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2015 Ranked #305

Monikers

A three-round party game where shared memory turns simple names into running jokes and wild performances.

Party Games Humor Communication Limits Acting Team-Based Game

Players

4-16

Play time

30-60 min

Age

17+

Complexity

1.09/5

Rating

7.75

Easier to teach Highly interactive Light strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 4.9/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 5.0/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.6/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 1.4/5

Light strategy

Player control 3.5/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 5 min
Teach time About 4 min
Table footprint Compact
Campaign commitment No campaign
Recommended edition Monikers – English refreshed edition (2025)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Give increasingly restricted clues for the same names across three loud, fast, and very funny team rounds.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Build a shared deck of names, split into teams, and play those same cards three times. In round one you can say almost anything; in round two every clue is limited to one word; in round three you must act it out. Familiarity compounds across the rounds, turning obscure names and private jokes into frantic callbacks. The refreshed standalone edition contains 440 cards.

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Monikers – English refreshed edition (2025) 2025 English CMYK / US
Monikers – English edition (2023) 2023 English CMYK
Monikers – English edition (2021) 2021 English CMYK
Monikers – English edition (2019) 2019 English Palm Court
Monikers – English edition (2018) 2018 English Palm Court
Monikers – English edition (2017) 2017 English Palm Court
Monikers – English edition (2016) 2016 English Palm Court
Monikers – English Kickstarter edition (2014) 2014 English Palm Court

Game and edition data

All specifications (28)

Play and group

Players
4–16
Play time
30–60 min
Age
17+
Complexity
1.1/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source
Downtime
Low Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 5 min Source
Teach time
About 4 min Source
Teardown time
About 4 min Source
Table footprint
Compact Source

Campaign and continuity

Campaign commitment
No campaign Source
Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
None; the same selected names carry through all three rounds of one session. Source
Scenarios
0.0000 scenarios Source
Consumable components
None; the cards are fully reusable. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
The refreshed standalone edition contains 440 cards and uses three escalating clue rounds: anything, one word, then charades. Source
Recommended edition
Monikers – English refreshed edition (2025) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Revised Source
Current edition
Yes Source
Box weight
780 g Source
Box dimensions
15.0 × 10.0 × 6.5 cm Source
Consumable components
None. Source
Compatibility
Refreshed 440 Card English Standalone Edition; Dimensions And Weight Are Estimated From The Prior Format. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Alex Hague Justin Vickers

Artists

3
Cécile Gariépy Alex Hague SMLXL

Writers

3
Sophie Abromowitz Alex Hague Justin Vickers

Publishers

2
CMYK Palm Court