Dixit Game

Dixit
Designer(s)Jean-Louis Roubira
Publisher(s)Libellud
Publication date2008; 13 years ago
Players3 to 6
Playing time30 minutes
Websitewww.libellud.com

‘Dixit’ is a game with light rules that nonetheless manages to tap deep aspects of social cognition. If you are a person who revels in acts of interpretation, who enjoys reading people as much as exploring layers of subtext in literature and the visual arts, then chances are you will appreciate the unique invitation that ‘Dixit’ represents. How to play Dixit, designed by Jean-Louis RoubiraFor an alphabetical list of my videos: http://bit.ly/2vlymozhttps://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39856/d.

Dixit Game

Dixit (Latin: dixit, Latin pronunciation: [ˈdiːksitə], 'he/she/it said'), is a French card game created by Jean-Louis Roubira, illustrated by Marie Cardouat, and published by Libellud. Using a deck of cards illustrated with dreamlike images, players select cards that match a title suggested by the 'storyteller', and attempt to guess which card the 'storyteller' selected. The game was introduced in 2008. Dixit won the 2010 Spiel des Jahres award.[1]

The game's title is the Latin word for 'he/she/it said'.

Gameplay[edit]

Dixit Game Review

A game of Dixit in progress. Six cards have been dealt out and voted on, and the storyteller is indicating which story belonged to them. To the right, scores are tracked by rabbit-shaped tokens on a scoring track.

Each player starts the game with six random cards. Players then take turns being the storyteller. The player whose turn it is to be storyteller looks at the six images in his or her hand. From one of these, he or she makes up a sentence or phrase that might describe it and says it out loud (without showing the card to the other players).

Each other player then selects from among their own six cards the one that best matches the sentence given by the storyteller. Then, each player gives their selected card to the storyteller, without showing it to the others. The storyteller shuffles his or her chosen card with the cards received from the other players, and all cards are then dealt face up. The players (except for the storyteller) then secretly guess which picture was the storyteller's, using numbered voting chips.

Scoring[edit]

Scoring according to Dixit revised rules

Dixit Game Review

The original rules were revised after publication.[2]

Dixit Game Rules

If all players find the storyteller's card

  • Storyteller: 0 points
  • Other players: 2 points

If no players find the storyteller's card

  • Storyteller: 0 points
  • Other players: 2 points (+1 bonus point per vote for his/her card)

If at least 1 player, but not all players have found the storyteller's card

  • Storyteller: 3 points
  • Players who found the card: 3 points (+1 bonus point per vote for his/her card)
  • Other players: 0 points (+1 bonus point per vote for his/her card)
    • In the original rules, players who did not find the storyteller's card were ineligible for bonus points. In the revised rules, the other players receive +1 bonus point per vote for his/her card.

In the original rules, the winner is the first player to reach 30 points. In the revised rules, the winner is the player with the most points when the last card is drawn.

Other editions[edit]

An iOS app for Dixit was released in 2011.[3]

Dixit has several expansion packs including:[4]

  • Dixit Odyssey (standalone game for 12 players[5])
  • Dixit Odyssey (expansion for Dixit. Not to be confused with standalone)
  • Dixit Classic (the first Dixit game)
  • Dixit 2 Quest
  • Dixit 3 Journey
  • Dixit 4 Origins
  • Dixit 5 Daydreams
  • Dixit 6 Memories
  • Dixit 7 Revelations
  • Dixit 8 Harmonies
  • Dixit 9 - 10th Anniversary
  • Dixit 10 Mirrors

Reception[edit]

Dixit has received highly positive reviews and over 30 awards and nominations.[6] BGL described it as a card game that 'allows creativity and imagination to run riot',[7] while Shut Up & Sit Down referred to it 'one of those very special game ideas that makes the most of the human brain while also keeping its rules to a minimum'.[8] Father Geek noted that Dixit is 'one of those rare games that can be played with a mixed age and skill group with little to no difficulty'.[9] The Dixit expansions have also been well received by critics.[10]

Awards[edit]

Jean-Louis Roubira, designer of the game Dixit.
  • 2009 As d'Or – Jeu de l'Année Winner[11]
  • 2009 Juego del Año Winner[12]
  • 2009 Lys Grand Public Winner[13]
  • 2010 Games Magazine Best New Party Game of the Year Award Winner[14]
  • 2010 Spiel Des Jahres Winner[15]
  • 2010 Vuoden Peli Family Game of the Year Winner[16]
  • 2010 Hungarian Board Game Award Winner[17]
  • 2010 Hra roku Winner[18]
  • 2011 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection Winner[19]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^Godbolt, Nickolas (2014-10-05). A Beginners Guide to Dixit (Volume 1). MicJames. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
  2. ^'Official Dixit Board Game Rules'. officialgamerules.
  3. ^'iDixit on the App Store on iTunes'. Itunes.apple.com. 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  4. ^List of Libellud's games Retrieved 2019-11-22
  5. ^Dixit Odyssey Retrieved 2019-11-22
  6. ^'Dixit'. BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  7. ^'Best Party Board Games (Reviewed Feb 19.) - BGL's Top 10'. Board Games Land. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  8. ^'Review: Dixit'. Shut Up & Sit Down. 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  9. ^Cyrus (2011-03-10). 'Dixit Game Review'. Father Geek. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  10. ^'Dixit expansions reviewed'. Board Game Theories. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  11. ^2009 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année WinnersArchived April 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^'Premio JdA 2009: Dixit – Premio JdA'.
  13. ^'2009 Les Trois Lys Award Winners'. Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  14. ^2010 Games Magazine Award WinnersArchived 2015-12-20 at WebCite
  15. ^'Spiel des Jahres e.V. -'. www.spiel-des-jahres.com.
  16. ^'Top 10 (2010)'. Lautapelit.fi. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  17. ^'Hungarian Board Game Award 2010 RPGGeek'. rpggeek.com. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  18. ^'Hra roku'. www.hraroku.cz. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  19. ^'Ludoteca ideale 2011'. hobbygiochi.com. Retrieved 2019-02-01.

External links[edit]

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Dixit Game Expansion

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Dixit Game Instructions

Dixit is an enchanting game which summons your imagination. Discover 84 dreamlike illustrations on big cards and interpret them.
A storyteller chooses one card of its hand of cards and proposes an accurate theme. Other players use this theme to select a card from their hand which inspires them. All the cards are shuffled and revealed. Players must find the teller’s card. To score points, the theme must be neither too simple or too complex.

Designer: Jean-Louis Roubira
Artist: Marie Cardouat

Release: December 2008

The next expansion of Dixit will be released in November 2020.