MINDHACK – IRL Team Game with NFC Tags

🎮 Number of Players

• 2 or more
  Ideally an even number, so that players can be split into two teams.

🧰 What You Will Need

• 20 NFC tags
• Paper and pens for each team (for writing down notes and code fragments)
• Game Master (GM) – a person who prepares the game and oversees its progress

🏗️ Game Setup

1. The Game Master places all 20 NFC tags throughout a physical space—e.g., around the house, in the garden, in an office, etc.
2. All tags must be visible and accessible—the goal is not to make them hard to find. Players need to discover every tag in order to finish the game.
3. Each tag will point to a specific piece of HTML content (puzzles, decisions, code fragments, etc.).

🤖 Game World

The game takes place in a dystopian future where artificial intelligence is trying to wipe out humanity. Both sides—Team HUMANITY and Team AI—compete to obtain the final access code and decide the fate of the world.

🏃‍♂️ Game Progression

1. Team Division
   • Players split into two teams:
     • Team HUMANITY – tries to shut down the AI
     • Team AI – tries to strengthen the AI and wipe out humanity
2. Note-Taking
   • Each player receives a sheet of paper to jot down:
     • Code fragments
     • Their choices, any information they gather, and possible PATCHes—anything that could help them later
3. Searching for Tags
   • Each player may visit tags in any order
   • Some tags are linked, so it may be necessary to return to a tag later. Players should not be making random choices and decisions (there is always a clue for which option to choose)
   • Players can revisit tags unless explicitly stated otherwise (some tags are one-time use—their challenge can only be completed once)
4. Puzzles & Riddles
   • Certain tags contain puzzles or challenges
   • If a player submits a wrong answer, the tag displays ERROR. In that case, the player must leave and can only return after obtaining a PATCH from another tag and writing it down. A player may hold at most one PATCH at a time. (Once they use it, they can go get a new one.)
   • A PATCH is for single use—after using it, the player crosses it out on their paper.

🔒 Codes and Victory

1. Objective
   • Each team’s goal is to collect all eight two-character fragments of the final code.
     • Fragments look like 1-F2, 4-R1, 5-A9, etc.
     • The number indicates the position in the final code.
     • The letter(s) represent part of the code’s content.
2. Assembling the Final Code
   • Once all fragments are gathered, each team obtains:
   • Final code for HUMANITY (e.g.: F2S6G3R1A9Z7C4E5)
     C3Q1D4B3F2Z9K6P7
   • Final code for AI (e.g.: F2B6G1R1A9J7I3W8)
     C3E1D4B3F2Z2J6O5
   • Similarity but Not Identical
     • The two final codes are very similar but not identical, so teams cannot simply copy each other.
   • Final Evaluation
     • The last tag will evaluate the entered code and declare:
       • HUMANITY WINS – if the correct code to save humanity was entered
       • AI WINS – if the correct code to strengthen AI was entered

🤝 Team Interaction

Interaction between players and between teams is allowed—you may exchange information, deceive opponents, or cooperate as you see fit.