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Overbooked

Draft passenger cards and seat them perfectly on your plane to build the most prestigious airline.

You run an airline, and your passengers have opinions about where they sit. Overbooked is a small puzzle game in which you pick a passenger card each turn that shows an orientation, a quantity and a type (a color) of passengers, and then you seat them on your plane exactly as the card shows. Book too few and your flight flies half empty, book too many and people end up unhappy. The game ends as soon as any type of passenger runs out, and the airline that satisfied the most passengers is the most prestigious. It is a pattern-fitting puzzle with a shared card line, so you can see what your neighbor wants next. Quick, tidy and a bit like tetris on a plane.

Seat passengers according to the card patternToo few or too many both cost youEnds when a passenger type runs out

Who it's for

You like fitting-things-together puzzles with light interaction, and you want something to play solo or with up to four people.

Not for you if…

You want conflict, negotiation or a big story. This is a calm solo-style puzzle with a shared card line.

Vibe's take

Quiet, tidy and a little tense. Everyone fits their own puzzle, then glances at the card line to see what is about to disappear.

#2,953 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2018 · 8 years ago

newer than 51% of games

In 3,300 collections

collected more than 44% of games

1–4 players · ages 8+

Best with 3

20–40 min

shorter than 58% of games · typical 30–90 min

Complexity: medium

One warm-up round · 2.0 out of 5 · lighter than 56%

Opinions: broad agreement

Most people rate it similarly

Language: no text

Playable without the language

Play style: competitive · solo too