Rosetta: The Lost Language

Imagine an ancient text in front of you, written in symbols nobody knows. What do they mean? In Rosetta: The Lost Language you step into the shoes of linguists who want to find out exactly that. One player is the writer and invents a vanished people with their own mysterious script. The others are a team of experts who must decipher the text bit by bit. It works beautifully simply, yet it surprises you again and again. The experts call out a word, the writer turns it into the special symbols, and slowly it starts to dawn on you how this language works. Every guess brings you closer to the answer. You work together, think out loud and celebrate that one moment when the puzzle suddenly clicks. The number of tries is your score, and you want to keep it as low as possible. With two to five players and games of about 25 minutes, this is a game you can pick up easily. From age 8 up everyone can join in, young and old alike. Perfect for an evening when you want to puzzle together and crack the code not against each other, but with each other.