Spyfall 1

[Ater Nox]

Spyfall is a party game unlike any other, one in which you get to be a spy and try to understand what's going on around you. It's really simple!

at the start of the game all players receive pms showing the same location — a casino, a traveling circus, a pirate ship, or even a space station — except forone player who receives a pm that says "Spy" instead of the location. Players then start asking each other questions — "Why are you dressed so strangely?" or "When was the last time we got a payday?" or anything else you can come up with — trying to guess who among them is the spy. The spy doesn't know where he is, so he has to listen carefully. When it's his time to answer, he'd better create a good story!

At any time during a round, one player may accuse another of being a spy. If all other players agree with the accusation, the round ends and the accused player has to reveal his identity. If the spy is uncovered, all other players win. However, the spy can himself end a round by announcing that he understands what the secret location is; if his guess is correct, only the spy wins.

I've attached a file with all the possible roles, and a link to the full rules is here (pdf download) boardgamegeek.com/file/download/ph89mrfa2h/Spyfall_rules_ENG.pdf

We can have up to 8 players, and if I get interested people I will type out a clear set of rules. Let me know below if this sounds fun.

Attachments:

Spyfall_Business_Card_PnP_1.0.pdf (33.9 KB)

[Ater Nox]

Sample Game from rules:

Anne, Juan, Maria, and Isaac find themselves in the
crusader army. However, Anne isn’t aware of this
because she got the spy card. Juan gets the Knight,
Maria the Squire, and Isaac the Archer. They all play
their parts and try to identify the spy. Anne’s goal is
to identify the location without blowing her cover.
Maria the Squire asks the first question: „Isaac,
do you remember which sea we took a dip in yesterday?“
Isaac the Archer naturally names the Mediterranean,
and Anne the spy takes notice: the location
could be the beach or the pirate ship. Isaac can’t ask
Maria, so he asks Juan, „Juan, when do we get paid —
is it at the beginning of the month, or the end?“ All
the other players are on the alert, since the question
might identify Isaac as the spy. However, Isaac is
just sounding out his fellow players. Since Juan is
a knight and not a spy, he answers the question
easily: „Who knows? We’ll get paid whenever the
commander feels like paying us.“ Anna the spy is
thoroughly confused — now she suspects the location
might be the military base or the submarine.
Juan asks her next question: „Hey Anne, what did
they serve for dinner yesterday? I couldn’t make it.“
Anne is evasive: „Oh, you know, the usual stuff — potatoes,
nothing special.“ This is where other players
start to suspect her of being the spy — as crusaders,
they’re well aware that Columbus won’t be bringing
that particular plant back from the New World for
another three hundred years or so...

[The Candy Lane]

Sounds fun, sign me up!

[Hahiha / USSR]

Me too. I'll need to brush up on some general facts from what you posted in the sample game

[Louisistan]

Ah, excellent. I haven't yet read any of the links you provided, as I am currently still Matlabbing

But it sounds like fun and I'd like to sign up, please.

[Sheynat]

I'll join! Sounds cool.

[Randomain]

I guess I could give this a shot too

[Ater Nox]

Rules:
Each non-spy player is pmed a role and location. All locations sent will be the same, and all roles will be different but logical to be located at the location. The spy's pm just tells them that they are a spy.

A randomly selected player is chosen to go first. This player will ask any one other player a question about their location or role. That player will answer the question and ask any other player a question. In other words, you may not ask the player who asked you a question a question.

At any time, the spy may publicly reveal their role and take a guess at the location everyone is at. If they are correct they win, if they are wrong everyone else wins.

At any time, a player may claim another player is the spy and start a vote. If all other players vote that the player is a spy, that players roles is revealed. If they are a spy, everyone else wins. If they are not the spy, the spy wins.

I will recommend you tag the person you are asking your question to in order to keep the game moving.

The Candy Lane, Hahiha / USSR, Louisistan, Sheynat, Randomain, do any of you have any questions?

[Deleted]

Sounds interesting. Count me in.

[Ater Nox]

Excellent, I will send pms out tomorrow some time. People can still join until then.

[Randomain]

Just to be clear, the roles and locations will be ones from the file on the op, right?

[Ater Nox]

Yep, to keep things simple I will use a location and roles from the file in the first post.

[Louisistan]

I should probably go look at that then.

[Ater Nox]

PMs have been sent. Louisistan has randomly been chosen to go first.

Players:
Hahiha / USSR
Louisistan
@tredania
Randomain
Sheynat
The Candy Lane


I would suggest you format your posts something like :

Ater Nox, what colour is your hair?

, but as long as it is obvious who you are asking the question to you should be fine. When you answer a question, you can just ask the next question in the same post.

When a player wants to start a vote on who they think a spy is, they can start a vote at any time. As long as they make it clear who they are voting for, we should be fine. A warning though, if you explain why you are voting for someone in too much detail you may give the answer away to the spy!

[Ater Nox]

One last thing, you can ask any question you want as long as it isn't 'meta'. By that I mean, don't ask 'What is the first letter of the location?' or something like that.

[Louisistan]

@tredania, what are you doing tonight?

[Deleted]

Louisistan: Well, I'm on a tight schedule, but I planned on having dinner with some friends at some point. You're welcome to join us if you'd like.

Sheynat: What's there to do around here?

[Sheynat]

@tredania, there's simply too many options - I'd be standing here listing them all day! You can ask a guide, however - they'll know all the details.

And Hahiha / USSR, what would you like?

[Hahiha / USSR]

Sheynat, I'd like a martini.
Randomain, where did we start?

[Randomain]

Hahiha / USSR, I don't know about you, but I started from my home town.
The Candy Lane, Looking forward to anything special?

[The Candy Lane]

Randomain, I always look forward to food.
Hahiha / USSR, What clothing do you plan to wear?

[Hahiha / USSR]

The Candy Lane, black tuxedo with a black bowtie.
Louisistan, what did you eat for dinner last night?

[Hahiha / USSR]

Btw, bowties are cool.

[Aersoldorf]

Holy guacamole, somebody PLEASE tag me when sign-ups for 2 are posted. I hate that I overlooked this

[Louisistan]

Hahiha / USSR Leftover potatoes.
Sheynat How's the weather outside?

[Sheynat]

Louisistan, Sunny!

The Candy Lane, are you finding everything you need?

[Hahiha / USSR]

Sheynat, in chat TCL has been talking about going snowboarding this weekend. I don't know if he already left to snowboard, or if he has wifi to check this game. I say that if he doesn't respond, in let's say 12 hours, you ask somebody else.

[Deleted]

He's been on a couple of times, but I think he's pretty miffed about Werewolf right now and is focusing on his trip, so it might be better to ask someone else a question.

[Sheynat]

Ater Nox, what do you think? Should I ask again?

[Ater Nox]

TCL told me he is off on holidays for a few days, so we might just have to wait for him to get back.