Illusion (game)

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illusion
Game situation with illusion with correct row
Game situation with illusion with correct row
Game data
author Wolfgang Warsch
graphic Oliver Freudenreich , Sandra Freudenreich
publishing company Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag
Publishing year 2018
Art Card game
Teammates 2-5
Duration 15 minutes
Age from 8 years

Awards

Illusion with the subtitle “How much color do you really see?” Is a card game by Wolfgang Warsch that was published in 2018 by Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag .

Style of play

It is a guessing game in which players have to sort cards according to the proportion of a certain color in printed, differently complex patterns. This is not always easy with the naked eye, since the colored areas have very different shapes, overlap or are distributed in patterns on the card. With each move, a player has the choice of whether to sort the current card into a growing row or to question its correct sequence. In this case, an evaluation is carried out to determine whether the doubter was right or not. The actual proportion of the four colors red, blue, yellow and green is given in percentages on the back of the color cards. The game consists of 12 colored arrow cards and 96 colored cards with patterns.

Game flow

Before the game, the shuffled color cards are placed on a pile with the colored pattern facing up, while the arrow cards are placed with the face down. At the start, the top arrow card is placed face up on the table. The color of the arrow determines the color by which the sample cards are to be sorted. The top sample card is placed next to the arrow and serves as the starting point for the future row of cards.

The first player drawn draws a sample card and places it either to the left or right of the first sample card - depending on whether the color indicated by the arrow on the card has a larger (right) or smaller (left) portion. The next player now decides whether he considers the sequence of the previous series to be plausible or whether he suspects an error in the sequence at any point. In the first case he takes a sample card and sorts it in the row according to the proportion of the current color. This ends the turn and it is the next player's turn.

If he doubts the row, however, its sorting is completely checked by turning the cards over and comparing the printed percentages. A continuously ascending order from left to right is considered to be “correct”, whereby cards with exactly the same color proportions may lie next to each other. A justified doubt leads to the doubter being allowed to take the current arrow card. In the event of an unjustified doubt, however, the previous player receives the arrow card. This ends a game round, the sample cards are set aside and the next round begins with a new arrow card, which shows the next color.

The first player to collect three arrow cards wins. Alternatively, you can play twelve rounds and then count the arrow cards.

reception

Brettspielbox draws a comparison to the game Anno Domini , in which events have to be put in a historical order, certifies the game "a pleasant arc of suspense" and praises the fast pace of the process. Mikes Gaming Net writes “Sometimes you have blotches, sometimes circles, but then also lines, letters, etc. With this variety of cards you never get bored. (...) For everyone who likes to appreciate, a great game, for everyone else definitely worth a look ”.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Christoph Post: Illusion. In: board game box. February 27, 2018, accessed March 8, 2018 .
  2. ↑ How to play "Illusion"
  3. Mike's Gaming Net - Card Game: Illusion. Accessed March 8, 2018 (German).