Table feel
Open Sesame has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.
Open Sesame
Players
3-5
Time
?-?
Age
10+
Weight
1.13
Rating
5.81
Fit
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
2.8
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Open Sesame has a high variability gameboard, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value. The game offers deep strategic possibilities and allows for player improvement over time. The player interaction score is average. The game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. It is moderately easy to learn, offering a good balance between depth and accessibility. Overall, Open Sesame has a strong replayability score of 7.86.
Luck profile
Open Sesame has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.
Overview
Game description from the publisher: In Open Sesame, a.k.a. Ali, players re-enact the story of "Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves" – but as a push-your-luck memory game. Each round, one player takes the role of Ali while the other players are all thieves. These thieves must repeat, in turn and without error, an ever-growing list of objects – these objects being the treasures that Ali Baba covets and wants to steal. The question for Ali is whether to stop or not before he covets too much and ends up stuck in the cave, with the treasures falling into the hands of the thieves. Variant rules allow for only two to play Open Sesame.
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Credits
Designers
2
Antoine Bauza
Corentin Lebrat
Artists
1
Stéphane Poinsot
Publishers
3
IDW Games
Libellud
Pandasaurus Games
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