Beschrijving
Decrypto
In Decrypto (ENG) you compete in two teams. Each team tries to correctly interpret the coded messages presented to them by their teammates while cracking the codes they intercept from the opposing team.
Gameplay
Each team has their own screen, and in this screen they tuck four cards in pockets numbered 1-4. Everyone on the same team see the words on these cards while hiding the words from the opposing team. In the first round, each team does the following: One team member takes a code card that shows three of the digits 1-4 in some order. They then give a coded message that their teammates must use to guess this code. For example, if the team’s four words are “pig”, “candy”, “tent”, and “son”, then I might say “Sam-striped-pink”. I hope that my teammates can correctly map those words to 4-2-1. If they guess correctly, great; if not, we receive a black mark of failure.
Starting in the second round, a member of each team must again give a clue about their words to match a numbered code. The other team then attempts to guess our numbered code. If they’re correct, they receive a white mark of success. If not they are incorrect my team must guess the number correctly or take a black mark of failure. (Guessing correctly does nothing except avoid failure and give the opposing team information about what our hidden words might be.)
The rounds continue until a team collects either its second white mark (winning the game) or its second black mark (losing the game). Games typically last between 4-7 rounds. If neither team has won after eight rounds, then each team must attempt to guess the other team’s words; whichever team guesses more words correctly wins.
Summarised
Codenames is the go to party word game. Few people realise that Decrypto (ENG) ranks significantly higher on Board Game Geek. This is mainly because there is more interaction between the teams during gameplay. On top of that the players need to be more creative with their hints.
