bullseye is, and draws a card with a pair of binaries on it (such as: Job – Career, Rough – Smooth, Fantasy – Sci-Fi, Sad Song – Happy Song, etc). The Psychic must then provide a clue that is *conceptually* where the bullseye is located between those two binaries.
For example, if the card this round is HOT-COLD and the bullseye is slightly to the "cold" side of the centre, the Psychic needs to give a clue somewhere in that region. Perhaps "salad"?
After the Psychic gives their clue, their team discusses where they think the bullseye is located and turns the dial to that location on that spectrum. The closer to the center of the bullseye the team guess, the more points they score!
Ages | 14+ |
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Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players |
Play Time | 30m – 45m |
Designer | Alex Hague, Justin Vickers, Wolfgang Warsch |
Mechanics | Betting and Bluffing, Team-Based Game |
Theme | Party Game |
Publisher | Arrakis Games, Asmodee Italia, CMYK, Gém Klub Kft., Palm Court, Rebel Sp. z o.o., Schmidt Spiele, Korea Boardgames co., Ltd. |
arsenal412
Cool idea, plays super well with the right group. Less a game and more a thought experiment. Update June 2020: Upping slightly because I had a chance to break this out with my non-gaming family at a graduation party. If you strip away the points and just let the cluegiver do their thing and let the rest of the participants work together to guess, it's an amazing time. It definitely sparked some interesting and unexpected conversations. Who knews "99 Luftballons" was a sad song? Or that "Silence of the Lambs" was a book, let alone the book was WAY better than the movie? It may take a round or two to allow the non-gamers to see what's going on. But, once it clicks, it's a blast. Location: Purgatory Box #1
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ABigOleBoat
Really fantastic partygame - not much more to say about it. Works great with pretty much any group - although you might want to curate some of the clue cards a touch, depending on who you're playing with.