Board game - Inside

About the game

What's in the box? That's the main question participants of the board game "Inside" will be pondering. It's a simple, quick, and fun game that's perfectly suitable to set up in any gathering and at any time, whether it's a party with friends or a cozy get-together with family. Try to guess what's in the package, be closer to it than the others and earn more victory points!

How to play?

The game includes several types of cards: packages, descriptions, and locations. Place 25 package cards face up in a 5 by 5 grid in the center of the table, and set the rest aside. Place a card with a minus sign under the bottom-left card of this grid, and a card with a plus sign under the bottom-right card. Each participant receives a token and 3 chips of their color. Now everything is ready to play.

At the beginning of each round, one of the players becomes the host and takes one location card for the package from the top of the deck. Now they know what's in the package, but they don't tell any of the players. Next, the host draws 2 description cards from the top of the corresponding deck, reads them in turn aloud, and places them under the package cards closer to the plus card or the minus card, depending on how relevant the description is to the guessed package. After receiving two hints, players place one of their chips on the board, closer to the card they believe was guessed. There are three ways to place a chip:

• If you are completely sure about your choice, place the chip on a specific card. In case of a correct answer, you will earn 4 points
• If you are torn between two options, place the chip at the boundary of the two cards, horizontally or vertically. If one of the cards turns out to be the original, you will earn 2 points
• If you are completely unsure about what was guessed and all descriptions fit, you can place the chip between four cards. In case one of those cards was guessed, you will receive 1 victory point

After placing the chips, the host takes the next description card, and continues to do so until the players run out of chips. Then, the host reveals the location card of the package, and the players count their earned points and move their tokens the corresponding number of cells on the game board. In the next round, the host changes; it becomes the next player clockwise.

Who won?

The game continues until one or several players reach 25 victory points. The first to achieve this number is the winner!