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Set in a world of dials, monitors, transmitters and other 1960’s James Bond-style spy paraphernalia, Decrypto is a "scramble communication" game: you must give clues to your teammates that are precise enough, so they can understand you, but vague enough, to make sure your opponents don't get the message.
The words are occasionally a little American-centric but that doesn't really affect gameplay as the actual words are less important than their definition. As long as it’s not the actual word, and not something previously used to describe the keyword, anything goes when trying to get your team to guess. The first player will draw a secret card from the code deck, that lists a three-digit code, containing numbers one to four which refers back to the secret word in your team’s panel.
After just one play of Decrypto I knew I liked it and I was intrigued to know what the Laserdrive expansion brought to the table. But over the course of the game, your opponents will be getting a more clear picture of what your Keywords might be so they can break your code.
From round 2 onwards the opposing team gets the chance to guess your code before your own team does. In each round, a member of each team assumes the role of Encryptor and attempts to help their team guess a three-digit number code without the opposing team intercepting the code by giving clues referring to their team's keywords with the corresponding numbers. One element which does really help you understand clues and the game structure is playing with people and group that you are familiar with, knowing the individual’s think patterns and ways of working, as you may then understand more of the abstract clues, but the game is equally, if not more, fun playing with people you have never met – trying to deduce the meaning being the clue. The opposing team takes records of the whole exchange so now they know word 4 has something to do with sand, word 1 has something to do with scooting, etc. This game is so much fun, makes you think and gets much harder as you keep playing as you are trying to outwit your opponents.Join the community and come discuss games like Codenames, Wingspan, Brass, and all your other favorite games! Domestika on using python to do generative art and then realized the whole thing was in Portugese with subtitles.
Hi, wanted you know that your mod has been added to my collection: Board Game Geek - BGG - May 2020 - Best Mod for each of the Top 500 Rated Games. Instead of the team getting Miscommunication tokens, they just give an Interception token to the third player. Part of the fun for some party games is when you have people who don’t know each other too well or (even better) live on either side of the pond. Because I am recommending Decrypto as hard as I recommend our beloved Codenames, particularly if that’s also a game you adore. If there is a tie (whether one team has 2 of each type, or both teams have two of the same type), then each team calculates their score with each positive marker being worth +1 point and each penalty marker being worth -1 point.Comparable to the smash-hit Codenames, but different enough in its own right, this game is ideal for family get-togethers, for a night down the pub with friends or as a bit of light relief at the beginning or end of a games night – don’t let Decrypto go under your radar! Joe Huber (1 play, of the prototype): I concur with everything Dale said about the quality and cleverness of the game. In this case, Team A will listen to a player from Team B who is giving the 3 word clues so you try to guess what their code may be. Instead, skip that and go for the final tiebreaker — whichever team can guess more of the other team’s Keywords wins! Decrypto is a relatively family friendly game with some complex/more challenging word/encryption cards which can easily be removed or swapped with other charges.
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