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Linq

Island Indicates Vulcan? Or Pony?

You are tasked to find your partner in the game with the help of associations to terms. The game holds 58 pairs of cards with 10 identical terms each; the cards are stacked in pairs. Aim of the game is to spot your partner holding the same card with the help of clues. You prepare the components by taking up pairs of cards and cards featuring question marks according in relation to the number of players. These cards are shuffled and dealt to the players, so that some players hold question mark, others a card with terms. The term for the round is determined by the roll of a die and you memorize the corresponding term on your card, a player holding a question mark pretends to do so. In turn all players name a clue for the word on their card including the players holding a question mark, and a player as chronicler notes down all clues. Then all players secretly note down a first guess which players could hold identical words – you need not guess the word, but guess the partners! Then a second round is played and and again a guess is made, which can be different from the first one, and then the game is scored. When both partners guessed each other correctly they score 5 points each from stock; for each correctly guessed pair among the other players they get one point each from both those players, if you bet on a question mark player you give him a point. When you have 25 points or more after a scoring the player with most points wins.

Linq is an appealing game for which you need some intuition and creativity to find your partner while not giving away yourself too early. A good family game and also good for larger groups!

Players: 4-8

Age: 10+

Time: 45+

Designer: Erik Nielsen, Andrea Meyer

Artist: SenSit

Price: ca. 20 Euro

Publisher: Kosmos 2011

Web: www.kosmos.de

Genre: Word- and bluff game

Users: For families

Special: Many players

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Good for larger groups

Rules for a game with four players

Therefore also good as a family game

Very attractive selection of terms

Gut für größere Gruppen

Regeln für das Spiel zu viert

Daher auch gut im Familienkreis

Sehr gelungene Auswahl an Begriffen

Compares to:

First game with this mechanism, basically all games with term explanation mechanisms

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 2

Knowledge (yellow): 1

Memory (orange): 1

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0