Dupery · Mechanics & glossary

A role is a character that can appear on the board and in the suspect list.

A target is a role that has been picked by another role.

The board is the grid where all in play roles and locations are.

A role's alignment can be good or evil. Your goal is to arrest all evil roles.

How the town sees you. By default you lose 2 reputation when you arrest a good role.

Defined by your reputation, it can be poor, good or excellent.

Each in play role has an address. This is shown on their door or beside their icon.

Locations are found on the board and are used by certain roles.

The suspect list is a list of all roles that could be in play.

A roles classification can be any of Innocent, Meddler, Underling or Traitor. By default, Innocent and Meddler roles are good and Underling and Traitor roles are evil.

A role is considered truthful when they are not lying or tainted.

A quirk is a special rule that augments how cases are played.

Cases visualise the Syndicates crimes, allowing you, the detective, to investigate roles and make arrests. Each solved case is another step towards the ultimate goal: Taking down the Syndicate!

The act of giving information. What a role has announced is displayed below their name when investigated.

When a role is pretending to be another role, it appears as that role when investigated and, unless they are lying, will do everything as that role would do.

When a role is lying, the information they give will be wrong. Abilities used will function incorrectly.

When a role is tainted, they are being forced to lie and will give wrong information.

When a role is revealed, they stop pretending to be another role and show their true self.

When a role is transformed into another role, they become that role. Transformations do not update the ratio.

Opening a door to see who is behind it.

A role that has not been investigated yet. Their door is still closed.

Your main way of stopping evil! Putting a role behind bars also reveals them.

A role that has not been arrested yet.

Makes a role dead. Dead roles do not reveal and information they may have announced is lost.

A role that has been killed. Dead roles do not reveal and information they may have announced is lost.

A role that is not dead.

An obscured role's icon, name and information is hidden except for numbers which stay visible.

A role that is on the suspect list. Only suspected roles can be in play.

A role that is on the board.

A role that is not on the board.

A role's one-use skill that requires your input. These are displayed by a blue hand.

The role that is shown when investigated.

A role that can prove its own innocence. Multiple self confirm roles cannot be in play at once.

Something which is adjacent is directly north, east, south or west.

Something which is surrounding is anywhere within the 8 tiles around that position.

An adjacent neighbour is a role that is adjacent to another role. In other words, it is directly north, east, south or west.

A surrounding neighbour is a role that is surrounding another role. In other words, it is anywhere within the 8 tiles around that role.

A step is a movement from one tile to an adjacent tile.

The boat is unique to the Docks region. You can move it around by going into 'Navigate' mode with the lever. Moving the boat around costs fuel. In this region, to arrest a role, you must first move the boat onto the role you wish to arrest.

fuel is used whenever you move the boat. By default, moving the boat costs 1 fuel per step moved plus 1 fuel to start the engine.

A hidden role does not appear until they are dredged. This happens by default when the boat is moved onto them. They still have an address and although you cannot initially see them, all other roles can.

Dredging a hidden role makes them appear on the board. By default, when the boat is moved onto a hidden role, they are automatically dredged.

Chips are used whenever you investigate a role or when you arrest a good role.

Cards are found in and are unique to the Casino region. Many roles use cards as part of their abilities.

A card's value is the number on the card. This can be any number between 1 (Ace) and 10 as well Jack, Queen or King.

A card's suit can be either Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs or Spades.

A Joker is a card that cannot be drawn naturally. Its value and suit are random.

A face card is a card whose value is either Jack, Queen or King.

Each suit is associated to a classification.
Clubs are associated with Innocents.
Diamonds are associated with Meddlers.
Hearts are associated with Underlings.
Spades are associated with Traitors.

Credits are gained by solving case. They can be used to purchase items in the shop between cases.

Items can be used to help you solve cases. They can be passive, having a benefit while you hold them, or active, having a benefit when used in a case.

A pocket is where items are held. By default, you have 4 pockets.

A held item is an item that you own and have in one of your pockets. If it is an active item, it can be used, and if it is a passive item, you will benefit of its effects.

In the Back Alleys, your health are your lives. You will be fired if you ever have 0 health. By default, you lose 1 health each time you arrest a good role.

In the Back Alleys, certain roles can steal items. A stolen item can be regained by arresting the role that stole the item.

A lead is a collection of cases that share prime suspects and must be completed in order to catch the Syndicate!

A stamp is a marker on a lead that detonates some kind of change based on the event it was gained from.

Events allow you to alter the remaining cases left in a lead through the use of stamps.

Prime Suspects are a set of roles that will be suspected in every case of a lead.

Helpful good roles that tend to give invaluable information to solve the case.

Unhelpful good roles that tend to muddy the waters and make solving the case trickier.

The simple evil roles that will often lie and pretend.

The worst of the worst. These evil roles will make it much harder to solve the case.

Roles that should not be arrested! Innocent and Meddler roles are good unless they have been made evil.

Roles that should be arrested! You win when all evil roles are arrested or dead. Underling and Traitor roles are evil.

Where it all started... The syndicate must be stopped!

"One day they'll get it to ring at the right time..."

Someone has cleaned up the Crime Scene but they've missed a spot... Or is this just some blood from another time...

Capturing evil on the seas is hard work, expecially when you need to keep an eye on your fuel. Make sure to come back to the docks before it's too late.

Shines bright for all ships in the docks to see.

If the boat is ever moved onto this mine, all adjacent neighbours will die and you will lose 4 fuel.

The first time the boat is moved onto the Oil Platform, regain all the fuel that is stored there. The Oil Platform starts with 0 to 3 fuel.

Where some may waste a bit more than just their time.
Who doesn't like a little gambling...