Example, if 3 of your words are Sun, Jalapeno, and Fire, the Spy Master could give a clue of "Hot, 3" meaning that 3 of the words out there correspond with the clue "Hot

Eight adults seemed to enjoy playing itWe played 7 or 8 rounds and everyone liked taking a turn being a spy master (one word clue givers).

Only con is the wait time coming up with clues as a spy master

The spy master said, "Coffee, 2 words" So looking at the available words on the table my

The goal of the Spy Master is to get her team to guess each of her team's spies for the victory

We even had an 8 year old be the spy master

You have one Spy Master for each team

Or, if the Spy Master is really good, does it refer to both meanings?I hope Czech Games comes out with an expansion to the first version soon because at our rate, we're going to hit 50 games in no time at all

You have two spy masters..we played with 8 people - 4 on each team.

Definitely, being spy master is the most difficult part.

Its up to that team's Spy Master to try to link as many of his words together as he can with a one word clue

, the Spy Master gives a single word clue with a number (to tell how many word cards she is associating with that clue)

Younger children are fun to have involved in figuring out the clues but the spy master must be a bit more experienced.

Plays up to 8 people (although I prefer 6), and the dynamic changes drastically with who is playing the Spy Master

I've played both spy master and spy, both are great

We've played with kids as young as nine, although adults generally make better spy masters

If they guess the assassin, game over!Being Spy Master is actually a lot harder than it seems but is so fun

you're on the team and not the Spy Master, be sure to listen to everyone's opinions

The spy masters have to think about what their team mates will think of their clues

The game pushes you to think through vocabulary and word associations which can be a great challenge for spy masters and teammates.

It is optimal with 6 players, where you have two spy masters, and two guessers for each one, but we have played with less and more and it is still a blast.

This is a great game to play with a group of friends (it's always fun to watch the spy masters keep a straight face as their team makes ridiculous leaps and guesses)

The game is all about making connections, categorizing, and thinking like your 'spy master'.

As the spy master I find myself spending more time thinking about how to connect cards than I thought I would

"I think the spy master is thinking a coffee bean is a

An amazingly fun party game that scales well to larger numbers of players, as well as (with a rule variation) playable with only two

so I will leave this as a 4, great game but not really suited to my play style.

You end up learning a lot about how you've organized words and concept associations in your brain, as well as how the people you're playing with have.

but you work as a