Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
From the co-creators of Secret Hitler & Better Myths: a Blade Runner-inspired, five-minute party game for two players. Inhuman Conditions is a five-minute, two-player game of surreal interrogation and conversational judo, set in the heart of a chilling bureaucracy.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Hidden Roles
Players conceal team, loyalty, or identity information from one another.
Role Playing
Make decisions or communicate from the perspective of an assigned character.
Acting
Communicate information by performing without directly stating the answer.
Pattern Recognition
Identify recurring visual, spatial, or logical arrangements.
Storytelling
Create or extend a narrative in response to prompts or game events.
Timed Ending
End the game when a specific timing or state condition is reached.
Read the full game description
From the co-creators of Secret Hitler & Better Myths: a Blade Runner-inspired, five-minute party game for two players. Inhuman Conditions is a five-minute, two-player game of surreal interrogation and conversational judo, set in the heart of a chilling bureaucracy. Each game has one Investigator and one Suspect. Armed only with two stamps and a topic of conversation, the Investigator must figure out whether the Suspect is a Human or a Robot. Robots must answer the Investigator's questions without arousing suspicion, but are hampered by some specific malfunction in their ability to converse. They must be clever, guiding the conversation in subtle ways without getting caught. Humans may speak freely, but may find this freedom as much curse as gift. There are no right or wrong answers, only suspicious and innocuous ones, and one slip of the tongue could land Humans and Robots alike in the Bureau's Invasive Confirmation Unit. There, alongside Investigators who make improper determinations, they will await further testing ... —description from the publisher