Linq
A word party game where two secret partners must find each other using nothing but single-word clues.
Who it's for
Larger groups of word game lovers who enjoy reading people and subtext, especially fans of hidden-role party games.
Not for you if…
You dislike wordplay-heavy games or find abstract clue-giving frustrating rather than fun.
Vibe's take
clever, tense, social, subtle, sharp
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About this game
Linq hands everyone at the table a word card and a very specific kind of anxiety: two of you secretly share the exact same word and need to find each other without saying so out loud. Round after round, everyone offers a single one-word clue about their card, and if you are one of the Linq pair, you are trying to signal your unseen partner while staying vague enough that nobody else catches on. Everyone else is doing the opposite, hunting for the pair through pattern and tone rather than content. Guess the Linq correctly and you score, but the pair only scores if they identify each other too, so subtlety cuts both ways. It rewards reading people more than reading words, and a full table makes the guessing game genuinely tense.
Get it
By the numbers
Players
Duration
45 min
Ages 10+
Complexity
1.4 / 5 — Very LightBGG Rating
5.9/10
Rank #3,634
1.1k ratings
Published
2004
Language
Language essential
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