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Spotlight

Spotlight

2024·Hjalmar Hach, Lorenzo Silva

Videos
13
Creators
11

Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Spotlight is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 6 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 2 unboxings, and 1 other video.

1 - 5 players
15 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

From BoardGameGeek

Spotlight is a co-operative hidden object game in which you and your friends search with your trusty flashlight for wacky characters and items hidden in dark places brimming with absurd things. Your goal is to find as many as possible to advance your pawns on the track and cross the finish line, without any player being reached by the Moon pawn that is chasing you. The game is played over five rounds. Each player has a different board composed of a transparent layer on top, depicting a different part of the game scene, and a black cardboard background, that makes everything dark and difficult to see. At the beginning of each round, the hidden picture to search is determined by looking at the card on top of the deck. When everybody is ready, players start looking for the hidden picture on their board with their "magic" flashlight, which can illuminate the board thanks to its white spot. When the sand timer runs out, players must stop searching, put down their flashlights, and set their dial on the number of hidden picture they think they have found. Then, they reveal the back side of the hidden picture card, which shows how many it was actually possible to find. The more you found, the more your pawn advances on the track...but beware, the Moon pawn will advance, too! If the Moon overtakes any player's pawn, you can spend a rush token to get them back in front of the Moon, but if you lack rush tokens, the game is over and you all lose! If all players cross the finish line without being caught by the Moon, you all win! -description from the publisher

Spotlight

Watch first

Learn to play

All the Games with Steph: Spotlight25:26

All the Games with Steph: Spotlight

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Review

Spotlight Review with Tom Vasel3:57

Spotlight Review with Tom Vasel

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Which Spotlight video should I watch?

Spotlight has 13 videos from 11 creators: 6 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 2 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2024 to February 2025.

To learn the rules, start with "All the Games with Steph: Spotlight" by Steph Hodge, which runs 25 min. For a quicker teach, "Spotlight (Horrible Guild) / Essen 2024" by cliquenabend runs 5 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Spotlight Review with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower. 5 creators have reviewed it.

If you like it, try Similo, Photosynthesis, Dragon Castle and The King's Dilemma, also by Hjalmar Hach. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2024.

All videos

2024 Children's Game of the Year - Spotlight!Review0:44

2024 Children's Game of the Year - Spotlight!

Little Big Thumbs

Little Big Thumbs

Luminus - Recensioni Minute [692]Review6:11

Luminus - Recensioni Minute [692]

Recensioni Minute

Recensioni Minute

Use a magic flashlight to find hidden pictures - Spotlight | Children's Game OverviewReview3:22

Use a magic flashlight to find hidden pictures - Spotlight | Children's Game Overview

Board Game Blitz

Board Game Blitz

Spotlight (Horrible Guild) / Essen 2024How to play5:10

Spotlight (Horrible Guild) / Essen 2024

cliquenabend

cliquenabend

Luminus Partita Completa in modalità impossibile al "Dov'è Wally" del gioco da tavoloHow to play19:12

Luminus Partita Completa in modalità impossibile al "Dov'è Wally" del gioco da tavolo

Gioca Giullari

Gioca Giullari

Luminus mi ha lasciato senza parole. Davvero geniale!Unboxing7:30

Luminus mi ha lasciato senza parole. Davvero geniale!

Gioca Giullari

Gioca Giullari

One of the best children's games we've played all year!Review1:00

One of the best children's games we've played all year!

Little Big Thumbs

Little Big Thumbs

Survol et avis en quelques minutesReview7:10

Survol et avis en quelques minutes

Au Paradis du Jeu

Au Paradis du Jeu

Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - Horrible GuildHow to play19:45

Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - Horrible Guild

보드라이브 BoardLiveGame

보드라이브 BoardLiveGame

Spotlight Board Game UnboxingUnboxing8:40

Spotlight Board Game Unboxing

Gaming Top-Down

Gaming Top-Down

Spotlight Review with Tom VaselReview3:57

Spotlight Review with Tom Vasel

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

All the Games with Steph: SpotlightHow to play25:26

All the Games with Steph: Spotlight

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

All the Games with Steph: Spotlight25:26

All the Games with Steph: Spotlight

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Luminus Partita Completa in modalità impossibile al "Dov'è Wally" del gioco da tavolo19:12

Luminus Partita Completa in modalità impossibile al "Dov'è Wally" del gioco da tavolo

Gioca Giullari

Gioca Giullari

Spotlight (Horrible Guild) / Essen 20245:10

Spotlight (Horrible Guild) / Essen 2024

cliquenabend

cliquenabend

Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - Horrible Guild19:45

Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - Horrible Guild

보드라이브 BoardLiveGame

보드라이브 BoardLiveGame

Spotlight Review with Tom Vasel3:57

Spotlight Review with Tom Vasel

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

One of the best children's games we've played all year!1:00

One of the best children's games we've played all year!

Little Big Thumbs

Little Big Thumbs

Use a magic flashlight to find hidden pictures - Spotlight | Children's Game Overview3:22

Use a magic flashlight to find hidden pictures - Spotlight | Children's Game Overview

Board Game Blitz

Board Game Blitz

Survol et avis en quelques minutes7:10

Survol et avis en quelques minutes

Au Paradis du Jeu

Au Paradis du Jeu

Luminus - Recensioni Minute [692]6:11

Luminus - Recensioni Minute [692]

Recensioni Minute

Recensioni Minute

2024 Children's Game of the Year - Spotlight!0:44

2024 Children's Game of the Year - Spotlight!

Little Big Thumbs

Little Big Thumbs

Luminus mi ha lasciato senza parole. Davvero geniale!7:30

Luminus mi ha lasciato senza parole. Davvero geniale!

Gioca Giullari

Gioca Giullari

Spotlight Board Game Unboxing8:40

Spotlight Board Game Unboxing

Gaming Top-Down

Gaming Top-Down

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Creators who cover this

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Gioca Giullari
Gioca Giullari
2 videos of this game
Little Big Thumbs
Little Big Thumbs
2 videos of this game
Au Paradis du Jeu
Au Paradis du Jeu
1 video of this game
Board Game Blitz
Board Game Blitz
1 video of this game
cliquenabend
cliquenabend
1 video of this game
Gaming Top-Down
Gaming Top-Down
1 video of this game
Horrible Guild
Horrible Guild
1 video of this game
Recensioni Minute
Recensioni Minute
1 video of this game

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About Spotlight

From BoardGameGeek:

Spotlight is a co-operative hidden object game in which you and your friends search with your trusty flashlight for wacky characters and items hidden in dark places brimming with absurd things. Your goal is to find as many as possible to advance your pawns on the track and cross the finish line, without any player being reached by the Moon pawn that is chasing you. The game is played over five rounds. Each player has a different board composed of a transparent layer on top, depicting a different part of the game scene, and a black cardboard background, that makes everything dark and difficult to see. At the beginning of each round, the hidden picture to search is determined by looking at the card on top of the deck. When everybody is ready, players start looking for the hidden picture on their board with their "magic" flashlight, which can illuminate the board thanks to its white spot. When the sand timer runs out, players must stop searching, put down their flashlights, and set their dial on the number of hidden picture they think they have found. Then, they reveal the back side of the hidden picture card, which shows how many it was actually possible to find. The more you found, the more your pawn advances on the track...but beware, the Moon pawn will advance, too! If the Moon overtakes any player's pawn, you can spend a rush token to get them back in front of the Moon, but if you lack rush tokens, the game is over and you all lose! If all players cross the finish line without being caught by the Moon, you all win! -description from the publisher

Designers

Hjalmar Hach, Lorenzo Silva

Artist

Giulia Ghigini

Publisher

Horrible Guild

Categories

Children's GameParty Game

Mechanics

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