How to Play

Dixit

3-6 players 30-30 min 7.2 Board Game Geek Rating

Players take turns as storyteller, giving cryptic clues about abstract artwork from their hand. Others submit matching cards from their collection, then everyone votes on which was the original. Scoring rewards balanced clues—too obvious or obscure earns zero points. Players gain points for correct guesses and votes their submissions receive. First to thirty points wins.

Published 2008

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Gather players

Assemble 3-12 players to participate in the game

Prepare voting tokens

Each player receives voting tokens to indicate their card choices

Distribute hand cards

Deal cards from the deck to each player (shown as fanned cards in hand)

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Story teller gives clue

The active player (story teller, marked with red dot) provides a verbal association or clue for one of their cards

Submit cards

All other players select a card from their hand that matches the clue and submit it face-down

Reveal and vote

Shuffle submitted cards together with the story teller's card, reveal them, and all non-storyteller players vote on which card they believe belongs to the story teller

Score for balanced clues

If some (but not all) players guess correctly, the story teller earns 3 points and each correct guesser earns 3 points

Penalize too easy clues

If everyone guesses correctly, the story teller earns 0 points and all other players earn 2 points each

Penalize too hard clues

If nobody guesses correctly, the story teller earns 0 points and all other players earn 2 points each

Award bonus points

Players whose submitted cards received votes earn +1 point per vote received (maximum 3 bonus points in standard play, maximum 5 points in 3-player variant)

Apply lonely vote rule (6-12 players)

A single vote on a card awards +3 points to that card's owner

Apply veto rule (6-12 players)

A blocking vote can cancel points; story teller may use their veto to block

Alternative rule option

Story teller announces association before looking at their cards, then all players (including story teller) play a matching card