Décorum Review - with Tom Vasel

Some friends and I played a couple of the 4 player scenarios. Man is it stressful but very fun!

I despise most limited communication games. I'm sure that's a me thing. I just hate the basic premise. The seem to always devolve into a sort of code where you can tell what the person is saying without them actually saying it and at that point why not just say it? I think there are people who like these games but they just don't match the way I'm wired.

Thanks for the review, Tom!

Might be a bit too true to life for me, as an autistic person who has been rooming with other autistic people... we're all trash at communication. But it sounds like something some people might like and it's an interesting theme.

Confirming my thoughts. Was cool at two. Was chaotic insanity at four.

Are the components colorblind friendly?
The tokens seemed different, but I did notice if the colours from the cards had something to differentiate them.

Tom kept mentioning envelopes, so is this a (non destructive) Legacy-style game? Can it be played after the finial scenario, or can you only replay the story?

“…as is the case with many relationsips” XD

the mutilplayer playthrough you all did was hilarious!

I believe there is also going be an app for this game, that will provide more scenarios for the 2-4 player counts. That should also boost it up in ratings. Great game for all player counts. The 4 player chaos just adds to the theme of wanting a house a certain way with 3 other people.

For me limited communication only becomes a problem when some of the group is vastly more experienced and expects the other players to know the “meta”

I want to like this game, but I feel it would be better if it allowed random condition cards to be shuffled together and distributed to players - for replayability. As opposed to set conditions per scenario. Even with the extra scenarios coming in the app, still would've been more into this with a deck of fulfillment conditions to randomly deal to players.

I love the 3-4 player scenarios. I’ve played the easier ones, and everyone I’ve played with has had a blast! I wish there were more of those scenarios. I have enjoyed the two player mode, but I am often playing games with a 3 player count. This game is one of the few I rated a 10 because I have not found anyone who has not liked it. I have even had it requested as a game to bring. It’s just that fun!

Going to add a few things…. In a Cooperative point of view I love it because it because it eliminates the alpha gamer …. I can’t tell people what to do.

Another thing is I’ve tried showing this game to 3 different people and yet to have a successful play of this game and it was all because they didn’t understand a clue given or they misunderstood the clue, throwing off the game puzzle…….There is nothing I could do to help them understand some clues or make sure they understand the clues without knowing the clues. THIS IS NOT THE GAMES FAULT. ( it’s just not for everyone)
Example I need a red lamp in the house ….. they can’t have anything red on the bottom half of the house. But for some reason this misread or couldn’t understand bottom half of house. Throwing off the game.

I really like the game. I’m just frustrated that I can’t play it properly. I feel I’m at the point where I can only teach people and let them play it being a bystander making sure they understand the clues.

Last thing was about those dividers……I’m going to look again but I swear they did not fit in the box with my insert.

"No one is a robot" - Tom Vasel

Great review! Looks fun!

Once you mentioned your love of logic games I was like "oh right of course he likes this. It has some similarities to zendo"

Great video, quite succinct! Thanks Tom!

Anyone knows after we play all the scenarios, can we play again? Thanks