Despistas

About this board game

Despistas is a 2024 team game for 4–12 players that takes about 30 minutes to play. Two teams face each other in a chaotic contest of clues, concepts, and carefully calculated guesses.

Each team has a captain who gives clues to their own team. The challenge is that the opposing team always gets the first guess. Every clue must therefore walk a fine line: it should be specific enough for your teammates to understand, yet seemingly irrelevant enough to avoid being intercepted by your rivals.

As the game unfolds, both teams listen closely and try to work out what each clue might mean. The opposing team has the first opportunity to claim the answer, creating a constant tension between making a clue clear and keeping it concealed.

• Play in two opposing teams.
• Team captains give clues to guide their teammates.
• The opposing team always guesses first.
• The team with the most correct guesses wins.

Success in Despistas depends on choosing clues that communicate on two levels. Your teammates need a path to the correct concept, while the other team should be left wondering whether the clue has anything to do with the answer at all.

With room for 4–12 players and a 30-minute playing time, Despistas offers a compact team competition built around deduction, communication, and the risk of giving away too much. Can your captains misdirect the opposition while leading your team to the most correct guesses?