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Platypus

Acid? Dangerous? Annoying? A car saleswoman! Edible? Quick? Flexible? Captain America - or an ostrich?

In Platypus, players cooperate to gradually eliminate bad words in order to find and... (read more)

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Reviews
mixed, 61% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
30 minutes
Published
2021
Age
8+
Publisher
Matagot
Players
3 to 8 players
Designer
Phil Walker-Harding
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
Party Game, Strategy Game, Children's Game, Cooperative Game, and Communication Limits
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Description

Acid? Dangerous? Annoying? A car saleswoman! Edible? Quick? Flexible? Captain America - or an ostrich?

In Platypus, players cooperate to gradually eliminate bad words in order to find and identify the "platypus" through their adjective cards.

To set up, eight common words or proper names - the "platypus" cards - are placed face up in front of all the players. The guides know the card that the explorers must guess, and to help the explorers, they give clues in the form of adjective cards that best define the platypus for them. Each guide has a hand of four clue cards, and after each new clue, the explorers must eliminate one or two cards that they think don't match what's being defined by the clues. If the explorers eliminate the platypus, then everyone loses; if they succeed four times, however, then the platypus will stand alone and everyone wins.

Contents

  • 1 Game Board
  • 1 Rulebook
  • 1 Explorer Token
  • 150 Adjective Cards
  • 120 Noun Cards
  • 8 Number Cards

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Game's Categories

Genres

  • Cooperative Game
  • Strategy Game
  • Children's Game
  • Party Game

Mechanics

  • Communication Limits
  • Deduction

Publishers

  • Matagot
  • Lavka Games
  • Lord of Boards
  • Arrakis Games
  • AURUM, Inc.

Designer

  • Phil Walker-Harding

Artists

  • Monsieur Dupont
  • Denis Hervouet

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