Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Light strategy
Luck-sensitive
How it plays
How does it play?
Put on the sleep mask, identify dream images from a storm of one-word clues, and work out which hidden spirits are helping, misleading, or balancing the tale.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Hidden Roles
Players conceal team, loyalty, or identity information from one another.
Communication Limits
Rules restrict what players may say, show, or reveal while cooperating.
Role Playing
Make decisions or communicate from the perspective of an assigned character.
Storytelling
Create or extend a narrative in response to prompts or game events.
Team-Based Game
Players compete in fixed teams and coordinate toward a shared team result.
Memory
Remember previously revealed information, positions, or sequences.
Read the full game description
When I Dream is a lively hidden-role word game built around the strange logic of dreams. In each round one player becomes the Dreamer, wears the included sleep mask, and listens while the other players give rapid one-word clues to a sequence of illustrated elements. Their secret roles pull in different directions. Fairies want correct guesses, Boogeymen want mistakes, and Sandmen score best when success and failure remain balanced. A two-minute timer keeps the clues flowing and prevents the Dreamer from dwelling on any one image. After the night phase, the mask comes off and the Dreamer retells the dream as a story, earning bonus points for remembering the correctly guessed elements in sequence. Then the spirits reveal themselves, score according to their agendas, and the role of Dreamer passes on. Because every clue must obey strict communication limits, even honest help can sound suspicious, while a clever saboteur can hide among plausible associations. The 110 double-sided dream cards mix hundreds of illustrations from twenty artists, so the improvised stories are rarely alike. After everyone has dreamed once, the player with the most points wins.
