"Give a Clue, Get a Clue" Mechanic in Board Games
"Give a clue, Get a clue" is a game mechanic found in cooperative board games where players exchange hints to achieve a common goal. The mechanic relies on players' ability to deduce and interpret the provided clues to progress in the game.
Purpose
The primary goal of this mechanic is to foster collaboration, encourage communication, and engage players in problem-solving as a team.
Function
- Clue-Giving: Players deliver clues subject to specific rules (e.g., limited vocabulary, single-word hints, or gestures).
- Receiving Clues: Players receive those clues and use them to deduce the correct course of action.
Games Using "Give a Clue, Get a Clue"
- Codenames: Players give single-word hints that can point to multiple words on the board.
- Hanabi: Players give limited information about the other players' held cards, allowing them to play the cards in the correct order.
This mechanic enriches gameplay by emphasizing strategic communication and trust among players.
Give a clue, Get a clue games published by Hobby Japan
Give a clue, Get a clue games published by Hobby World
Party Game with Give a clue, Get a clue
Words of a Feather is a party game with a unique focus on presentation and table presence. Players reveal words from the general supply and add their own words to the mix. All players try to write down matching words based on the clues provided. Players...
Words of a Feather
$34.99
$24.99
The Game Where Minds Think AlikeEach round in Blank Slate, pick one of the 250+ word cue cards (which have 500+ total cues) and reveal it. Each player then writes the word they think best completes the phrase, trying to exactly match another player's...
Blank Slate
$24.95
$11.00
Give a clue, Get a clue games designed by Oleg Sidorenko
Mysterium
-55%
$77.74
$34.99
Will you dare to cross the threshold of the haunted Mysterium Manor?In this asymmetric cooperative game, one player adopts the role of the ghost and others play as psychics. All players share the same goal of shedding light on the strange circumstances...
mostly positive, 73%
10 y/o +
2 to 7 players
42 minutes
Relaxed
Party Game
Horror
Fantasy
Give a clue, Get a clue
Variable Player Powers
Timed
Storytelling
Cooperative Game with Give a clue, Get a clue
Give a clue, Get a clue games designed by Scott Brady
Hues & Cues
-28%
$24.99
$18.00
A Vibrant Game of Colorful Communication!A family game for 3-10 players that challenges your ability to make connections to colors with words!Using only one and two-word cues, try to get your friends to guess a specific color from the 480 on the game...
mixed, 66%
8 y/o +
3 to 10 players
30 minutes
Light
Party Game
Turn Order: Progressive
Give a clue, Get a clue
Targeted Clues
Score-and-Reset Game
Give a clue, Get a clue and Deduction games
Give a clue, Get a clue games published by Boardgame Space
The two rival spymasters know the secret identities of 25 agents. Their teammates know the agents only by their Codenames.The teams compete to see who can make contact with all of their agents first. Spymasters give one-word clues that can point to ...
Codenames
$24.99
$19.94
There is an old saying that every picture tells a story. Live the truth of that saying in the game Dixit, in which lovingly crafted pictures shape stories that you tell. Winner of the 2010 Spiel des Jahres award for Game of the Year, Dixit can be played...
Dixit (2nd Edition)
$39.95
$15.30