Ostrakon (2004)

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Designer	Silvano Sorrentino
Artist	Stefano de Fazi
Publisher	dV Giochi Mayfair Games
Year Published	2004
# of Players	5 − 12
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 6, 7, 8 players Recommended with 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, more than 12 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (1 voter) [poll]
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Is there life in outer space or not? Baseball or basketball? To be or to have? Chicken or beef? The real speaker knows how to charm the audience with the greatest dilemma, predicting the opinions thanks to a supernatural intuition... or a more practical cheating technique!

In Ostrakon, you take the role of a Greek philosopher, posing questions on assigned topics with only 2 answers. The other players decide which of the two answers suits them, and the philosopher secretly votes with the side he thinks will outnumber the other. If he is correct, he scores points equal to the number of players who voted against his choice. If he is incorrect, he scores nothing. So its best to pick questions with roughly equally viable answers.

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Ostrakon

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Mayfair Games English edtion

Publisher: Mayfair Games

Artist: Stefano de Fazi

Year: 2004

Product Code: MFG4705

Size: 5.00 x 4.00 x 1.00 inches

0.30 pounds

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ostrakon_rules_for_13-24_kor.pdf

Korean Rule Translation for 13-24 players

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2005-01-28

ostrakon_kor.pdf

Korean Rule Translation

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2005-01-28

ostrakon_in_un_minuto.pdf

Ostrakon in un minuto: regole in breve (ITA).

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Ostrakon in a minute: quick rules.

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Dutch rules	http://www.forumfederatie.be/vertalingen/ostrakon....	2012-04-08
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/n-o.html#o...	2010-06-09
Game review at La Tana dei Goblin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2005-04-28
Review on www.casse-noisettes.be (français)	http://www.casse-noisettes.be/critiques_longues/OS...	2004-11-17
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/Ostrakon.htm	2004-10-27
RPGnet Review by Shannon Appelcline	http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10552.phtml	2004-08-11