Décorum

Furnish a house together while keeping your own taste secret, and find the one arrangement both of you can live with.

Designers: Harry Mackin, Drew Tenenbaum, Charlie Mackin
Published by: Floodgate Games
Editions by: Broadway Toys LTD, Skellig Games, Board Game Rookie, 盒拍工作室 Hepa Studio

Décorum is a cooperative game of hidden information where you and your partner share the same goal: decorate your home so that you are both happy. The problem is that different things make each of you happy, and nobody says exactly what they need. You keep your own conditions secret, and those conditions say how you want the house decorated. You add, remove and swap objects or repaint rooms until the house looks right for both of you, and you answer each other with only one of three reactions: approval, disapproval or a shrug. There are 30 scenarios, each with its own twist, and each has a solution, you just have to find it in time. At heart it is a clean logic puzzle with a lot of laughs.

Secret conditions for each playerThirty scenarios with new twistsLimited feedback, three possible reactions

Who it's for

You like cooperative logic puzzles with a funny domestic theme, ideally as a pair with someone you know well.

Not for you if…

You want a lot of open discussion or competition. The communication limits are the point.

Vibe's take

Chatty in the narrow gaps you are allowed. You squint at the house, nudge a lamp, read your partner's reaction and slowly narrow down what they need.