Temple Code Game Review

Yoann Levet is the designer behind the deduction masterpiece Turing Machine. Published by Scorpion Masqué in 2022, Turing Machine was everywhere in my gaming circles. The graphic design was great, the puzzles were spectacular, and even the cool cutout title on the front box cover was a fun aesthetic.

That was my first Levet design, but prior to this, Levet also designed Myrmes, a well-regarded deduction game that is still a top-1000 title on BoardGameGeek. But since Turing Machine, Levet’s games have not landed as well, both for me and the general gaming population based purely on reputation.

Two years ago, ArcheOlogic arrived at SPIEL courtesy of Levet and the publisher  Ludonaute.it had a signature toy magnifying glass known as the Archeoscope, which was used by all players to help solve puzzles in that game. ArcheOlogic wasn’t bad, but I gave my copy away soon after my review plays and never looked back.

Now I think Levet is on a slippery slope. His newest design is Temple Code (2025, Lucky Duck Games), another deduction game, and a game that after three plays is moving into the donation pile. It meets its modest aspirations because it pitches itself as a family-weight deduction game, a middling success, in part because there are only 35 relatively simple puzzles in the…

The post Temple Code Game Review appeared first on Meeple Mountain.