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Wavelength
30m - 45m
2 - 5 Players
Ages 14+
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+ |
|---|---|
| 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. |
2d20
1st impression after one play. Might be my favourite party game! Love the exuberant interaction this creates and the variability from the device but wish there were more cards. Regardless this is a step up from Just One and, for my taste, better than Codenames!
ahouston
Played for the first time yesterday. Nice components and definitely eye catching and intriguing. Play can be decently fun but is susceptible to suffering from indecision slowdown by whoever's turn it is to select the clue. People want to give a good, funny, useful word and that isn't always easy to think of, can lead to dead time and while with a party game talking amongst yourselves isn't usually a problem it can mean the games pace is disjointed and you might find yourselves shelving it. Not to be too critical, the game is perfectly fun, however, I think the Jackbox Game Guesspionage scratches a very similar itch and does it much better. Would rather play that if given the chance
AndySzy
Pretty fun party game and proof that a gimmick component can be actually interesting. The mix of bananas and normal spectrums (hot vs cold and sexy pokemon vs unsexy pokemon in the same game) make it quite interesting.