2 Shared Green | 4 Exclusive A | 4 Exclusive B | 1 Cross-Risk A | 1 Cross-Risk B | 1 Mutual Assassin | 7 Pure Bystanders
Pass device before revealing next grid.
Unofficial 5x4 keycard helper for playing Codenames: Pictures with Codenames: Duet rules.
Use LOCK before passing the device. Copy the Session ID to restore the same keycard later.
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Setup: use 20 Codenames: Pictures cards in a 5x4 grid.
Start with 7 time tokens. Use 8 tokens for an easier first play.
Each player sees 7 agents, 2 assassins, and 11 non-agents. Win by finding all 12 unique agents.
The hidden matrix is:
Play like Codenames: Duet. When time tokens are gone, sudden death begins: no more clues, and any wrong guess loses.
Rules, references, and feedback:
Audit reveals both keycards and the full result. Use only after the game is finished.
2 Shared | 4 Alpha-only | 4 Bravo-only | 2 Cross-risk | 1 Mutual assassin | 7 Bystanders