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DEXA

Four Rounds. Endless Laughs. Anything Goes.

A fast, chaotic, team-vs-team party game. Describe it, act it out, draw it, then say the one word that ties it all together.

The DEXA game box, a faceted 1st Edition collectible unit

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Launches January 5, 2027 · 12:00 AM ET

Game Night Just Got A Lot More Interesting.

Same table. Same friends. A whole new reason to stay past midnight.

How It's Played

One Box. Four Rounds.
A Chamber Full Of Chaos.

How To Play — Split into two teams with the Team Die and roll the Letter Die for your starting letter. Every player writes five words or phrases beginning with that letter onto Gem Paper, folds them up, and drops them into the Dexa Chamber. Teams pull Gem Papers each round and try to get their teammates to guess the word or phrase, using that round's instructions. Teams rack up points as they go.

  1. Low-poly illustration of friends around a table, one describing a clue to the others
    ROUND ONE

    Describe It

    Use words or phrases to describe the secret Clue. No gestures, no sound effects.

    30 SEC · 1 PT
  2. Low-poly illustration of a person mid-motion acting out a clue for friends to guess
    ROUND TWO

    Act It Out

    Use your best acting chops for your team to guess the secret Clue. No talking, no mouthing words, no props.

    45 SEC · 1 PT
  3. Low-poly illustration of a hand sketching a glowing clue on a drawing tablet
    ROUND THREE

    Draw It

    Channel your inner Picasso to sketch out the secret Clue. No letters, no words, no numbers.

    45 SEC · 1 PT
  4. Low-poly illustration of three friends cheering as a radiant rainbow-faceted gem bursts to life above the table
    FINAL ROUND

    Dexa Round — One Word Only

    Choose your one word wisely — once it's uttered, it's locked in. Guess the secret Clue right and score double the points.

    30 SEC · 2 PTS
Seven faceted Dexa Jewels in gold and magenta
Bonus

Land Five In A Row

Have your team guess the secret Clue five times in a row, in any round, and earn a Dexa Jewel — worth 2 bonus points. Seven Jewels are in play; if the vault runs dry, steal one from the other team.

How To Win

Most Points Takes The Chamber

Stack points every round, cash in Jewels for bonus points — most points when the buzzer sounds wins it all and seals their name in the
Victory Vault.

1 PTRounds 1–3
2 PTSDexa Round
+2Per Jewel
What's In The Box

Everything You Need, Nothing You Don't

No batteries, no app, no fine print. Just dice, sand, paper, and a Chamber full of chaos.

Every DEXA component laid out: dice, pencils, hourglasses, Jewels, and the Dexa Chamber
The teal 20-sided letter die

Letter Die

20 sides. One random starting letter. Total chaos.

The orange team die

Team Die

Splits the room into two teams before anyone can argue about it.

The category die

Category Die

Six categories, one roll: Food & Drink, Music, Movies & TV, Places, Living Things, Sports & Games.

Faceted gold and magenta Dexa Jewels

Dexa Jewels

Five correct guesses in a row earns one — steal from opponents when the vault runs dry.

30-second and 45-second sand timers

Hourglasses

30 seconds. 45 seconds. No phones, no apps — just sand.

LCD drawing board

Drawing Board

For Round 3. Sketch it, clear it, pass it on.

Gem paper and pencils

Gem Paper

Five secret entries per player, folded and dropped into the Chamber.

The DEXA Victory Vault

Victory Vault

Seal your winning team's name and date inside once you win.

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The numbered "1st ED 001" collector badge
Collector's Alert

Numbered. Limited. Yours First.

Every 1st Edition unit is individually numbered — a permanent mark of who backed DEXA before anyone else. Once this campaign wraps, this version never gets made again.

300 1st Editions limited to 300 serialized units. No reprints.
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The DEXA 1st Edition unit sitting on the table, lit by arcade neon The numbered "1st ED 001" collector badge
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The Creators

Two Brothers. One Chamber.

Thundercliff Games emblem — the studio founded by brothers Nick and Dave De Santis

Nick and Dave De Santis are brothers who grew up around the game table — and never really left it.

Thundercliff Games is a family operation built on late nights, argued-over house rules, and a shared belief that the best board games turn a living room into total chaos in the best possible way. DEXA is that belief made real: nostalgic, table-thumping party gameplay, rebuilt for the modern era and built to welcome everyone who pulls up a chair — not just the "gamers."

"Nick and I played a version of this game for years. We realized we could turn it into something one of a kind — something that will never fail to light up a room."

— Dave De Santis, Co-Founder, Thundercliff Games