Team Quack

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Team Quack is a fun and engaging cooperative deduction and communication game where your team needs to think alike. Each player receives a secret image and must choose other image cards as clues to help their teammates identify it. The challenge? What seems obvious to you might make absolutely no sense to everyone else! You'll need to understand how your teammates think, choose your clues carefully and judge just how obvious your hints really are. Work together, decode the secret cards and try to keep your team alive for as many rounds as possible. Can your team get on the same wavelength? How to Play Team Quack Every round, each player receives a Secret Card. Your job is to help your teammates work out which image is yours — but you can't simply show them the answer. Instead, you use other illustrated cards as clues. 1. Choose Your Clues You'll have a selection of image cards to choose from. Pick the cards that you think best describe or connect to your Secret Card. The connection might be obvious to you because of a colour, shape, object, character, situation or idea. But will your teammates see the same connection? 2. Judge Your Clues Once everyone has selected their clues, you'll need to indicate how obvious you think your clues are. This is an important part of Team Quack. You aren't simply giving clues — you're trying to predict how well your teammates will understand your way of thinking. 3. Match the Secret Cards Now the team has to work together. Using the clues provided, can you work out which Secret Card belongs to which player? Every correct answer helps your team. Every mistake costs a precious life token. 4. Keep the Team Alive Team Quack is cooperative, so everyone wins or loses together. You begin with a limited number of lives, and incorrect guesses reduce them. Make too many mistakes and the game ends. But if your team survives the round, you can progress to the next challenge. How far can your team go? The Challenge: Think Like Your Teammates The clever part of Team Quack is that there isn't necessarily one obvious connection between two pictures. You might look at an image and immediately think: "That reminds me of this." But your teammate might see something completely different. Maybe they notice: The colour. The shape. A particular object. A character. A location. A theme. A visual similarity. A completely unexpected connection! Team Quack challenges you to understand how the people on your team make associations. And the more you play together, the better you may become at predicting each other's thinking. 300 Image Cards Team Quack contains 300 illustrated Image Cards, providing plenty of possible combinations and connections between the cards. The variety of images means that your clues won't always be obvious — and that's exactly what makes the game interesting. One round might produce an incredibly obvious connection. The next could leave everyone staring at the cards thinking: "How on earth did you get from THAT to THAT?" Those unexpected connections are where Team Quack really shines. A Cooperative Game of Limited Communication Unlike competitive party games where you're trying to beat the other players, Team Quack has everyone working towards the same goal. Your team needs to communicate without simply explaining exactly what you're thinking. You have to trust your teammates. You have to understand their clues. And you have to learn how they make connections. That makes Team Quack a particularly good cooperative family game and a fun choice for groups of friends. Why You'll Love Team Quack A clever cooperative board game. Work together rather than compete against each other. A game of deduction, communication and image association. Choose image cards to give clues to your Secret Card. Try to understand how your teammates think. 300 illustrated Image Cards provide plenty of variety. Limited communication makes every clue important. Wrong guesses cost valuable lives. Progress through increasingly challenging rounds. Try to reach the ultimate medal challenge. Easy to learn and suitable for the whole family. 3–6 players. Recommended for ages 10+. Around 30 minutes to play. Great for families and groups of friends. Excellent for players who enjoy games such as Codenames and other clue-based party games. Designed by Erwan Morin and Thierry Saeys. Published by Helvetiq. The publisher describes Team Quack as a simple cooperative game of deduction and limited communication, with players working together to decode Secret Cards while trying not to lose their lives. Team Quack Is About Understanding Your Friends One of the most enjoyable things about Team Quack is discovering how differently people think. You might think two images are obviously connected. Your teammate might completely disagree. Then, after a few rounds, you start learning their patterns. You begin to think: "If I choose this image, they'll probably understand what I mean." That makes Team Quack a game that can become more interesting the more you play with the same group. A Great Family Board Game Team Quack is designed to be accessible to families, with straightforward rules and a focus on pictures rather than complicated text or trivia. The game is recommended for ages 10+, supports 3–6 players and takes around 30 minutes. It's a great choice for: Family game nights. Teenagers and adults. Groups of friends. Casual gamers. Players who enjoy deduction. Fans of image-based games. Cooperative game fans. Players who enjoy word-free communication games. Anyone who likes trying to understand how other people think. Team Quack for Groups of Friends Team Quack works particularly well when everyone around the table knows each other. You'll quickly discover who: Notices tiny visual details. Thinks literally. Makes wild associations. Always chooses the strangest clue. Somehow manages to see a connection nobody else noticed! Because the game is cooperative, there's no need to worry about destroying your friends' carefully constructed plans. You're all in it together. Can You Reach the Medal? The aim isn't simply to survive one round. Your team wants to keep progressing while protecting its limited supply of lives. Every incorrect guess brings you closer to failure. Every successful round gets you further towards the ultimate challenge. That gives Team Quack a satisfying "let's try again and do better" quality. If your team falls short, you'll immediately know what went wrong — and you'll want another attempt. Can your team stay perfectly in sync long enough to earn the medal? Who Is Team Quack For? Team Quack is a great choice for: Families. Friends. Couples who enjoy playing with a group. Teenagers and adults. Fans of cooperative games. Fans of deduction games. Fans of clue-giving games. Fans of image association games. Players who enjoy Codenames-style games. Casual board gamers. People looking for a game that encourages conversation. Groups looking for a game where everyone works together. If you're looking for a game that asks: "How well do you really understand your friends?" Team Quack is a brilliant choice. Team Quack vs Codenames If you enjoy Codenames, Team Quack is worth checking out. Both games challenge players to make connections between clues and hidden information, but Team Quack takes a different approach. Instead of giving verbal clues to connect words, Team Quack uses illustrated cards as clues for illustrated Secret Cards. That makes it particularly accessible for players who enjoy visual games or who prefer pictures to word-based deduction. Why Buy Team Quack From Roll The Dice? At Roll The Dice, we love games that are easy to learn, encourage conversation and create those brilliant "how did you possibly see that?" moments. Team Quack delivers exactly that. It's cooperative, quick enough to play in around 30 minutes and works particularly well with families and groups of friends. Every order is packed with care by fellow board gamers, with fast UK dispatch and friendly customer service. Game Information Feature Details Players 3–6 Recommended Age 10+ Playing Time Around 30 minutes Game Type Cooperative / Deduction / Party Main Mechanics Deduction / Limited Communication / Targeted Clues / Image Association Designer Erwan Morin & Thierry Saeys Illustrator Jakob Timm Publisher Helvetiq Published 2025 These details are supported by the publisher and current game listings. What's Included? The game contains: 300 Image Cards 11 Number Cards (0–10) 4 Quack Cards 4 Life Tokens 2 Round Cards 1 Duck 1 Game Board Frequently Asked Questions What is Team Quack? Team Quack is a cooperative deduction and communication game where players use illustrated cards as clues to help their teammates identify Secret Cards. How do you play Team Quack? Each player receives a Secret Card and chooses image cards that they think best represent it. Players then judge how obvious their clues should be before the team tries to match the clues to the correct Secret Cards. Incorrect guesses cost lives. How many players can play Team Quack? Team Quack is designed for 3–6 players. What age is Team Quack for? Team Quack is recommended for ages 10 and over. How long does Team Quack take to play? A game takes around 30 minutes. Is Team Quack cooperative? Yes. Everyone plays together as a team, trying to correctly identify the Secret Cards while conserving their limited lives. Is Team Quack a deduction game? Yes. Deduction is central to the game, as players must use their teammates' image clues to work out which Secret Card belongs to whom. Is Team Quack good for families? Yes. The publisher describes it as a simple and fun cooperative game for the whole family, with an age recommendation of 10+. Is Team Quack like Codenames? Team Quack shares Codenames' focus on making connections between clues and hidden information, but uses images rather than words as the basis for its clues. What games are similar to Team Quack? If you enjoy Team Quack, you may also enjoy Codenames, Dixit, Mysterium, Similo and other cooperative or clue-based deduction games. You May Also Enjoy If you enjoy Team Quack, take a look at our: Cooperative GamesFamily GamesDeduction GamesParty GamesGames for GroupsImage-Based GamesGames for 3–6 PlayersGames for Ages 10+Quick Games Show more