Denkō
Strike the spirits at the right moment and shove them onto your neighbour.
- Designer
- Matys Barthélémy
- Published by
- OldGames
A fifteen-minute memory duel where samurai drive attacking Yōkai back onto rival lands, and the spirits' curses bolt a new rule onto the game almost every single turn.
Push spirits onto rival landsNew curse rule almost every turnMemory-driven timing
Who it's for
Groups from six years upward who enjoy escalating chaos and don't mind losing track of the rules on purpose.
Not for you if…
You want a stable ruleset, or find memory games and constant rule changes stressful rather than funny.
Vibe's take
Fast and delightfully overwhelming – the rules pile up faster than anyone can track, and the table's collective memory failure is the joke.
Published 2026 · this year
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newer than 95% of games
In 79 collections
collected more than 11% of games
2–6 players · ages 6+
123456
10–15 min
15 min301 h2 h4 h
shorter than 93% of games · typical 30–90 min
Play style: competitive
CompetitiveIn teamsCooperative
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