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Lapsus

Lapsus is a cooperative word card game. In every round, every player, except the interpreter, receives a secret theme card and 8 syllable cards. Then, they must use their syllable cards to form a word related with the secret theme card they have. After one minute, all theme cards...

Players

2-8

Time

15-20

Age

8+

Weight

1

Rating

7.67

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

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.1

Scales well

Strategy 4.7

Deep strategy

Control 3.0

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

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

Replay value

Lapsus offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, multiple paths to victory, and variable setups. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value, providing new content and gameplay elements. The game also offers deep strategic possibilities and allows players to improve their strategies over time. The scalability is good, adapting well to different player counts without compromising its appeal or balance. While it may take some time to learn, the game offers a decent balance between easiness and depth. Overall, Lapsus has a strong replayability score of 7.79.

Luck profile

Lapsus 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, luck still plays a significant role in the game. Overall, the game has a balanced mix of luck and strategy.

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Lapsus is a cooperative word card game. In every round, every player, except the interpreter, receives a secret theme card and 8 syllable cards. Then, they must use their syllable cards to form a word related with the secret theme card they have. After one minute, all theme cards used by players are shuffled, now it's time for the interpreter to draw one by one the theme cards and assign them to the players based on the concepts they formed, one card to one single player. Once the interpreter has finished, players should check how many cards the interpreter has assigned to the right player and score based on this. For next round, the player situated on the right of the interpreter in the next interpreter. There is also a competitive variant of the game. —description from the publisher

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Designers

1
Eugeni Castaño

Artists

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Lorena Gestido

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