Muse

MuseIf we're honest, we've all at some point hoped to be someone's muse to be the one who sparks inspiration, passion and creativity in another person. Well, in Muse that dream can become a reality . . . if only for 30 minutes. The question is, now that you've been given the chance, will you succeed in leading your team to the masterpieces they are hoping to create or will they find that you offer nothing but a dry well? Muse is a party game with a

If we're honest, we've all at some point hoped to be someone's muse - to be the one who sparks inspiration, passion and creativity in another person. Well, in Muse that dream can become a reality . . . if only for 30 minutes. The question is, now that you've been given the chance, will you succeed in leading your team to the masterpieces they are hoping to create or will they find that you offer nothing but a dry well?

Muse is a party game with a beautifully simple design from Jordan Sorenson, in-which 2-12 players compete to be the first to claim five masterpiece cards using only the cryptic clues provided to them by their muse.

To make matters more difficult for the muse, the opposition team secretly choose and then show the muse one of six Masterpiece Cards they have been dealt as well as one of two Inspiration Cards.

These Inspiration Cards are what make the game really tasty. They dictate how the muse will communicate with their team. For example, it may say, "strike a pose, using any part or parts of your body." Once the muse has struck a pose that will hopefully resemble something from the masterpiece card, it will be laid out alongside the other five cards.

Now, if the opposing team have done their job well, there will be a number of masterpieces that could be linked to the pose the muse just made, thus making it difficult for the correct masterpiece to be chosen. If they choose correctly, you keep the card. If they get it wrong, the masterpiece goes into the oppositions collection.

Play continues like this until eventually on team has collected five masterpieces.

The game also offers a nice two player variant in which you work cooperatively to gather five masterpieces.

Muse comes packed full with 84 beautifully masterpiece cards illustrated by Andre Garcia, Apolline Etienne and Kristen Plescow and 30 inspiration cards so that replay-ability is through the roof.

Player Count: 2-12
Time: 30 Minutes
Age: 10+