Spies

Preview

The Scenario

Players are assigned secret identities as agents with hidden loyalties. Through negotiation, bluffing, deal-making, and alliance-building across multiple rounds, they must deduce who they can trust — and manipulate who cannot trust them. Everyone is lying. The question is how well.

What You'll Gain

• Exposes negotiation and influence tactics in a safe, playful context
• Reveals how trust is built, tested, and broken within teams
• Practice reading intent, credibility signals, and social cues
• Develop coalition-building skills under competitive pressure
• Works powerfully as a debrief on organisational trust and politics

Main Features

• Multiplayer design (3+ players)
• Hidden role assignment system
• Animal-themed agent identities (wolf, snake, eagle, fox, dragon)
• Lobby creation and join-by-code
• Configurable team sizes
• Rules reference built into the game interface

Knowledge Terms Covered

• Social deduction
• Negotiation tactics
• Bluffing
• Coalition building
• Information asymmetry
• Trust signals
• Persuasion
• Hidden-role mechanics