Home Staging

Have you ever thought about being an interior designer, but without the stress of dealing with indecisive clients or delayed furniture deliveries? In Home Staging, you and your friends compete to see who can furnish a floor plan as efficiently as possible. The game follows a 'paper-and-pencil' style, where each player has their own sheet with empty rooms that need to be filled with furniture pieces that appear as cards are revealed.

The real hook here is the spatial puzzle. When a card is flipped, you choose one of the furniture shapes shown on the back and must draw it onto your floor plan. But it's not just about scribbling away! You need to ensure that each piece of furniture has access to the room's door and that there's enough space left for hallways and walls. There's a catch: furniture shapes come with empty fields that must be adjacent to them, forcing you to overlap these empty spots efficiently so you don't waste precious floor space. It's the kind of game that seems simple at first, but will leave you scratching your head trying to fit that sofa or bookshelf into the tiny corner left over.

The game comes with a scenario booklet featuring 25 different challenges, organized into small campaigns. This is great because the difficulty ramps up gradually, keeping your interest high. Since the game scales well from 2 to 6 players, it works just as well for a quick session as a duo or for a fuller game night. The playtime is very straightforward, around 30 minutes, making it perfect to serve as that smart 'filler' or to play several rounds in a row trying to beat your own high score. If you enjoy spatial optimization games, logic puzzles, or simply have an inner organizer who loves a good game of Tetris, Home Staging will win you over. It's a fun mental exercise that requires planning but doesn't clutter the table, as all you need is your sheet, a pencil, and some spatial awareness. Get your eraser ready and come decorate these rooms!