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Get the MacGuffin

#241245BGG ↗

2018 · 2-11 players · 10min · weight 1.17 · 490 ratings

v2 v3

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ID
241245
Name
Get the MacGuffin
Year
2018
Rank
28739
Min players
2
Max players
11
Playing time
10
Min playtime
5
Max playtime
10
Avg weight
1.1667
Num weights
12
Bayes avg
5.48134
Average
5.46424
Users rated
490
Num owned
1073
Wanting
5
Wishing
94
Num comments
145
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Hand ManagementPlayer Elimination
Categories (2)
Card GameDeduction
Description (934 chars)

As popularized by Alfred Hitchcock, the "MacGuffin" is the thing that everyone wants and is trying to get. Examples include the Holy Grail, the Maltese Falcon, and the briefcase in the movie Pulp Fiction. The game Get the MacGuffin is a quick and humorous deduction game involving hand management and player elimination. The goal is to be the last player with cards. The player with the MacGuffin card will frequently win the game, but holding onto that card can prove quite difficult! Also, because there are 23 cards in the deck and players are always dealt an equal number of cards, there will always be some cards that are not in play. Figuring out which cards are missing is part of the strategy! Who has the MacGuffin? Will the Assassin take out The Crown? What did the Garbage Collector find in the trash? What will The Thief steal, and from whom? To the shrewd, all may become known, but sometimes all you can do is Shrug.

LLM v2 (wide)

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