Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Light strategy
Luck-sensitive
How it plays
How does it play?
Trace a secret prompt using only the tangled lines on your board, then cooperate to eliminate decoys and identify every drawing.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Mind the Lines is a cooperative party game that makes drawing skill almost irrelevant. Each player receives a dry-erase board covered in a chaotic web of lines, a marker, and a secret prompt. You must reveal the prompt by tracing only the lines already printed on your board—no freehand rescue strokes allowed. When the sketches are ready, the original prompt cards are mixed with decoys and displayed for the group. Players take turns removing a card they believe nobody drew, hoping that only the true prompts remain. Every wrong elimination counts as a mistake, and after four rounds the group wins by staying below its allowed error total. Two difficulty levels keep the word deck flexible, while the differing line boards make even familiar ideas feel new. The English Ravensburger edition supports two to six players and tightens the cooperative challenge for family and party play.