Sophie's World
BGG rank
BGG #30,488
BGG rating
4.9

Sophie's World

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Rules assistance for Sophie's World

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

  • 60–90 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 1.5/5

Rules assistant for Sophie's World

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Sophie's World is a board game released in 1998 for 2–6 players, 60–90 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Robert Hyde and Ken Howard and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling.

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About the game

Loosely based on the book by Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World can best be described as a specialized game of Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition aimed at the Philosophical and Hellenistic crowd.

Mechanics

Publishers

  • KOSMOS
  • Sophisticated Games
  • Orion (I)
  • Pontaccio

Questions and answers

Sophie's World supports 2–6 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.