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Dixit (board Game)
''Dixit'' (, , "he/she/it said"), is a French board game created by , illustrated by Marie Cardouat, and published by . Using a set of cards illustrated with dreamlike images, players select cards that match a title suggested by the designated ''storyteller'' player, and attempt to guess which card the ''storyteller'' selected. The game was introduced in 2008. ''Dixit'' won the 2010 Spiel des Jahres award. Gameplay Each player is dealt six cards to start the game from a shuffled deck, which becomes the draw pile. For a three-player game, each player is dealt seven cards instead. Each player takes a turn as the ''storyteller''. The ''storyteller'' looks at the six cards in their hand and selects one, composing a sentence or phrase that might describe it and says it out loud, without showing the card to the other players. The ''storyteller''s goal is to provide a description that is ambiguous enough that not all other players will recognize the card, yet relevant enough that so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Cardouat
Marie Cardouat is a French illustrator, best known for illustrating the original image card deck of the game Dixit (card game), ''Dixit''. Early life and education Cardouat was born in 1981 in Finistère. She attended the École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg, School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg, and set up a small studio near Paris upon her graduation in 2006. Career Cardouat began illustrating for Editions des Correspondances, a stationery company publishing greeting cards and postcards. Having heard that Régis Bonnessée of Libellud was seeking an illustrator, she submitted a portfolio and won the commission to illustrate the cards for ''Dixit'' (2008). Since then, she has continued to illustrate games, including Marrakech (game), ''Marrakech'' (2010), ''Au Pays Des Papas'' (2010), ''Steam Park'' (2013), ''Abracada...What?'' (2014), ''...and then, we held hands'' (2015), and ''HOP!'' (2016), which she co-designed with Ludovic Maublanc. A recent game featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
