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Communication Limits

Open
Games using
48
Median complexity
1.37
0–5
Median rating
6.23
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.760
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

Games may limit players from communicating with one another openly. These restrictions can be absolute as they relate to certain specific pieces of information, or they may restrict certain types of communication, such as speaking.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Gloomhaven#420178.303.9120m
Arkham Horror: The Card Game#3220167.893.6120m
Bomb Busters#9920247.592.030m
Concordia Venus#10520187.593.0120m
Decrypto#11720187.551.845m
Just One#15820187.441.060m
Codenames#16120157.431.315m
Codenames: Duet#27420177.231.430m
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong#28920147.221.620m
Monikers#30320157.201.160m
Mysterium#44520157.051.942m
Codenames: Pictures#50120167.001.215m
Shadows over Camelot#59220056.932.690m
Hanabi#59720106.921.725m
The Grizzled#66320156.872.030m
Time's Up! Title Recall!#71320086.831.260m
Time's Up!#78319996.781.290m
Magic Maze#79220176.781.715m
The Shipwreck Arcana#82620176.752.230m
Eternal Decks#86920256.722.840m
Letter Jam#99420196.662.045m
Tragedy Looper#110120116.603.6120m
Spyfall#110220146.601.215m
The Mind#111020186.591.120m
Tajemnicze Domostwo#111920136.591.860m
Concept#112620136.581.440m
Bridge#113519256.583.960m
Cahoots#130420186.511.120m
The Game#131320156.501.220m
When I Dream#132520166.501.240m
Witness#145120146.451.515m
Time's Up! Party#156620086.401.130m
Trapwords#160720186.391.445m
Fog of Love#177820176.332.3120m
Belratti#206920186.241.125m
Time's Up! Edición Azul#209920066.231.245m
The King Is Dead#213820156.222.450m
König von Siam#225820076.192.760m
Skat#244518106.143.130m
Beyond Baker Street#244620166.142.230m
Taboo#246319896.141.220m
Codenames: Deep Undercover#248320166.141.315m
Codenames: Disney – Family Edition#254420176.121.215m
The Grizzled: Armistice Edition#255220186.122.345m
Time's Up! Deluxe#262920086.101.360m
Time's Up! Family#272920106.081.130m
The Ravens of Thri Sahashri#275820136.083.445m
First Contact#278520186.072.040m
Mountains of Madness#279320176.072.190m
Muse#298220176.031.130m

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