Table feel
Moderate level of direct and strategic confrontation with high interaction frequency, but low emphasis on cooperation.
Ostrakon
Players
5-12
Time
?-?
Age
10+
Weight
1.43
Rating
5.84
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
3.5
More strategic control
Replay value
Ostrakon has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, impactful expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and adaptability to different player counts. It offers fresh experiences each time it is played and allows players to discover new tactics and strategies. The game's player interaction score is average, and it has a moderate learning curve.
Luck profile
Ostrakon has a moderate level of luck involved in the game. Random elements, such as dice rolls or card draws, have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role. Ostrakon falls in the same category as games like Terra Mystica and Scythe, where player strategy is the primary factor in determining the outcome.
Overview
Is there life in outer space or not? Baseball or basketball? To be or to have? Chicken or beef? The real speaker knows how to charm the audience with the greatest dilemma, predicting the opinions thanks to a supernatural intuition... or a more practical cheating technique! In Ostrakon, you take the role of a Greek philosopher, posing questions on assigned topics with only 2 answers. The other players decide which of the two answers suits them, and the philosopher secretly votes with the side he thinks will outnumber the other. If he is correct, he scores points equal to the number of players who voted against his choice. If he is incorrect, he scores nothing. So its best to pick questions with roughly equally viable answers.
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Credits
Designers
1
Silvano Sorrentino
Artists
1
Stefano de Fazi
Publishers
2
DV Games
Mayfair Games
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