Codenames: Pictures (English)

Codenames: Pictures is a variation of the incredibly popular board game Codenames . Like its predecessor, it is about associations and creative thinking.

Two teams compete against each other. One player on each team is the “spy master” and knows the identities of all the spies in the network. They must now communicate these to the rest of their team. The team that first makes contact with all of their agents wins the game.

At the start of the game, 5 x 5 tiles are laid out on the table. These tiles have pictures printed on them, all depicting strange, imaginative things; for example, a moth with insect wings or a kangaroo with a lizard’s back.

The spymasters have a secret card that tells which 8 pieces on the table represent their team’s agents. They now take turns hinting to their team which pieces they are. The only problem is that they are only allowed to say one word and one number. The word must make the team guess which pieces they are talking about. The number indicates how many cards/agents the word mentioned is associated with. It is now the task of the other players to find the correct pieces, but they must be careful; behind one of the words there is an assassin hiding and if this word is chosen, the team has lost. The first team to identify all their agents has won the game.