What a charming game! After 2 game sessions, I was brain-dead. I felt tired and wasn't sure if I will play Dixit again. Yet 2 hours later, I found myself thinking of the game non-stop as its dark, quirky, but appealing card images flooded through my mind. All I can think of is: Let's have another round.
The first thing that came to my mind was how beautiful the game is. As I glanced through the cards (while sleeving them), I can't help but think about the amazing stories each card holds. It is also extremely abstract - images that you would almost never other than in a contemporary museum, or an abstract artist's home. The colors are rich and vibrant. You could almost stare at it and enjoy every little detail the artist has put in, and time would just pass by quietly without you noticing. Even the box insert looks wonderful, with the beautiful numbered track and the bunny pawns to indicate your scores.
Do you like storytelling? Have you ever taken a composition class where all you are given is an unfinished line like this: "You're walking down the street when you see a rabbit walking on two legs..." and you're asked to finish a two page essay within 50 minutes? I felt like that as I was playing the game, and it was simply amazing! What you do on each turn is you are being dealt 6 random cards and a set of number tokens equal to the number of players. The one who will start the round, called the storyteller, will pick one card from his or her hand, and with it, think of something that implies the story in that card. After that, every other player will look at their hand, pick a card that best represents that storyline and hand it to the storyteller, who will then shuffle all the collected cards including his, and then lay them flat on the table. Everyone then have a chance to guess which card belongs to the storyteller. Now, here's the catch: the storyteller has to tell a story that represents the card close enough, but not directly. If the storyteller had said something that literally represents the image on his card, then everyone will choose the correct card. In that case, he will not get any points. If he had said something that's too difficult for the other players to guess, then no one will be able to choose his card and he will get no points either. The game ends when the last card has been played.
I believe it's everyone from young to old, but that depends on your taste in games. In my gaming group, everyone loved it. Even players who did not like English classes loved the game. Can it be played many times? It can. But there's a limit to how many times it can be played back to back. After 2 games, we all found ourselves burned out due to the lack of good phrases or words to describe the cards. However, after a good night sleep (or a few hours away from the game), I believe we are ready to play it again. And while you're resting, your mind will eventually wander to the beautiful artwork on the Dixit cards that you played not too long ago. You will find yourself thinking of what phrases you would have used if you drew those cards again.
Conclusion
I really like the game, so much that I ordered expansions for it that night. Dixit 2 adds 84 more cards, and Dixit: Odyssey not only adds another 84 cards, but allows up to 12 players to join in. I believe it will make the game really shine. More cards are always better for board games, and in this case, it is truly so. As I am typing, I cannot help but want to finish it up and play another round of Dixit. It is that good.
Overall: A
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