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Wavelength

Players

2-12

Time

30-45

Age

14+

Weight

1.12

Rating

7.29

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 1.8

Low interaction

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a mix of direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to others' actions frequently, but there is limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

Wavelength has a high variability gameboard, offering different experiences each time it is played. The expansions available are decent, adding some new content and gameplay elements. The game has deep strategic possibilities and room for players to improve their strategy over time. The player interaction score is fixed at 1.775. It scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. The game is moderately easy to learn, offering a good balance between depth and accessibility. Overall, Wavelength has a solid replayability score of 7.69.

Luck profile

Wavelength has a moderate level of randomness impact, with random elements having a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate this randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

Wavelength is a social guessing game in which two teams compete to read each other's minds. Teams take turns rotating a dial to where they think a hidden bullseye is located on a spectrum. One of the players on your team — the Psychic — knows exactly where the bullseye is, and draws a card with a pair of binaries on it (such as: Job - Career, Rough - Smooth, Fantasy - Sci-Fi, Sad Song - Happy Song, etc). The Psychic must then provide a clue that is *conceptually* where the bullseye is located between those two binaries. For example, if the card this round is HOT-COLD and the bullseye is slightly to the "cold" side of the centre, the Psychic needs to give a clue somewhere in that region. Perhaps "salad"? After the Psychic gives their clue, their team discusses where they think the bullseye is located and turns the dial to that location on that spectrum. The closer to the center of the bullseye the team guess, the more points they score!

Category

1
Party Game

Mechanism

3
Race Targeted Clues Team-Based Game

Family

2
Components: Game Box Used In Play Crowdfunding: Kickstarter

Type

1
Party

Media

Wavelength cover image

Wavelength cover image

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Credits

Designers

3
Alex Hague Justin Vickers Wolfgang Warsch

Artists

2
Sofie Hannibal Nan Na Hvass

Publishers

1
Palm Court

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