Grimoire

Everybody has the same spells, so the whole game is guessing which page your neighbour just bookmarked.

πŸ‘₯ 2–5 players⏱ approx. 30 minπŸͺ„ A round to warm up10+
Graf Ludo 2012β˜… 5.8 Β· BGG #4,470

Who it's for

Groups of four or five who enjoy simultaneous selection and bluffing, and anyone who likes short games with heavy interaction.

Not for you if…

You want to build an engine or execute a plan, since everything depends on predicting people. With two players the guessing loses most of its bite.

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Vibe's take

Tense, quick and full of table-reading. The reveal is the whole show, and one bluff can flip an entire round.

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About this game

Everybody owns the same spellbook. Each turn you secretly mark one page with a bookmark, then all spells resolve from weakest to strongest, and the weak ones routinely cancel the strong ones. The cards you grab from the display score at the end, if your spell survived.

Identical spellbooks, pure mind readingWeak spells routinely beat strong onesUsed spells go on cooldown, narrowing choices

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Players

Best at 4–5 playersWorks with 3–5

Duration

30 min

Ages 10+

Complexity

1.8 / 5 β€” Light

BGG Rating

5.8/10

Rank #4,470

1.4k ratings

Published

2010

Language

Moderate text

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