Decrypto*

Engage in the riveting team-based challenge of Decrypto, where players strive to correctly interpret coded messages from their teammates while unraveling the intercepted codes of the opposing team.

Gameplay Overview

  • Team Setup: Each team possesses a screen, concealing four cards tucked in pockets numbered 1-4. Team members can view their own words but keep them hidden from the opposing team.
  • Code Card Rounds: In the initial round, a team member selects a code card displaying three digits (e.g., 4-2-1) and crafts a coded message for teammates to decipher. Success earns a white mark, while failure results in a black mark.
  • Progressive Rounds: Subsequent rounds involve team members providing clues about their words to match a numbered code. The opposing team attempts to guess the code, with correct guesses earning a white mark.
  • Victory Conditions: The game concludes when a team collects its second white mark, securing victory, or its second black mark, leading to defeat. In case of a tie after eight rounds, teams attempt to guess each other's words, and the team with more correct guesses emerges victorious.

Conclusion

Decrypto unfolds as an exhilarating journey of code-breaking, deduction, and teamwork. With victory hanging on the balance of decoded messages and strategic clues, this game offers an immersive and intellectually stimulating experience for players seeking a dynamic team-based challenge.

Nominated for 14 awards and won 7.

  • 3 - 8 Players
  • 15 - 45 Minutes
  • 12+ years old
  • Easy to learn

Video reviews, ratings, Let's Plays and tests for Decrypto

  • YouTube Review for the game "Decrypto" by BoardGameGeek
    Video is in English

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