Snakesss
4-8 players | Ages 12+ | 20 minutes
Publisher: Big Potato, 2021
Art: Ben Drummond
The group has a multiple-choice question and only two minutes to work it out. The snakes amongst you already know the right answer - and they'll stop at nothing to keep you away from it. In Snakesss, you deal out the cards and try to answer a multiple-choice question with the rest of the players. The more people who get it right, the more points you cash in — unless, of course, you get one of the snake cards. All the snakes already know the answer, so their job is a bit simpler. To score points, they have to sabotage the discussion and mislead the other players.
I have been fascinated by the social deduction genre of games that has emerged over the last decade or so. In these games so much of the gameplay lies in the player’s social interactions themselves. A favourite of mine is Jun Sasaki’s A Fake Artist Goes to New York, which mashes up Werewolf and Pictionary. Bringing social deduction into an activity everyone knows was a masterstroke, so I thought I would try something similar. Another inspiration was pub trivia - and especially what I find the most fun about it - trying to convince everyone else in your team that you know the right answer!
Links
➚ Snakesss at Big Potato
➚ Snakesss at BoardGameGeek