🎮 Game Basics:
- Team hider travels via public transit to a hiding spot.
- Team seekers work together to find them by asking preset questions.
- Each answered question gives the hider cards from the Hider Deck (time bonuses, powerups, curses).
- The team who hides the longest wins.
📏 Game Setup:
- Choose game size:
- Small (town/part of a city, 4-8 hrs)
- Medium (large city/region, ~1 day)
- Large (country/multi-country, 2-4 days)
- Define map borders and pick transit systems.
🕰️ Rounds:
- Teams rotate hiding/seeking roles.
- Hiders get a hiding period to travel:
- Small: 30 min
- Medium: 60 min
- Large: 180 min
- Hider stays within a ¼ mile / 500 m zone (½ mile / ??? km for large).
- Seekers share live location tracking.
- Round ends when seekers are within 5 ft / ??? m and spot the hider.
❓ Asking Questions:
- Questions are from the Investigation Book (6 categories: Matching, Measuring, Radar, Thermometer, Photo, Tentacle).
- Hider must answer in 5 min (photo: 10-20 min).
- Questions can be repeated but cost extra cards.
- Google Street View is banned; other research is fine.
🃏 Hider Deck:
- Time Bonuses: Add to your hiding time if held at end.
- Powerups: Veto, Randomize, extra draws, Move, etc.
- Curses: Slow seekers with tricky challenges.
- Hand limit: 6 cards (can expand).
🔍 Hiding Spots:
- Must be publicly accessible and within 10 ft / ??? m of a marked path/road.
- No bathrooms, private homes, or inaccessible spots.
- Spot is locked when seekers enter your hiding zone.