Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Genius Rules is played with a deck of cards depicting historical thinkers categorized as thinkers, artists and leaders. For each game there is a "secret rule" known only to the moderator.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Genius Rules is played with a deck of cards depicting historical thinkers categorized as thinkers, artists and leaders. For each game there is a "secret rule" known only to the moderator. The other players attempt to position the cards in accordance with their best guess of the "secret rule" that governs the pattern of placement. The moderator allows them to continue when correct, but stops play and corrects their moves when incorrect. The objective of the other players is to be the first to correctly guess the Secret Rule. There is also strategy for the moderator in terms of giving out information as incompletely as he/she can.