Imposter! and Priorities Games Review

If you’re looking to spice up game night, then check out two new party games from Clarendon Games.

Think you can spot the imposters? Find out when you play Imposter! The After-Dinner Mystery Game. In each round, some players are Innocents and some are Imposters, trying to post stolen goods from the Earl of Simpleton’s castle. Players are also assigned a funny character and encouraged to act as that character during the game. During each round, the Postmaster chooses certain players to send post (or mail) out of the castle. These players get a Treasure card and a Letter card face down, and they must secretly put one of their two cards inside the mail bag. Innocents must always post a letter, while Imposters can post either treasure or a letter. The Postmaster will remove all the cards from the bag and show everyone what’s in the post. When the post only contains letters, the Innocents score a point. But if even one piece of treasure is in the mail bag, the Imposters win a point. The first team to score five points wins. After scoring, discussion starts. Players can ask each other questions to try and figure out who’s who. And then it’s the next player’s turn to be Postmaster, and a new round starts. Now, before the mail goes out, players can vote to use one of the Veto cards to stop the mail. If the majority votes for a Veto, the current Postmaster gives up their title and passes their post disc to the next player. Don’t use all your Veto cards too quickly because once they are used, the game ends and the Imposters win. You can play the game with three to 16 players ages 8 and up.

In Priorities, the target player ranks everyday item cards from love to loathe. The other players work together to predict the target player’s order. So five cards will be dealt for everyone to read. These could be Hawaiian Pizza, TikTok, a moist towelette, constipation, and anchovies. The target player secretly writes their answers on the whiteboard, while the other players arrange the cards in the order they think the target player has chosen. Once complete, the target player reveals their answers, and every correctly ranked card is won by the players, while every incorrectly ranked card is won by the game. The cards get separated into two groups, and the aim is for the players to spell out “Priorities” using the letters on the back of the won cards before the game does. You can play this game with two or more players ages 14 and up.