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Let me tell you a story...how should I start? (Dixit)

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Once upon a time, there were games that supposedly used your imagination and story telling skills...but they were...meh! Upon watching The Dice Tower's review of Dixit, I thought I should see what the hype was all about.  The hype was worth it! I brought out this game with my newly formed gaming group of non gamers & gamer friends and it was quite a hit.  I thought that I would be quite good at this game then found out it was the opposite.  I'm too obvious!  Too predictable!  Too easy to read!  May I never play in a professional poker tournament. Game Play in a Nutshell: The game takes up to 6 players.  You can play with 3 players, and that seemed to work quite well in my group.  Everyone chooses a color and get's their voting tokens and wooden rabbit scoring piece.  They get dealt 6 cards each.  The storyteller chooses 1 card and says a word/sentence/question/makes a gesture about that card.  The other players choose a c...