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Hello everyone!
Today we're going to talk about Phantom Ink!
Recognized mediums, take up the challenge. 4 to 8 players, ages 10 and up, for 15 minutes, to guess the secret object using clues from the mysterious spirits!
In Phantom Ink, there are two teams, each composed of a spirit and one or more mediums. The mediums must guess a secret object that both spirits know. Each spirit wants their medium(s) to find the secret object first.
The mediums on each team take turns asking their spirit a secret question in order to get an answer (a clue) about the secret object. The spirit slowly writes the clue, letter by letter, until interrupted by their team, who doesn't want to reveal their clue to their opponents.
The players are divided into two teams: Moon and Sun. Each team's spirit is chosen, and the other members are mediums. The mediums then draw seven question cards and look at them discreetly. The spirits from both teams choose a secret object word together and can use the numbers to discuss their choice.
The mediums on the same team share their hand of cards, brainstorm together, and can pass secret notes. The teams take turns, but the Sun team goes first. During a team's turn, the writing pad is oriented so that it faces that team. The medium on that team then decides whether to ask a question or guess the secret object, and then follows these steps:
On their turn, the Medium can connect with the spirit to obtain clues that will allow them to learn more about the secret object they need to find. The Medium chooses two question cards from the seven in their hand and gives them to their team's spirit.
The spirit discreetly consults them, chooses one to answer, returns it to the medium, who keeps it face down and discards the other question card face up.
On the writing pad, in the team's first available space, the spirit begins slowly writing a Clue, letter by letter. The clue must answer the chosen question about the secret object. The spirits must read the letters aloud as they write.
When the Medium thinks they have found the clue their spirit is writing, they say "Silencio." The spirit then immediately stops writing (if they were writing a letter, they finish it, then stop). The medium then places the question card they just played face down in front of them. They can consult it at any time during the game. The medium draws two new Question cards to once again have seven cards in their hand.
On their turn, and if they think they have guessed the secret object, the medium can decide to offer an answer. The medium writes the first letter of their guess in the first available space on their team's writing pad and says it aloud. If the letter is correct, their team's spirit knocks on the table.
The Medium adds the next letter, saying it aloud. Both players repeat these steps until a letter is wrong, or the guess is complete (when the last letter of the guess is written, the Medium adds a dot to signal to the spirit that they are finished).
If the letter is wrong, the spirit places their finger on their lips and crosses out the incorrect letter. The medium can no longer write. The round ends, and it's the other team's turn. There is no penalty for an incorrect guess, except that the team loses a turn when they could have obtained a clue.
When your team begins a turn at a writing pad with an eye icon, your team's spirit medium can ask to see the next letter of any Clue that was started on the writing pad, including a clue from the opposing team. The spirit who wrote the Clue then adds the next letter (and also scores a point if it's the last letter). Your team then continues their turn normally (either by asking a question or by attempting to guess the secret object). When the spirit medium has correctly written their guess in full and each letter has been validated by the spirit, the team has guessed the secret object and wins the game!
Good day and good game ;)
Hello everyone !
My 1st is useful against the hot weather in a house.
My 2nd is Mr Hank first name.
My 3rd is a liquid used to write.
My whole thing is a team and cooperative game to become seers, who am I?
Good day and good game ;)
Hello everyone!
The Monte-Cristo account is inspired by real facts.
"The Count of Monte-Cristo" is inspired by a shoemaker who took revenge for his denunciators after years spent in prison. Published in 1844, this is one of the best known novels of Alexandre Dumas. The story of Edmond Dantès, a young sailor unfairly imprisoned at the Château d'If near Marseille. After escaping, he discovered a treasure on the island of Monte-Cristo and turns into a noble count to take revenge on those who betrayed him.
To write her stories, Dumas usually draw inspiration from real facts. For Monte-Cristo, he relies on police archives written by Jacques Peuchet. We find the story of François Picaud, shoemaker in Nîmes.
In 1807, François Picaud wished to marry a rich young woman, as Edmond Dantès must marry Mercédès. A local merchant tells the police that he suspects Picaud to be an agent from England. This is not the case, but François Picaud will still be locked seven years in a fortress. At his release, in 1814, he changed his name for that of Joseph Lucher, disguised himself as religious and, as with Dumas, will take revenge on one of those who ruined his life.
A love intrigue, a story of betrayal, adventure and a thirst for revenge: we find the central elements of the Count of Monte-Cristo
But in reality, the story of François Picot is also fictionée, as was much done at the time. However, it is itself inspired by a true story, that of a Marseille convict.
"Gaspard-Étienne Pastorel, who was condemned to galleys, apparently, is someone who borrowed several identities, as in the history of Picaud and as in the history of" Monte-Cristo "and of which apparently we would find a trace in the archives of the Lyon police prefecture.
Good day and good game;)
