Karen
BGG rank
BGG #29,991
BGG rating
4.6

Karen

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Rules assistance for Karen

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

  • 3–10 players
  • 45–90 min
  • 14+

Rules assistant for Karen

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

Karen is a board game released in 2022 for 3–10 players, 45–90 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. Its main mechanics are Paper-and-Pencil and Voting.

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About the game

In Karen, you attempt to fool others into thinking that your review is an actual one-star review. In more detail, each round one player takes the role of host and reads one of three types of review cards: What's Being Reviewed, Fill in the Blanks, or Write the Review. The host reads out the review or the partial review or the product to be reviewed, then they write the product, the missing words, or the review on a sheet of paper, while everyone else makes up a product, missing words, or review that sounds plausible. The host then reads out the all the written answers, and whoever votes for the real answer scores a point, while whoever's fake answer receives a vote also scores a point. For every five points, you lose one of your stars, and whoever is first reduced from five stars to one star wins.

Editions

  • KarenenFormat Games2022

Publishers

  • Format Games

Questions and answers

Karen supports 3–10 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.