How to play Classified

Learn the rules to the board game Classified quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules.Show more

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RULES:
The object of the game is for all the players to work together to win more photos than they lose.

Give every player a dry erase marker. Layout the mission tokens faceup in a row. Shuffle the photo cards and put them in the middle of the table, then take the top 6 and place them beneath the mission tokens. Place 1 stand below each photo. Shuffle the code cards and deal 1 to each player. Whichever side is faceup is the one they will use. Place the remainder of the deck next to the photo deck. Shuffle the mission cards and give one to each player. Put any remaining mission cards to the side without revealing them.

Each player now secretly looks at their mission card to determine which corresponding photo card is theirs. Then they put their mission cards facedown. Players may not reveal or give clues as to which photo is theirs. Now, all the players simultaneously draw on their code card with their markers, covering up parts of the digits until they form a single word that acts as a clue to which photo is theirs. You are allowed to orient your card 180 degrees if you want. Players must keep their code card hidden from others.

Once everyone has finished, each player carefully passes their code card to the player to their left, so only that player sees it, being careful not to smudge the ink. Now all the players simultaneously look at the word on their card and discern which photo it belongs with. Once you decide, you place your code card facedown, below the photo with one end of it resting on the stand, to keep the ink from smudging. Only 1 code card may be assigned to each photo and once a code card is placed it may not be moved.

Once all the code cards have been placed, then they are all flipped faceup along with each players’ mission card. Every code card in the correct place is removed and set aside faceup next to one another, without erasing them. All the incorrect code cards are erased and placed at the bottom of the deck. The round is now over. Flip over all the photo cards and place them at the bottom of the deck, replacing them with new ones. Gather all the mission cards, shuffle, then redeal. Each player draws a new code card, and you play another round. Continue this process until you have completed the number of rounds as indicated by the number of players, setting the correctly matched, marked-up code cards to the side each round, growing the collection.

Once finished, each player will be the target player 1 time then the game will end. If you are playing with 2 players, then they will each be the target player twice instead. Pick a player to be the target player. Reset the picture cards then shuffle the mission cards and give them one. The target player then may use any number of the previously won code cards, that are all marked up, to get the rest of the players to guess the correct photo. The target player is NOT allowed to mark up the code cards, they must use the code cards as they currently are. If a code card is accidentally smudged, you must restore it to its previous state before continuing. Each code card can only be used once as a clue by any target player, so if you run out of code cards, the target player may not give any clues. You may choose to use zero code cards for your clue if you want.

Once the target player presents the clues, the players discuss and agree to the photo they think it is and it is revealed. If correct, then collect the photo to the side in a win pile. If incorrect, then place the photo in a loss pile. Erase all the code cards that were used as clues, if any, and return them to the deck. Then pick a new player to be the target player and play another round with the target player selecting code cards from the remaining amount. Continue this process until each player has been the target player once, then the game ends. If you have more photos in the win pile than the loss pile, then you all win. If it is a tie or less, then you all lose.