Codenames: Pictures
2016

Codenames: Pictures

2-8

players

15

min

8+

age

Categories

Card Game
Deduction
Party Game
Spies / Secret Agents

Mechanics

Communication Limits
Memory
Team-Based Game

Community Tags

Description

--- "Codenames: Pictures" is a team-based deduction game where spymasters give coded clues for operatives to identify agents via images, racing to contact all while avoiding enemies and assassin. Key mechanics include: - *Coded clue-giving* Spymasters deliver messages to direct field operatives to specific agent locations on the map. - *Visual decoding* Operatives interpret clues to identify images containing their agents, which feature multiple elements unlike word-based original. - *Team rivalry* Two teams compete to contact all their agents first. - *Risk assessment* Mistakes lead to enemy agent encounters or deadly assassin, potentially ending the game. Codenames: Pictures is a competitive spy-themed deduction game differing from the original Codenames by using images with multiple elements instead of single words to represent agents on a map of strange symbols. Two rival spymasters know the agent in each location and provide coded messages to guide their field operatives to clandestine meetings. Operatives must cleverly decode these clues to contact their agents, as errors risk unpleasant encounters with enemy agents or worse, the assassin. Both teams race to contact all their agents, with only one emerging victorious. ---

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Ian