2018Ludovic Roudy, Bruno Sautter
- Videos
- 67
- Creators
- 56
3 - 7 players20 - 60 minLight weight

2024Keisei
From BoardGameGeek
People with different knowledge and languages met and united as a new tribe, creating a new language and developing civilization. Gibberers: Invention of Language and Civilization is a word game akin to field linguistics. In the game, players become primitive humans who meet aliens and create a new language that allows them to communicate. As the vocabulary grows and generations pass, the new language evolves like a tech tree. Communication limits mean players will be limited to only the new language during most of the game. During Generation Zero, players construction their language using cave painting postcards and with one player acting as Mentor. Once the basic language has been created, players play for 7 rounds over 3 generations. At then end of the 7th round, the team wins or loses depending of if they can guess the final word in their new language. The "expert" game increases to 15 rounds over 5 generations and also increases the communication limits during all generations. Points are assigned based on the number and types of development tokens.
エスペライゼーション (Gibberers: The Word Game of Language Invention and Civilization Development) has 4 videos from 4 creators: 1 review, 2 how-to-play guides and 1 unboxing. They date from 2024 to May 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Gibberers - How to Play. A fun Japanese board game about creating a new language." by Meeple University, which runs 16 min. For a quicker teach, "Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - HOBBY JAPAN CO , LTD" by 보드라이브 BoardLiveGame runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Tim's Game Den | Gibberers | Hidden Gems #4" by Tim's Game Den.
If you like it, try Just One, Hues and Cues, Letter Jam or Perspectives, which share several of its mechanics.
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2018Ludovic Roudy, Bruno Sautter
3 - 7 players20 - 60 minLight weight
2023Matthew Dunstan, Dave Neale
2 - 6 players60 - 90 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
People with different knowledge and languages met and united as a new tribe, creating a new language and developing civilization. Gibberers: Invention of Language and Civilization is a word game akin to field linguistics. In the game, players become primitive humans who meet aliens and create a new language that allows them to communicate. As the vocabulary grows and generations pass, the new language evolves like a tech tree. Communication limits mean players will be limited to only the new language during most of the game. During Generation Zero, players construction their language using cave painting postcards and with one player acting as Mentor. Once the basic language has been created, players play for 7 rounds over 3 generations. At then end of the 7th round, the team wins or loses depending of if they can guess the final word in their new language. The "expert" game increases to 15 rounds over 5 generations and also increases the communication limits during all generations. Points are assigned based on the number and types of development tokens.
Designer
Keisei
Artist
TANSAN Inc.
Publisher
Hobby Japan
Categories
Mechanics