Shadow Game: game rules

🎭 Goal: Crewmates must unmask the impostor.

👁 Roles: Crewmates see the secret word, the impostor does not.

💬 Clues: Each player gives one clue in turn (max. 20 characters) – not too obvious, not too vague.

🔍 Showdown: All clues are revealed.

🗳 Vote: Who is the impostor?

🏆 Winner:

• The crew wins if it unmasks the impostor by majority and they then fail to guess the word
• The impostor wins by staying unnoticed (no majority against them) – or by being unmasked and guessing the word
• The guess comes after the vote, and only from the unmasked impostor – there is no draw

🕵 Variant: Undercover

👥 Roles: Civilians know the word, the Impostor a similar word, The Ghost only the category. Everyone knows only their own role. The Ghost appears at 6 players, a second Impostor at 8.

🔁 Flow: One clue each → short discussion → anonymous vote. Whoever gets the most votes is out — their role stays secret. This repeats until one faction wins.

👻 The Ghost: Secretly guesses the civilian word at every vote. If voted out and correct, the Ghost wins alone.

🏆 Winner:

• Civilians win when all infiltrators (Impostor + Ghost) are exposed.
• Infiltrators win as soon as at most one civilian remains.
• The Ghost wins alone by guessing the civilian word when exposed.