Nobjects is a party game that has one player drawing an object and the rest trying to guess what it is. The catch is that the “drawing” is only traced out on a flat surface such as a table with the player’s finger. So the others have to watch the hand movements and then try to correctly guess the object. If the guess is correct, that player gets a point, and it is their turn to draw. Players get assignments by drawing from a deck of cards, and then rolling a six-sided die, telling them which of six possibilities on the card to attempt. Making things more complicated, there are six decks of increasing difficulty, and the more points a player has earned, the higher the complexity of the object.
Designed by Ludovic Gimet, the game comes with 120 cards, a die, and a sand timer. It plays in 20 to 50 minutes, is for two to five players aged eight and up, and has an MSRP of $14.99.
Undo is a cooperative game that has players trying to change fate. The game begins with the death of a person. Players journey into that character’s past, learning who they are and what brought them to the place where they died. The goal is to try to alter the character’s path, so they live.The game features cards that allow players to jump back in time to a moment of change. By exploring clues, players unravel a mystery about what brought the deceased to their unfortunate end. Then players pick a corresponding fate card they can use to render a different decision. Not every choice is a good one, though. Depending on what card was picked players gain positive points to change things for the better, negative points that make things worse, or no points, meaning nothing changed the outcome. At the end the game, the team must have compiled enough points to undo the character’s death.
Undo is sold as three separate adventures: Undo – Cherry Blossom Festival begins in Japan in 2000; Undo – Curse from the Past takes place in Germany of 1994; and Undo – Blood in the Gutter is set in Chicago in 1929. Each adventure comes with two stop cards, five rule cards, 18 story cards, 13 clue cards, 33 decision cards, nine time jump markers, and five magnifying glass markers and retails for $14.99. Designed by Michael Palm and Lukas Zach with art by Lea Fröhlich and Lisa Lenz, each Undo game is aimed at two to six players, ages 10+ and plays in 45 minutes to two hours.
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