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POKE & TELL
A brass house cut away into rooms, with a phone in each room and a bell in the middle

POKE & TELL

DON'T GET POKED!
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Poke & Tell is a party game of secrets and suspicion.

Survivors race around the house finishing Challenges. Imposters quietly poke them, one by one, and try not to get caught.

Every phone is a station

Put phones around the house as Challenge stations. One central phone is the bell. Spread the stations so each one is in sight of one or two others, never all of them, and let the sneaking begin.

See the Challenges
A brass hand tapping the keypad of a brass phone

Silent play. Loud meetings.

How to Play

Gather 5 to 30 friends in one house. Everyone secretly sees their role on the host phone, and from then on nobody talks until the bell rings. Most of you are Survivors trying to finish every station, but one or more of you are Imposters with a poke and a plan.

THESURVIVORS

Objective: Finish every Challenge, or vote out every Imposter

  • Finish every station, even after you've been poked and reported.
  • Remember which stations you've done. Nobody can check for you.
  • Found someone poked? Ring the bell to call a meeting.
  • Watch your back at stations facing a wall.
  • In the meeting, ask "Where were you?" Alibis fall apart fast.
  • Vote out who you suspect. Hope you guessed right!

THEIMPOSTERS

Objective: Poke Survivors until the Imposters equal them

  • Poke Survivors when nobody is looking.
  • Earn every poke by really solving a Challenge.
  • Blend in. Play the stations like everyone else.
  • Set off one sabotage per game, if the host allows it. Unfixed in time, you win.
  • Seen poking? Say they're trying to pin it on you, and stick to your story.
  • Ring the bell yourself now and then. Nothing looks more innocent.

The Lockdown House

Ten Challenges

Every station runs a quick puzzle, generated fresh every time. Crack it, and on to the next room.

  • Reconstruct the Blueprint
  • Repair the Wiring
  • Restore the Access Code
  • Crack the Safe
  • Stabilize the Boiler
  • Restore the Breaker Box
  • Navigate the Maintenance Vents
  • Load the Fuse
  • Synchronize the Locks
  • Find the Secret Book

On your phones

Gameplay

  • A station phone asking players to tap their own name
    Pick your name
  • A secret Imposter role card
    Secret roles
  • The Crack the Safe Challenge
    Crack the Safe
  • The Restore the Breaker Box Challenge
    Breaker Box
  • The Find the Secret Book Challenge
    Secret Book
  • The discussion timer during a meeting
    Talk it out

Before you play

What You Need

  • One iPhone to hostA one-time Host Unlock, then unlimited games.
  • A phone per stationStations join free with the host's 6-digit code.
  • 5 or more playersUp to 30, with about two-thirds as many stations.
  • Any Wi‑Fi or mobile dataNo accounts, and phones don't have to share a network.

Have a question about Poke & Tell?

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Found a bug or have an idea? Write to us.

support@pokeandtell.com