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2023Rosaria Battiato, Massimo Borzì, Martino Chiacchiera
- Videos
- 76
- Creators
- 58
Mostly reviews and how-to-play
1 - 4 players40 minLight weight
Similo
2019Martino Chiacchiera, Hjalmar Hach, Pierluca Zizzi
- Videos
- 95
- Creators
- 51
Mainly reviews and unboxings. Similo is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 28 reviews, 24 how-to-play guides, 10 recorded sessions, 28 unboxings, and 5 other videos.
2 - 8 players
10 - 15 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
From BoardGameGeek
Similo is a co-operative deduction game, and each version of the game - e.g., Fables, History, Myths - comes with a deck of thirty cards, beautifully illustrated by Naïade, showing the portrait and the name of a series of characters with a common theme. Your goal is to make the other players guess one secret character (out of the twelve characters on display in the middle of the table) by playing other character cards from your hand as clues, stating whether they are similar to or different from the secret character. After each turn, the other players must remove one or more characters from the table until only the right one remains and you win - or it is removed and you lose! You can play with one of the Similo sets on its own, using the cards from, say, Fables both for the characters being laid out and for the clues being given to the guessers, or you can use the cards from one set for the twelve characters on display and the cards from another set as the clues. The game is far trickier this way!
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Which Similo video should I watch?
Similo has 95 videos from 51 creators: 28 reviews, 24 how-to-play guides, 10 playthroughs, 28 unboxings and 5 other videos. They date from 2019 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Similo - How to Play | Cardboard Rhino" by Cardboard Rhino, which runs 5 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Similo Review - with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower. 22 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Similo - GameNight! Se8 Ep12 - How to Play and Playthrough" by BoardGameGeek, one of 10 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Bonsai and Witchstone, also by Martino Chiacchiera, or Photosynthesis and Dragon Castle, also by Hjalmar Hach. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2025, Spiel Essen 2024, Spiel Essen 2022 and Spiel Essen 2019.
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About Similo
From BoardGameGeek:
Similo is a co-operative deduction game, and each version of the game - e.g., Fables, History, Myths - comes with a deck of thirty cards, beautifully illustrated by Naïade, showing the portrait and the name of a series of characters with a common theme. Your goal is to make the other players guess one secret character (out of the twelve characters on display in the middle of the table) by playing other character cards from your hand as clues, stating whether they are similar to or different from the secret character. After each turn, the other players must remove one or more characters from the table until only the right one remains and you win - or it is removed and you lose! You can play with one of the Similo sets on its own, using the cards from, say, Fables both for the characters being laid out and for the clues being given to the guessers, or you can use the cards from one set for the twelve characters on display and the cards from another set as the clues. The game is far trickier this way!
Designers
Martino Chiacchiera, Hjalmar Hach, Pierluca Zizzi
Artist
Xavier Gueniffey Durin
Publisher
Horrible Guild
Mechanics