Table feel
The Witness has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players frequently need to be aware of and react to each other's actions. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.
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Witness
Witness is set in the world of Blake and Mortimer, a Belgian comic series started in the 1940s by writer/artist Edgar P. Jacobs. In the game, which is playable strictly by four players, you each represent one of four characters and your goal is to solve mysteries or crimes by sha...
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Age
13+
Weight
1.5
Rating
7.25
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The Witness has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players frequently need to be aware of and react to each other's actions. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.8
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.5
More strategic control
Replay value
The Witness has a high variability gameboard, offering different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities and allows players to improve their strategy over time. The player interaction score is 3.8, indicating a moderate level of interaction. Witness scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. It has a moderate easiness to learn score, making it accessible to a wide range of players. Overall, Witness has a strong replayability score of 7.85, making it a game that can be enjoyed multiple times.
Luck profile
The Witness has a moderate level of luck involved in the game. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, 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.
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Witness is set in the world of Blake and Mortimer, a Belgian comic series started in the 1940s by writer/artist Edgar P. Jacobs. In the game, which is playable strictly by four players, you each represent one of four characters and your goal is to solve mysteries or crimes by sharing information with one another — but you are quite restricted in how you can share information! Witness includes 64 cases for you to solve, and each case starts with an explanatory scene or image or both that someone reads or shows to the group. Each player then looks in his personal casebook to find information available only to his character. Players randomly decide who shares information first and in which direction, e.g., player A might whisper information to player B while player C talks to player D. Next, B will share both his information and A's information to C while D talks to A. After two more rounds of the most inefficient crime-solving system ever created, players read the conclusion of the case, which might offer additional information or another visual, then they each individually answer three questions about the case, with the group scoring one point for each correct answer for a final score ranging from 0 to 12.
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Designers
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Dominique Bodin
Artists
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Edgar P. Jacobs
Publishers
2
Asmodee
Ystari Games
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