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AGES: 8+ PLAYERS/THIEVES: 2 – 6
CONTENTS:
Vault Dial and 86 cards (18 Code Cards, 58 Tool Cards, 10
Vault Cards)
OBJECT:
Be the first to crack the Vault’s code and win the gold!
SETUP:
• Divide the cards into 3 stacks. The backs of the cards help
differentiate the stacks.
Code Cards: These special green-backed cards represent your
secret code that can open the Vault and give you the victory.
INSTRUCTIONS
Tool Cards: Use these black-backed cards as the tools of your
trade. They allow you to move the Vault Dial and crack the code.
Vault Cards: Form a circle around the Vault Dial with the
silver-backed wedge shaped cards. The number side should be
facing up. During the game, you will turn the Vault Dial so
that it points to the numbers around the Vault.
• Place the Vault Dial in the center of the play area. Arrange the
10 Vault Cards around the Vault Dial as shown in the illustration
below. The Vault Dial is then turned so that the arrow is pointing
to “0”. This circle forms the game path.
• Pick a dealer. He/she will shuffle the green-backed Code Cards,
and deal them to each thief as follows:
2-3 thieves game 5 cards each
4 thieves game 4 cards each
5-6 thieves game 3 cards each
Code Cards are lined up face down in front of each thief. The
remaining code cards are placed out of play, for now.
• The black-backed Tool Cards are used to crack your secret
code. This deck is shuffled and 5 cards are dealt to each thief.
This forms the player’s hand. The remaining cards become
the draw pile. Thieves can hold and look at their Tool Cards
throughout the game.
• Each thief places their Code Cards face down, in a row, in
front of them. All thieves take a peek at their own Code Cards
and then select which one they will try to “crack” first. To
select, thieves move their chosen card slightly above the row
formed by the rest of their Code Cards. Keep your Code Cards
face down and hidden from the rest of the thieves.
• When all thieves have made their first Code Card
selection, the top card of the draw pile is flipped over to form
a discard pile. If that card is a “special” card (not a number),
continue flipping over cards until a number turns up. This card
begins the game by indicating which direction the Vault Dial
will be moved to start the game. So no one gets a head start the
game is started on a number other then “0”.
- If the flipped over card is a minus number, the Vault Dial is
moved that number of spots counterclockwise around the Vault.
If a “-3” is flipped over the game will begin on “7”.
- If it is a plus number, the Vault Dial is moved that
number of spots clockwise around the Vault.
If a “4” is flipped over the game will begin on “4”.
• The youngest thief begins the game with play continuing to
the left (clockwise).
PL AY:
CRACKING THE CODE
• On your turn, you will use your Tool Cards to rotate the
Vault Dial. You are trying to end your move with the Vault
Dial pointing to the Vault number that matches your chosen
Code Card. You may play as many cards as are in your
hand during your turn, but may draw only one card back
into your hand once you have played.
• If the number on the Vault and the number on your selected
Code Card match, you can turn your selected Code Card face up.
You may then choose another Code Card and slide it above your
Code Card line, preparing for your next turn.
• If the Vault and Code Card numbers do not match, leave your
chosen Code Card where it is, face down. You will try again to
break its code on your next turn. Whether you match or not,
your turn ends. Discard your played Tool Cards to the discard
pile and draw only one new card from the top of the draw pile.
Never draw from the discard pile. Thieves may have 1 to 5
cards in their hand, but no more than 5 at a time.
• You must play a Tool Card before you flip your Code Card.
You can only crack one Code Card on your turn. It doesn’t
count if another thief moves the Vault Dial to point out one of
your Code Cards. Unless you have a “0” Tool Card or other
Special Tool Card the Vault must be moved.
• Thieves can look at their cards at any time, but can not look
at an opponent’s cards.
SPECIAL CODE CRACKIN’ TOOL CARDS
Some Tool Cards do positively illegal things to help you crack
the code.
Wild Key: This card gives you a number of options. You can
move 1 or 2 spaces in either direction.Your choice!
Zeroed Out: Set the Vault Dial back to “0”.
Reverse Play: Double Cross your opponents, by reversing the
direction of play. Thieves won’t know if they are coming or going!
Alarm Bells: When you play this card, everyone passes all
of their Code Cards (cracked and uncracked) to the thief next
to them. The thief playing the Alarm Bells decides if the cards
are passed to the right or left. This is a great opportunity for
you to increase your number of cracked Code Cards or to slow
an opponent down.
Skip-A-Thief: If another thief is winning and you don’t like
it – fight back with this card by placing a curse on them. Place
this card in front of any thief, who now has to skip their next
turn. The skipped thief places the card on the discard pile after
they are skipped.
Bamboozled: If the Skip-A-Thief card wasn’t enough —get
them with a Bamboozled card! Play this card to add an additional
face down Code Card to any one thief for them to solve.
WINNER:
The game ends when one thief has cracked the vault by
flipping all of their Code Cards over.
ALTERNATE PLAY:
If your looking for an even more challenging game—try this
alternate play. After each game the winner counts all of the
opponents unturned Code Cards. This becomes the score for
the winner of the round. After 5 rounds count each thieves
points. The thief with the highest score wins!
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