Semantica
2021
BGG Average Rating
4.0
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Players
2-8
Weight
N/A
Playtime
30 min
Age
8+
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📖 About This Game
A fast and fun language party game for everyone: combine words from the same field or make new and original connections.
Who is left with no cards in hand?
To understand how it works, you need to analyze how a card is built. Each of them, except for special cases, shows a colored (main) word and its hyphenation in the center. At the top, in the corners, a syllable that forms the word, while at the bottom, smaller, another (secondary) word of another color. The colors of the words depend on their category.
Each player receives 10 cards which he keeps face up in front of him, while the draw pile and discard pile are on the appropriate board. Jokers are split equally between each player. The aim is to run out of cards first by trying to add cards to the discard pile.
To discard a card from your hand, the color of the main word must be the same as that of the last card in the discard pile. It can also be the same as the smallest word at the bottom (secondary), but in this case the link between the main and secondary words must be explained. Or the card you want to play has the same syllable as the last of the discards. If you play a Joker, you can create a word using the syllables of your cards with that of the discarded ones. If you fail, you have to fish.