Playing cards face-down on a dark table, lit from one side.

How It Plays

Four phases. No clock. The table decides when it's time to move.

How It Plays

  1. 1. Introduction

    The host opens the dossier. Each player learns their role, their public goal, their secret goal, and the relationships they walked in with.

  2. 2. Investigation

    Players take actions, find clues, interrogate one another, complete public goals. The phase advances when the table's mandatory goals are complete — not when a clock runs out. The host can override if play stalls.

  3. 3. Accusation

    Each player names whom they believe did it. A majority verdict convicts.

  4. 4. Reveal

    The dossier opens. The killer is named. Scores are tallied — for catching the killer, for finishing your goals, and for the evening's small extras (best dressed, best acting, successful theft).