Monikers

Monikers is a party game based on the public domain game Celebrities, where players take turns attempting to get their teammates to guess names by describing or imitating well-known people. In the first round, clue givers can say anything they want, except for the name itself. For the second round, clue givers can only say one word. And in the final round, clue givers can’t say anything at all: they can only use gestures and charades.

{
  "game_id": 156546,
  "name": "Monikers",
  "core_verb": "give clue, guess name",
  "decision_shape": "social",
  "reward_schedule": "immediate",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Fellowship",
    "Expression",
    "Challenge"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Same deck three rounds: round 1 describe freely, round 2 one word, round 3 charades — memory creates the punchlines.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Hard",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Joy is in-room performance and shared memory of round 1; an app can serve cards (and does) but cannot replace the social act of clue-giving.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Monikers (iOS, CMYK Games)",
  "direct_digital_port_kind": "first_party",
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "escalating_constraint_rounds",
    "shared_memory_payoff",
    "card_reuse_across_rounds",
    "performance_clue_giving",
    "team_pass_timer",
    "deck_curation_by_players"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.7
}