Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Read subtle card orientations and identify the emotions hidden in your teammates’ hands without talking about them.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Cooperative Game
Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Deduction
Combine clues and exclusions to identify hidden information.
Communication Limits
Rules restrict what players may say, show, or reveal while cooperating.
Multi-Use Cards
Use the same card in different ways, making each play a trade-off.
Read the full game description
Expressions is a cooperative deduction game built around five emotion suits: anger, sadness, joy, fear, and disgust. On your turn you either play a card as a clue or guess a card in another player’s hand, but direct discussion of hidden information is forbidden. The orientation of every played card communicates a different hint, creating a compact shared language that the group must learn together. Correct guesses generate Harmony, while unclear clues and mistakes create Agony, so success depends on balancing risk, empathy, and precise nonverbal communication.
