Party game
Wavelength
Read your teammates' minds with one clue and a big red dial
- 2–12best with 6-12
- 30–45 minper game
- Under a minuteto set up
- 14+years
- Very easy
- Littlereading
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The game in a nutshell
Wavelength is a team party game for 2 to 12 players aged 14 and up, built around a chunky plastic dial. One player secretly sees a target on a scale between two opposites, such as hot and cold, and gives a single clue; their team then turns the dial to where they think the target is. It suits big family get-togethers and groups of friends who enjoy talking and arguing, and a game takes 30 to 45 minutes.
Is Wavelength right for you?
Great if
- Big groups at a family get-together or Diwali party: split into two teams, and latecomers can join mid-game
- Mixed-language tables: each card has only a couple of English words, and clues can be given in any language
- Friends and cousins who know each other well, since the fun is guessing how your own people think
- A party game that gets everyone talking with very little reading and almost no rules
Skip it if
- You mostly play as two or three: there is a cooperative mode, but the game is at its best with two teams
- Your group is quiet or doesn't enjoy friendly debate; turns with no discussion fall flat
- Your players are mostly under 14; younger children can find it hard to give clues for abstract scales
A place on the honours list
Good company to be in.
Recognition from beyond our table.
Årets Spill (Norway's game of the year awards), Best Party Game, 2022 (Winner)
American Tabletop Awards, Casual Games, 2020 (Recommended)
How Wavelength plays
The box is the board. A plastic device sits in a tray inside it: a screen that slides open and shut, a target wheel hidden underneath, and a big red dial on top. Split into two teams of roughly equal size. The team going first starts on 0 points and the other team on 1.
- Time to teach: about 5 minutes.
- Reading and language: Each card shows two short English words or phrases, such as hot and cold, so there is very little to read. Clues and team discussion are spoken, so your group can play in Hindi, Tamil or any mix of languages everyone shares. The rulebook is in English only.
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Your turn, step by step
- 1Clue
The Psychic secretly sees where the target sits on a scale between two opposites and gives one clue for that spot.
- 2Guess
Their team talks it over and turns the dial; the other team then calls whether the target is to the left or the right.
- 3Score
Open the screen: 4, 3 or 2 points for landing in the target's bands, and 1 point to the other team for a correct left-or-right call.
- 4Win
Teams alternate, with a new Psychic each turn, and the first team to 10 points wins.
The full explanation: how a game of Wavelength goes
On your team's turn, one player is the Psychic. With the screen shut, they draw a card, choose one of its sides (say, hot to cold), spin the wheel, and then peek at where the target has landed. They give one clue that sits at that point on the scale, such as a food or a place that feels just a bit hot. Then the screen closes and the Psychic says nothing more.
The Psychic's team talks it over and turns the dial to their guess. The other team then calls whether the real target is to the left or the right of the dial. Open the screen: the target has a 4-point bullseye with 3-point and 2-point bands either side. The other team gets 1 point for a correct left-or-right call, unless the bullseye was hit.
Teams take turns, with a new Psychic each time, and the first team to 10 points wins. A team that scores a bullseye but is still behind takes another turn straight away. Clue rules: one idea only, no numbers, and no words from the card.
For 2 to 5 players there is a cooperative mode: everyone plays as one team, skips the left-or-right guess and works through a short deck of cards, trying for the highest score.
What's in the box
- 1The Wavelength device
a plastic dial with a sliding screen and a spinning target wheel; it doubles as the scoreboard - 84Spectrum cards
double-sided, each side showing a pair of opposites such as hot and cold; some form a trickier 'advanced' set - 3Scoring tokens
a score marker for each team and a marker for the left-or-right guess - 1Plastic tray
holds the device in the middle of the box during play - 1Rulebook
English, with the cooperative mode for 2 to 5
Box: 27 × 26.8 × 7.6 cm, 1.1 kg. Handy to know for gifting and travel.
Contents are from Asmodee Canada's 'What's in the box' list for the English edition. The rules describe the three tokens as a Left Brain and a Right Brain score marker plus a guessing token. There is only one English edition, so the box sold in India should match.
Where to buy
The official edition, on Amazon.in
There's no Indian edition, so this is the official imported game. Amazon shows today's price, the seller and delivery.
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There is no Indian edition or Indian distributor for Wavelength, so copies sold here are CMYK's American English box, imported. Older listings and boxes say Palm Court, the publisher's name when the game came out; it is the same game. Our Amazon.in link goes to CMYK's English box (item WAV01), the same product CMYK points buyers to from its own website.
How to make sure you get a genuine copyA little care before you click.
- The box should carry the CMYK or Palm Court name and credit Alex Hague, Justin Vickers and Wolfgang Warsch
- Inside there should be a large plastic device with a sliding screen, a spinning target wheel and a red dial, sitting in a moulded plastic tray
- Contents: the device, 84 spectrum cards, 3 scoring tokens, the tray and a rulebook
- The box is big and heavy for a party game: about 27 x 27 x 7.6 cm and just over 1 kg. The barcode should read 860001981704
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What reviewers and players say
Reviewers like Wavelength because it gets a whole room talking with almost no rules: one clue, one dial and a lot of friendly arguing. They praise the chunky device, which is the whole board and sets up in seconds, and point out that the same card plays differently every time because the target moves. It copes well with big groups, and people can join halfway through. The usual caveats are that the fun depends on your group, quiet turns fall flat, and clues are too easy when the target lands near either end of the scale.
What people love
- Rules simple enough that anyone can join in after one turn
- The chunky dial device: it's the whole board, and setting up takes seconds
- Lasting replay value: the target moves each time, so a card never plays the same way twice
- It handles big groups and uneven teams, and people can join midway
Common complaints
- The fun depends heavily on the group; a turn with no discussion falls flat
- When the target lands near one end of the scale, the clue is too easy
- The 'advanced' cards don't feel very different from the normal ones
Based on 4 reviews and discussions
- Review Dan Blum: Review of Wavelength (Dan Blum, with comments from Joe Huber, Dale Yu and James Nathan, December 2019) · The Opinionated Gamers
- Review Wavelength (Board's Eye View, December 2022) · Board's Eye View
- Review Wavelength is a great formula for a party guessing game with minimal fuss (Seamus Byrne, July 2025) · Byteside
- Reference Wavelength (game) (Wikipedia, read 14 October 2026) · Wikipedia
Summarised in our own words from the sources above. We don't use Amazon reviews or ratings.
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Our picks if Wavelength isn't quite right
| Feature |
Wavelength |
Herd Mentality |
Codenames |
The Mind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | 2–12 | 4–20 | 2–8 | 2–4 |
| Best with | 6-12 | 6-12 | 6-8 | 3-4 |
| Play time | 30–45 min | 20–30 min | 15 min | 15–25 min |
| Age | 14+ | 10+ | 14+ | 8+ |
| Rules | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy |
| Indian edition | Import | Import | Import | Import |
| Why look at it | This page | Another party game about guessing how everyone else thinks, for up to 20 players | The other great team clue game; Wavelength is about where something sits on a scale rather than which word fits | Another mind-reading party game from Wolfgang Warsch, quieter and fully cooperative |
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Questions people ask about Wavelength
Is Wavelength available in India?
Yes, as an imported game. There is no Indian edition, so copies sold here are CMYK's American English box (item WAV01). Our Buy on Amazon.in button goes to that box.
Is Palm Court Wavelength the same as CMYK Wavelength?
Yes. Palm Court was the publisher's name when Wavelength came out in 2019, and the company now calls itself CMYK. You may see either name on boxes and listings; the game inside is the same.
Can 2 or 3 people play Wavelength?
Yes, using the cooperative mode in the rulebook: everyone plays as one team and works through a short deck of cards to score as high as possible. The game is at its best with four or more players split into two teams, and the box goes up to 12.
Can we play Wavelength in Hindi?
The cards are in English, but each side shows just two words or short phrases, such as hot and cold. Clues and discussion are spoken, so your group can use Hindi or any mix of languages, as long as everyone understands the card.
Is there a Wavelength app?
Yes. CMYK released a free phone version for iPhone and Android in 2022. The board game, with its physical dial, is still the way to play around one table with a big group.
Game facts
- Designed by
- Alex Hague, Justin Vickers, Wolfgang Warsch
- Publisher
- CMYK (called Palm Court when the game launched), USA
- First published
- 2019
- Players
- 2–12
- Barcode
- 860001981704
- Language
- Little reading – Each card shows two short English words or phrases, such as hot and cold, so there is very little to read. Clues and team discussion are spoken, so your group can play in Hindi, Tamil or any mix of languages everyone shares. The rulebook is in English only.
- Box size and weight
- 27 × 26.8 × 7.6 cm, 1.1 kg
- Awards
- Årets Spill (Norway's game of the year awards), Best Party Game, 2022 (Winner); American Tabletop Awards, Casual Games, 2020 (Recommended)
Sources & photo creditsThe references behind this guide.
Facts on this page come from the publisher, the Indian maker or distributor, and the sources below. Photos are credited under each one.
- Wavelength – official site (CMYK)
- CMYK store – Wavelength (product page and product data: barcode, weight)
- Asmodee Canada – Wavelength (contents and how-to-play video)
- Asmodee UK – Wavelength, item WAV01 (barcode, box size, weight)
- Asmodee Canada shop – Wavelength (EN), item PCOWAV01EN
- Wavelength rules (Palm Court rules sheet, copy hosted by Official Game Rules)
- Wavelength (game) – Wikipedia
- Board Games India – Wavelength
- Gameistry – Wavelength