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Platypus

Players

2-8

Time

?-?

Age

8+

Weight

1.13

Rating

6.40

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.8

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.4

Scales well

Strategy 4.7

Deep strategy

Control 2.8

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Platypus has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players need to frequently interact and react to each other's strategies. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Replay value

Platypus has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, impactful expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and good scalability. It offers a fresh and engaging experience each time it is played.

Luck profile

Platypus has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. While players have some ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning, luck still plays a significant role. The game outcome is a balanced mix of luck and strategy.

Overview

Acid? Dangerous? Annoying? A car saleswoman! Edible? Quick? Flexible? Captain America — or an ostrich? In Platypus, players co-operate to gradually eliminate bad words in order to find and identify the "platypus" through their adjective cards. To set up, eight common words or proper names — the "platypus" cards — are placed face up in front of all the players. The guides know the card that the explorers must guess, and to help the explorers, they give clues in the form of adjective cards that best define the platypus for them. Each guide has a hand of four clue cards, and after each new clue, the explorers must eliminate one or two cards that they think don't match what's being defined by the clues. If the explorers eliminate the platypus, then everyone loses; if they succeed four times, however, then the platypus will stand alone and everyone wins.

Category

2
Deduction Party Game

Mechanism

2
Communication Limits Cooperative Game

Family

1
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Media

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Platypus cover image

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Credits

Designers

1
Phil Walker-Harding

Artists

1
Monsieur Dupont

Publishers

1
Matagot

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