Masters of Crime: Incognito
Masters of Crime: Incognito Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
How Incognito Plays
Incognito is a story-based, immersive mystery game. In pursuit of unraveling this thrilling criminal case, a group of 1 to 5 players works together to make decisions, tackle puzzles, and gather crucial evidence.
Incognito offers the ultimate challenge for hobby game and Escape Room fans. Immerse yourself in an authentic crime story and genuine detective work, all from the comfort of your home. To succeed in the game, you'll rely not just on the clues and documents provided in the game but also harness the power of the internet. Authentically designed websites are an integral part of the game.
Hints and Help
Don't worry if you reach a point where you aren't sure what to do next.
Take a closer look at the images on the fronts of the cards and envelopes you have revealed. They will help you solve the puzzles, make important decisions, and uncover new locations.
Then check whether you have found a complete phone number with a phone symbol next to it. You should "call" this number using the website.
If that hasn't helped, you can find some additional help on the publisher's website for each of the envelopes and cards. Simply click on the tab for the card or envelope you would like some help with. For the cards, there are two hints and then a solution.
Further down the help page, you can also find some help with the central questions of the game. This is particularly about reconstructing the crime and the alibis of the suspects.
Note: the specific hints, solutions and code answers for each card and envelope are intentionally left out of this transcription.
Entering Codes
Please choose the card or envelope with the "enter code" symbol on the publisher's code-entry page. Here, you can enter the codes that you have found and also find out what type of code a specific card requires you to uncover.
Note: the code-entry form's questions, answer fields and outcome text reveal solutions to the case and are intentionally left out of this transcription.
The Solution of the Case
Do you think you've solved the case? Have you worked through all the evidence, determined the motives, and solved all the mysteries? The solution to the case is on the publisher's website.
Note: the solution and ending texts are intentionally left out of this transcription.
Saving Your Game
If you'd like to take a break at any point, you can stop playing and save your game. We recommend taking a break after 2 hours. If you prefer, you can, of course, play through the game without taking a break. To save your game, put the cards together in stacks as described below and keep them together with a rubber band.
- Stack 1: stack all the cards you have already discarded. You won't need these cards again.
- Stack 2: stack all the locations that are currently active and for which you have not yet made a decision. Use the notes sheet to make note of which locations are currently active.
- Stack 3: stack all the cards that you have already drawn and read through. You can look through this stack again when you restart the game to refresh your memory.
Put all the opened Envelopes back in the box. By sorting the cards and envelopes in this way, together with your notes on the detective board, you can jump back into the investigation anytime.
Summary
- Stack 1 -> All discarded cards.
- Stack 2 -> Draw stack and all active locations (make note of the active locations).
- Stack 3 -> All cards that have been read through already.
Return all the other components to the box.
Resuming Your Game
- All Stack 1 cards: Leave in the box.
- Do not look at Stack 2. Place it as the draw pile.
- Draw all the locations from Stack 2 that you have noted, and place them on the Detective Board.
- You can look at Stack 3 and all opened envelopes to refresh your memory.
Resetting the Game
You can reset Incognito completely so you can play the game again another time. To do so, simply reseal the envelopes and sort the cards back into the stack in ascending numerical order.
A printable version of the Detective Board and the Notes Sheet is available to download from the publisher's website.