Imago
BGG rank
BGG #22,579
BGG rating
6.4

Imago

2011

Rules assistance for Imago

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 4–12 players
  • 12+
  • Complexity 1.0/5

For 4 players

Rules assistant for Imago

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Imago is a board game released in 2011 for 4–12 players and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Johann Rüttinger and Michael Rüttinger and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil, and Team-Based Game.

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About the game

Within a minute you must draw an image depicting one 2640 terms or phrases in a way that enables your team to guess the term or phrase correctly. The teams alternate in drawing, guessing and supervising the active team until the marker of one of the teams crosses the finish line. The category is determined by the roll of the die, but first the active player decides on a side of the card drawn and on one of the columns. The timer runs for 30 seconds, if the supervising team forgets to start it again, the additional time is added to the minute. The terms and phrases come from categories "Among Humans", "Nature & Environment", "Science & Technology", "A few things", "Tasks & Activities" and "Motley", for each correctly guessed item you advance the marker one step. Contents: game board, 110 Imago cards, 1 timer (30 seconds), one die, 2 playing pieces, one unprinted block, 1 pencil,

Questions and answers

Imago supports 4–12 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.