Caller ID Bluff
EXT. 042Pick anyone's codename to flash on the recipient's caller ID. They judge real or fake — verdict closes the call.
+1 caller / +1 recipientSix rounds of social deception, dialed across a derelict apartment block. You're locked in. The only line out is a chunky retro phone — and everyone you call might be lying about who they are.
⊙ Answer the CallYou and a few friends are locked in your apartments in the same shabby block. The only way to talk to each other is by dialing rooms on a 1980s candy-bar phone — yours, theirs, ringing through the walls.
Across six mini-games you'll lie about your codename, decode a numbers-station broadcast, hunt for a hidden target, and try to figure out who's silently eavesdropping on every call. Pick up the receiver and you have one shot to read the room — or fool it.
Open the same room code in every browser, pick a host, and start. About ten minutes per match.
Punch a room number into the keypad. The phone rings on the other side. They can answer, or decline you cold.
If they pick up, you can text. They might lie about who they are. So might you. Hang up at any time.
Lock guesses, cast votes, pass words. Score points for reading the room — or for fooling it.
Every call is a fork: trust the line, or suspect a lie. The phone never tells you who you're really talking to. — The Manual, ed. III, §1
Pick anyone's codename to flash on the recipient's caller ID. They judge real or fake — verdict closes the call.
+1 caller / +1 recipientYou have a target codename. Find which room they live in before the line goes dead.
120 sec · +3 correctOne of you is the silent operator and reads every call. After the open phase, vote who you think it is.
+1 voter · +N survivalEach of you holds one letter of a secret word. Call the others to assemble it — they may lie. One shot to submit.
90 sec · +5 first solveA whisper chain through every player. Somebody is going to lie. Spot when, and who fooled the room.
90 sec chain · 30 sec voteCall freely, then vote one room offline. Their codename is revealed. Now map every other codename to a room.
+1 each correct · +3 lock bonusNo installs. No accounts. No bots.
Just the line.