The storytelling tabletop game Dixit is getting a new edition today, with the launch of Dixit: Disney Edition as part of the animation giant’s 100th anniversary.
Dixit: Disney Edition follows all the usual rules of Dixit, with the main difference being the inclusion of 84 new cards inspired by Disney and Pixar movies. There’s also new player pieces based on the likes of Alice in Wonderland, Aladdin, and Monsters Inc.
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Dixit: Disney Edition is designed by the creator of Dixit themselves, Jean-Louis Roubira. According to publisher Libellud, this version of the game has been in the works for over three years, and the final list of 84 cards comes from a whopping 500 tested during design. This is a fully-fledged version of Dixit, rather than a quick tie-in with a Disney lick of paint.
Dixit is a game of “storytelling and guesswork”. One player, the ‘storyteller’ for the turn, chooses a card from their hand, and then must make a cryptic sentence to describe it. Each other player must secretly choose their own card, and all are put on the table. Each player who correctly identifies the storyteller’s card, and the storyteller themselves, get three points each.
Based on 100 years of Disney and Pixar, Dixit: Disney Edition badds some Disney magic to the storytelling game of suggestion. Pick a card and describe it in a short sentence: the more of your fellow players who can identify your card, the better you do. Try not to be too obvious, though, as everybody guessing it correctly will net you no points! With 84 new Disney-themed cards, and player pieces based on some of its biggest movies, this is an excellent expansion to Dixit, and a worthwhile piece of
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