Bluffing · Deduction

NewSpeak

Newspeak is a tense game of dystopian subversion in which you take the role of either the 'dissidents' or the 'moderators' in a mind-bending battle of wits to determine the reality around you.

3–6 players60 minages 14light difficulty

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What is NewSpeak

Newspeak is a tense game of dystopian subversion in which you take the role of either the 'dissidents' or the 'moderators' in a mind-bending battle of wits to determine the reality around you.

Will you challenge the status quo and shatter your fragile reality or seek to protect the safety of what you know?

Dissidents utilise matching underground codes to coordinate meetings at one of the disturbingly illustrated locations on your map. They then each secretly use their location dials to declare their intended meeting point.

The Mods, in a short amount of time, then have to determine where they expect the Dissidents to meet by inferring their intent from a book of every possible code set the subversives could use, and agree upon a location to direct a state raiding party.

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Game details

Players: 3–6
Age: +14
Duration: 60 min
Difficulty: Light
Type: Board game
Year: 2021
Mechanics: Area Majority / Influence · Modular Board · Network and Route Building
Categories: Bluffing · Deduction · Real-time
Designer: Fiona Jackson · Mark Stockton-Pitt
Publisher: Inside the Box Board Games LLP (ITB)