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2022 Ranked #13,663

Hunch!

Word communication game has players create, trade, and buy clues to identify hidden words for victory points. The best clue may help a rival too, so each sale demands empathy and careful pricing.

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Players

3-6

Play time

40-60 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.76

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 3.5/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Hunch! is all about words!

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Hunch! is all about words! You try to get the others to guess your secret words by cleverly using clues. But beware: you can't think up these clues yourself, you have to buy them from the others. Be creative and think of the most desirable clues! Be empathetic and buy the right clues! And in the end, have the right hunch when guessing the secret words of your fellow players. The game is played in three rounds of three phases: creating clues, selling/buying the clues, and guessing the secret words. Victory points are awarded to players who guess correctly and to the players owning the guessed words. At the end of the three rounds, whoever has the most VP wins (remaining money being the tie-breaker).

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Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
5–6
Play time
40–60 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Nomas Kurnia

Artists

1
Isabel Bollmann

Publishers

3
DMZ Games Don't Panic Games Nice Game Publishing

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