
2023Wolfgang Warsch
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. The Same Game is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
Is a microwave more important to humanity than diapers? How differently does a rocking horse move compared to a windshield wiper? And don't a pizza cutter and a unicycle look similar in some way? Your goal in The Same Game is to help your fellow players avoid falling into a trap. To set up, choose a difficulty level (1-4), then randomly choose the 6-9 category cards (e.g., length, material, price, movement, duration of use, etc.) and lay them on the table. Each player secretly draws a number tile from the bag - from 1 up to the number of categories - returns this tile to the bag, then writes this number on their player board. (More than one player might have this number.) Finally, place a number tile next to each category and deal each player a face-down object card. After looking at your object card, think of an object that's as similar to your card as possible in your trap category, that is, the category next to the number you wrote down. If your trap category is price, for example, you want to write down an object that costs the same as the object on your card, but is as different as possible in every other way. Players then take turns being the active player. When you're active, you reveal your object card and written word...then say and do nothing. Everyone else then discusses which categories to reveal one by one. The more categories they reveal without hitting your trap category, the more the team scores! After everyone has been active player once (or twice with 3-4 players), the game ends. How well did you score as a team?
The Same Game has 21 videos from 19 creators: 7 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 4 playthroughs, 3 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2023 to July 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "The Same Game | How to Play | Learn to Play in 6 Minutes!" by kovray, which runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "The Same Game Live Play" by The Dice Tower. 7 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "The Same Game - GameNight! Se11 Ep56 - How to Play and Playthrough" by BoardGameGeek, one of 4 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Quacks, The Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Duel, Quacks & Co.: Quedlinburg Dash and The Taverns of Tiefenthal, also by Wolfgang Warsch. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2023.
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2024Wolfgang Warsch
2 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
2022Wolfgang Warsch
2 - 4 players25 minLight weight
2019Wolfgang Warsch
2 - 4 players60 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Is a microwave more important to humanity than diapers? How differently does a rocking horse move compared to a windshield wiper? And don't a pizza cutter and a unicycle look similar in some way? Your goal in The Same Game is to help your fellow players avoid falling into a trap. To set up, choose a difficulty level (1-4), then randomly choose the 6-9 category cards (e.g., length, material, price, movement, duration of use, etc.) and lay them on the table. Each player secretly draws a number tile from the bag - from 1 up to the number of categories - returns this tile to the bag, then writes this number on their player board. (More than one player might have this number.) Finally, place a number tile next to each category and deal each player a face-down object card. After looking at your object card, think of an object that's as similar to your card as possible in your trap category, that is, the category next to the number you wrote down. If your trap category is price, for example, you want to write down an object that costs the same as the object on your card, but is as different as possible in every other way. Players then take turns being the active player. When you're active, you reveal your object card and written word...then say and do nothing. Everyone else then discusses which categories to reveal one by one. The more categories they reveal without hitting your trap category, the more the team scores! After everyone has been active player once (or twice with 3-4 players), the game ends. How well did you score as a team?
Designer
Wolfgang Warsch
Artist
Christian Schupp
Publisher
Edition Spielwiese
Categories
Mechanics