Xylotar: Unhinged
BGG rating
7.5

Expansion for Xylotar

Xylotar: Unhinged

2025

Rules assistance for Xylotar: Unhinged

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

  • 2–5 players
  • 30 min
  • Complexity 2.0/5

Rules assistant for Xylotar: Unhinged

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Xylotar: Unhinged is an expansion for Xylotar released in 2025 for 2–5 players and 30 minutes per game. It was designed by Christopher Wray and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and Deduction.

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About the game

Discover the epic conclusion to the tragic tale of 80s musician and polar bear, Bobby McColdsnap, as he resurfaces for one final return rock tour across the North Pole. "His music has been dubbed 'Arctic Wave' which stirs up nostalgic memories of an 80s mix tape fed through a Panasonic boombox with its bass turned all the way up to avalanche!" -J. Howard Jones, UnKut Magazine Xylotar Unhinged is the expansion to the 2024 trick taking deduction card game, Xylotar. Unhinged introduces two expansions, which can be added separately or combined together for all the epic 80s ballad feels. Bonus Beats: Add dynamic flair and a unique style to your playing with bonus beats. Bonus Beats gives each player unique power cards which can be played only once through the game, but can those power chords be enough to push your performance to the top? Off-Key Cards: The core of Arctic Wave is its unhinged style mixing nostalgic melodies with raw & rapid improvisation - an explosive cocktail of rage, angst, longing, and nothing but authentic emotion. Off-Key cards inject fluffy furry fuzziness into the deduction gameplay with half-valued cards keeping musicians on their toes... or paws... —description from the publisher

Questions and answers

Xylotar: Unhinged supports 2–5 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.