Grimoire
Everybody has the same spells, so the whole game is guessing which page your neighbour just bookmarked.
See how it plays
How to play · in EnglishGrimoria trailer
Review · in EnglishMikes Gaming Net: Grimoria - Video instructions (German)- Designer
- Hayato Kisaragi
- Published by
- Arclight Games
- Editions by
- Z-Man Games, Schmidt Spiele, Japon Brand, One Draw
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.
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.
Vibe's take
Tense, quick and full of table-reading. The reveal is the whole show, and one bluff can flip an entire round.
Award winner
Published 2010 · 16 years ago
older than 78% of games
In 2,402 collections
collected more than 36% of games
2–5 players · ages 10+
Best with 4 or 5 · publisher: 12+
about 30 min
shorter than 69% of games · typical 30–90 min
Complexity: medium
One warm-up round · 1.8 out of 5 · lighter than 61%
Opinions: broad agreement
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Language: some text
Text on cards or in the rules
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