Dixit: Odyssey

Objective and player count: Players take turns as storyteller and give a clue for a secretly chosen image. The others try to identify that image and may also benefit if votes land on the card they contributed. Libellud’s current product page lists 3–12 players, ages 8+, and about 30 minutes. Under the refreshed rules, the game ends at the end of a turn when one or more players have reached or passed 30 points; the highest score wins, and tied players share the victory.

Components and setup: The current refreshed rules list 84 illustrated Dixit cards, a scoring board with 12 card positions, 12 wooden rabbits, 12 color tokens, twelve sets of two voting dials, and a player aid. Each player chooses a color and takes the matching rabbit, color token, and two dials. Place the rabbit on the start space, shuffle and deal six cards to each player, and form a draw pile with the rest. The first storyteller is the first player who finds a clue with which to form a riddle, as stated in the rulebook.

Storytelling and clues: The storyteller examines their six cards, secretly chooses one, and announces a word, phrase, or sentence as a clue without showing the image. The rules allow a quotation from a poem, song, film, or proverb, and also singing, miming, or using an onomatopoeia. Aim for a clue that lets some players connect to the image but does not make it so descriptive that everyone selects it or so obscure that nobody understands it. The storyteller does not vote during that turn.

Choosing decoy images: Each player other than the storyteller selects one card from their hand that seems to match the clue and secretly passes it to the storyteller. The storyteller adds the original image, shuffles all submitted cards, and places them at random in the numbered positions beside the board, leaving each number visible. A chosen card can honestly echo the clue or imitate the kind of association the storyteller may have made, making the original harder to identify.

Simultaneous voting: Every non-storyteller uses two voting dials to secretly mark the number of the card they believe is the storyteller’s. A player can vote for two different images to spread the risk or put both votes on one card to score for each if correct. Players cannot vote for their own contributed image. Once everyone has chosen, reveal the dials simultaneously and place them beside the images; the storyteller then identifies the original card.

Scoring: If the storyteller’s image receives some but not all of the votes, the storyteller scores 3 points and each player scores 3 points for every dial placed on the correct image. If every dial lands on the storyteller’s image, the storyteller scores 0 and each other player scores 4 points. If no dial lands on it, the storyteller scores 0 and each other player scores 2 points. In every outcome, a non-storyteller also earns 1 point for each dial placed on the card they contributed. If both dials are on the same image, points from a correct guess or own-card bonus are counted for each dial.

End of turn and new storyteller: Move rabbits on the scoring track for points earned. Put all cards played during the turn in the discard pile and draw one card per player to return to six cards in hand. If the draw pile cannot supply everyone, shuffle its remaining cards together with the discard pile and continue drawing. The player to the storyteller’s left becomes the storyteller for the next turn. The cycle keeps the clue-giving role moving around the table.

Three-player variant: In a three-player game, each player holds seven cards rather than six. Each of the two non-storytellers contributes two cards, so five images are displayed including the storyteller’s original. At the end of the turn, each non-storyteller draws two cards and the storyteller draws one, returning to seven. The refreshed rulebook says all other rules stay the same, including two voting dials and the bonus for each dial placed on a player’s own card.

Endgame and winner: At the end of each turn, check the scoring track. If at least one player has reached or passed 30 points, the game ends immediately; the player with the most points wins, with tied players sharing the victory. The storyteller seeks a clue that some but not all players can solve. Guessers must identify that card while also considering whether their own image can attract votes and its associated bonus.

Edition and scope: This entry follows the official refreshed rules linked from Libellud’s current Odyssey product page. The 2011 first edition generally gave one vote to each player in games of three to six and two votes in games of seven to twelve; it also capped the bonus for votes on a player’s own card. The refresh gives two dials at every player count and changes the three-player hand and submission procedure. Other Dixit base games and compatible image expansions are outside this entry, as is the separate Dixit Party variant.