Game Rules

STORY

Welcome to the International Espionage Society's yearly convention for the world's Greatest Spies!

You've been sent in by the Agency to find out as much Intel (★) about opposing Agencies as possible and complete some Missions.

Don't worry, you're not alone in this, you just don't know who else the Agency sent in... Thankfully, due to budget cuts, you'll likely have the same Pseudonym.

So use this time to get to know each other: hint towards your Pseudonym, find Spies to trust and infiltrate the Enemy.

 


 

OBJECTIVE

The Agency with the most Intel at the end wins. (See End of Game Scores)

Each Spy needs to personally provide Intel to help and they are scored on the following 3 things:

  • Using their Pseudonym to correctly identify Spies from their own Agency
  • Collecting information about opposing Agencies' Spies
  • Completing their personal Missions

 

Everything you'll need to help you is on your Dashboard, make sure you scroll down and see it all.

You cannot show your Dashboard to other Spies.

It's wise to start by focusing on finding Spies from your Agency so you can collaborate with them.

 


 

PSEUDONYMS

Each Spy will have a 1-word Pseudonym, and some (maybe not all) Spies from the same Agency will have the same Pseudonym.

 

Use this in conversation to help work out who is in your agency. I.e. if you have the Pseudonym "Sun", talk about the weather or tabloid newspapers.

 

Beware: some roles provide knowledge of other Agencies' Pseudonyms!

 


 

MISSIONS

On your Dashboard you will have a mission to complete. Once it is completed (regardless of success), you'll be given another one.

 

You'll receive a total of 5 missions, with each one getting harder than the previous.

You'll be informed if your mission was successful.

Completing missions will help provide Intel to your Agency.

 

Not completing a mission counts as a fail, this includes not starting a mission. There is no penalty for failing a mission.

 


 

DATABASE

Input data about other players into the database.

 

Completing your Database will help provide Intel to your Agency.

 

There's no penalty for incorrect guesses.

 


 

ROLES

Each spy will have a Role which will assist them throughout the game.

 

Multiple spies from the same agency could have the same role and there's no guarantee that all roles are in play.

 

Information and abilities are displayed on the Dashboard, scroll down to see.

 

A full list of Roles is available in the Roles section at the top.

 


 

TIMER

Time is a resource in this game, use it wisely!

 

As soon as the Timer hits 0, all pages will lock, you can't input any more data into the Database, nor submit any Mission answers.

 

* If playing Mega SPIES: You'll be given a meeting point and time for a wrap-up. If unable to be there, please return your badge to the Mods later. You'll be able to see winners in the app after they're announced.

 


 

End of Game Scores

Each Agency score is shown as a % based on how much Intel they could have gained.

Each Spy needs to individually be contributing to help their Agency.

33% of the score will come from correctly identifying Spies in your own Agency in the Database.

33% of the score will come from correctly identifying the Agencies and Pseudonyms of Spies in opposing Agencies in the Database.

33% of the score will come from successful missions.

Game by Nicky - App by Diana - Art by Tom