2012 · Memory
Open Sesame
Players reenact a retelling of Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves as a push-your-luck memory game. Each round one player is Ali and the others are thieves. Thieves take turns reciting an ever-growing sequence of treasure items from memory, adding pressure as the list lengthens. Ali decides after each complete cycle whether to continue tempting fate or to stop; pushing too far risks losing the haul and letting thieves claim the treasures. Variant rules support two-player play by adapting roles and turn structure.
- Players
- 3–5 best 4
- Playing time
- 15 min
- Age
- 10+
- Complexity
- 1.1 / 5
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- Plays logged
- 9
- Players
- 30m
- Average play
- 8
- In collections
6.4/10
from 1 Ludoya review
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