2019Martino Chiacchiera, Hjalmar Hach, Pierluca Zizzi
- Videos
- 94
- Creators
- 51
2 - 8 players10 - 15 minLight weight

2024Hjalmar Hach, Lorenzo Silva
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.
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 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.
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2019Martino Chiacchiera, Hjalmar Hach, Pierluca Zizzi
2 - 8 players10 - 15 minLight weight
2017Hjalmar Hach
2 - 4 players30 - 60 minMedium weight
2017Hjalmar Hach, Luca Ricci, Lorenzo Silva
1 - 4 players30 - 45 minMedium weight
2019Hjalmar Hach, Lorenzo Silva
3 - 5 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
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
Mechanics