Q 01/05

Who designed Codenames?

A) Vlaada Chvátil

B) Klaus Teuber

C) Antoine Bauza

D) Reiner Knizia

Answer · why

A) Vlaada Chvátil

Vlaada Chvátil. He made his name with an epic civilization game, a long way from a party game of one-word clues, and is lead designer at the game's pu...

Q 02/05

Which company publishes Codenames?

A) Days of Wonder

B) Czech Games Edition

C) Fantasy Flight Games

D) Hans im Glück

Answer · why

B) Czech Games Edition

Czech Games Edition. It was founded in 2007 by a team that had just made a strategy game together and decided that publishing games was what they want...

Q 03/05

Later Codenames printings lowered which figure on the box?

A) Players

B) Age

C) Minutes

D) Cards

Answer · why

B) Age

Age. The first edition was marked 14 and up, later printings cut that to 10, and the relaunched 2025 edition still says 10.

Q 04/05

In Codenames: Duet, what colour are all the agent cards?

A) Red

B) Blue

C) Green

D) Gold

Answer · why

C) Green

Green. Duet has no rival teams, since everyone at the table is on the same side, so the two team colours of the original give way to a single one.

Q 05/05

In Codenames, what is the clue-giving player on each team called?

A) Handler

B) Chief

C) Director

D) Spymaster

Answer · why

D) Spymaster

Spymaster. The two rivals sit side by side and share a single key card, which shows both of them which of the 25 words belong to each team.