Conspiracy

There is no conspiracy...or is there?

Welcome to Conspiracy, a simple social deduction game for 3-8 players that plays in around 10-15 minutes.

When the game starts, each player will receive either a Conspiracy card or a No Conspiracy card.

Either:

• All players will get No Conspiracy cards, OR...
• All but one player will get a Conspiracy card—and the odd player out will get a No Conspiracy card.

This means there will either be no conspiracy, or there will be a conspiracy against a single player, with all the other players being members of the conspiracy (and knowing who the target is).

Example of no conspiracy: All players get No Conspiracy cards.

Example of a conspiracy: One player gets a No Conspiracy card, all other players get Conspiracy cards.

If you get a No Conspiracy card, there's a 50/50 chance of there being a conspiracy against you! If there is a conspiracy, the other players will be trying to convince you that there isn't. If there isn't one, then you're all innocent, and everyone else is trying to figure out the same thing as you.

During the game, discuss freely with the other players about whether you think there is a conspiracy. (But beware, they may all be in on it and lying to you!) After you've made your decision, lock in your vote. If there was a conspiracy and you guessed wrong, the conspiracy wins—and you lose! If there wasn't a conspiracy, each player wins or loses individually, depending on if they guessed right.

Print & Play

A full, free print and play version is available at bit.ly/conspiracy_pnp.

Credits & License

Conspiracy was originally designed by Greg Filpus. This version was arranged by Jon Simantov, with the designer’s permission.

Special thanks to Dae Lorant, Philip Newman, and Joshua Petrack.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.