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2021 Ranked #9,919

Less Is More

A word-clue party game has one player identify a term while others describe it using as few letters as possible. The shortest understandable clue scores, turning every abbreviation into a risk between precision and brevity.

Party Game Word Game Word Games: Guess the Word

Players

3-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.5/5

Rating

6.75

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 3.9/5

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?

Each round in Less Is More one player is the guesser who tries to identify a term described by others, and those other players try to describe that terms with as few words and letters as possible.

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Each round in Less Is More one player is the guesser who tries to identify a term described by others, and those other players try to describe that terms with as few words and letters as possible. To clue "Berlin", for example, you could write "Capital Germany" or you could go with the possibly still decipherable "Cap Germ" or maybe "Cap DE". Whoever uses the fewest letters yet is understood by the guesser scores points.

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Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
4
Play time
20 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Ralf zur Linde

Artists

1
Matt Naylor

Publishers

2
Ravensburger Spin Master Ltd.

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