Your Role:You and your fellow players take on the roles of Investigators, working together to decipher the cryptic messages of another player: the Oracle—a mysterious entity that communicates only through symbols and hieroglyphs. Your mission? Solve the enigma behind Dr. Faustroll’s prophecy and the disappearance of his prophetic monkey
What You Will Do:Each game session revolves around one of eight Cases, each featuring a bizarre character shrouded in mystery. Your job is to:
Decipher Hieroglyphs – The Oracle knows the truth but can only communicate by arranging a set of drawings on the table.
Ask the Right Questions – You’ll receive cryptic clues in the form of strange arrangements of doodles and must piece together their meaning.
Build a Shared Language – Session after session, you develop a vocabulary of symbols to communicate more effectively
How You Win:You succeed by correctly answering the Oracle’s eight cryptic questions per Case. Each correct answer earns points, and if your score is high enough, you solve the mystery! But be careful: Investigators lose points for over-relying on resources: each time they reference a word or an image in the book instead of using their developed language, they lose a point!