The players must work together to find the notorious black hacker that lurks in the board before they strike with another cyber attack causing irreparable damage. Through challenges players obtain clues about the hacker’s plans. The player who identifies the black hacker first wins the game.

1. “HACKED”
Antheia Konstantellou
Theodora Plexida
Danai Theofilopoulou

2. You Have Been
Hacked!
ØNumber of Players: 3-8
ØObjective: The players must work
together to find the notorious black
hacker that lurks in the board before
they strike with another cyber attack
causing irreparable damage. Through
challenges players obtain clues about
the hacker’s plans. The player who
identifies the black hacker first wins
the game.

3. “The atmosphere in the FBI conference room was
tense as the director rapidly informed the team of
expert secret agents on their next mission. A group
of cybercriminals had unleashed a cryptic message,
threatening to unleash chaos with a major hacking
event. The team knew that the cybercriminals were
black hat hackers, the kind that operated in the
shadows, using their advanced technological skills to
wreak havoc on the world and gain millions of
dollars. The director’s words hung heavy in the air,
as the team absorbed the gravity of the situation.
They had only one month to discover the identity of
the mastermind behind the attack, where they
would strike, and what their deathly plans were!”
The clock was ticking, and the agents knew
that they had to act fast. Before they left the
room, they were warned by the FBI director:
“The fate of the world is in your hands, and
failure is not an option. If you lose never
come back, you will no longer have a place
here!”

4. Characters

5. Places

6. Events

7. Questions

9. Board

10. To begin the game, all of the
tokens must be placed on the
starting point of the board.
There are three sets of cards:
20 simple questions (pink),
10 bonus questions (purple),
and 22 clues (blue).
The pink and purple cards must
be mixed together and then be set
aside. The blue cards which are
divided into three distinct
categories: characters, places, and
events are to be shuffled so the
players can then randomly take 1
card from each category and place
it into a folder.
This folder will containt 3
different clues about the hacker’s
plans: the character who did it,
the event, and the location it
occurred.
After those 3 cards are placed in
the folder the rest of the clue
cards have to be mixed together
in order to start the game.
Game
Setup

11. 1. The first player rolls the dice and moves their token
on the board.
2. Each time you stop, you will be asked a question
card. Your left-hand player will give you the question
and all multiple choices (if you want to harden the game
you can choose not to reveal the choices).
Answering correctly, gives you the choice of taking an
evidence card from the blue deck or requesting one from
another players cards. In the case of a bonus question
you receive evidence from both the blue deck and
another player’s cards.
Answering incorrectly deprives you from getting clue
cards.
3. As you progress through the game, you will gather
evidence and formulate a hypothesis. Once you have a
solid theory of who the hacker is, where they will strike,
and how they will attack, you can only state your
hypothesis when your token is on the corresponding
country on the board.
This is where things get exciting! If you state your
hypothesis and it is correct, you win the game. If not,
you lose and reveal all your evidence.
“Example: I believe the hacker is Celine, she
will attack in India and the hackers will
infiltrate a major social media platform and
steal millions of users’ personal information.
They will blackmail them into committing
major crimes in order to reclaim their personal
information.”
Tip! Make sure to keep track of all clues that
are gathered in a piece of paper in order to not
make a false hypothesis.
Gameplay

12. Are you ready to find the hacker? Gather your
knowledge and let’s play!