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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! Spyfall is played over several rounds, and at the start of each round all players receive cards showing the same location — a casino, a traveling circus, a pirate ship, or even a space station — except that one player receives a card 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 score points. 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 scores points. After a few rounds of guessing, suspicion and bluffing, the game ends and whoever has scored the most points is victorious!
| Year | 2015 |
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| Designers | Alexandr Ushan |
| Artists | Uildrim, Sergey Dulin |
| Publishers | Hobby World, Popcorn Games, Lautapelit.fi, Rebel Sp. z o.o., Brain Games, Competo / Marektoy, NeoTroy Games, PaperGames (III), Ludicus Games, Gigamic, Rexhry, Piatnik, DV Games, Zhiyanjia, Mandoo Games, BoardM Factory, Zacatrus, El Dragón Azul, Hemz Universal Games Co. Ltd., Tower Tactic Games, Jumping Turtle Games, Desyllas Games, Dexy Co, Planplay, Cryptozoic Entertainment, NewGame |
| Players | 3–8 |
| Time | 15 min |
| Status | Previously owned |
| BGG Rating | 6.7 |
| Categories | Bluffing, Party Game, Humor, Deduction, Spies / Secret Agents |
| Mechanics | Targeted Clues, Voting, Memory, Communication Limits, Roles with Asymmetric Information, Traitor Game, Role Playing, Acting |
| BGG Rank | 1117 |
| Complexity | 1.23 / 5 |
| Language | Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet |
| Date | Location | Duration | Qty | Players | Scores | Winner | |
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2019-07-02 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
My BGG Comment
We were only able to play this a couple of times before the pandemic hit, it was hilarious when it worked. But when it didn’t it feels tedious. It took everyone a while to grok it and the creativity needed seems to be beyond the euro-ish playing groups I have. I prefer other games where one player is “out of the loop” to this one. F.e. Detective Club or even Fake Artist.