エスペライゼーション (Gibberers: The Word Game of Language Invention and Civilization Development)

Invent a language from scratch with your group, then try to guess its final secret word.

👥 3–5 playersapprox. 180 min🪄 A round to warm up8+
🤝 Cooperative5.8 · BGG #4,559

Who it's for

Groups fascinated by linguistics or codebreaking who want a long, unusual cooperative experience unlike typical party or strategy games.

Not for you if…

You want a quick session — this runs long, demands sustained focus, and rewards patience with an unconventional format.

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Vibe's take

Slow-building and cerebral — early rounds feel like fumbling toward meaning, and the payoff comes as your invented language starts to actually work between players.

About this game

Gibberers puts your table in the shoes of primitive tribes meeting alien visitors with no shared words at all — so you build a language from scratch. Starting with cave-painting cards and a designated Mentor, the group grows a working vocabulary over generations, then plays entirely within the rules of that invented tongue. The final test: can the team guess the last word of the language they built together?

Build a language from nothingCooperative deduction over generationsStrict communication limits
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Players

Best at 4–5 playersWorks with 3–5

Duration

60–180 min

Ages 8+

Complexity

2.5 / 5 — Medium

BGG Rating

5.8/10

Rank #4,559

344 ratings

Published

2024

Language

Moderate text