Welcome to Heist-eria! This fun game involves acting, drawing, and puzzles for you and a partner to complete a heist. Upon entering the game, you must complete a task in each room and bring the keys you earned to the vault in the center. Good luck and we hope you have fun!

Approximate Time to Set Up: 30min - 1.5 hrs

• Arduino Board: 15-30 min

• AutoCAD Board 5 min

• Physical Board: 45-60 min

Advice for Quicker Set Up:

(Read Before Set Up and Return for Reference)

• If players are online or would rather play a digital version of the game, skip this section.

• Dedicate people to print and cut out the materials, while somebody sets up the arduino. Splitting the tasks can cut the set up time in half. Only one gameboard and one Arduino is needed.

• Print out and locate all the materials before setting anything up. Make sure to separate the drawing and acting cards so they don’t get mixed up. I would write an ‘A’ on the top right of the acting sheets and a ‘D’ on the top right of the drawing sheets.

• Simply tape the board pieces together based on the set up information below. Don’t waste time cutting anything unless you want to trim up the bottom three pieces.

• One cutter can place both acting sheets on top of each other and cut the cards out. The other cutter can do the same with the drawing cards. Once the two piles are there, label each card with and ‘A’ or a ‘D’ depending on which pile it belongs to. This way they don’t get mixed up if an accident happens.

Arduino Setup

How To Play!

Gameplay: 1 hour

Starting the Heist:

• The game works best with an even number of players from 4-8 where players form pairs, although it is possible for one player to play two robbers.

• Start by placing robbers on their matching colored spaces

• Each player rolls a dice (Use a number generator 1-10)

• The highest roll goes first

• The game proceeds in a clockwise direction based on the robbers on the board

General Rules:

• To place your robber, roll a dice and move that number of spaces towards your destination

• Upon reaching a room (meaning the robber must be on a square inside the room), refer to the room’s task, and attempt to complete it on that same turn

• After successfully gaining your key, you must deposit it into the vault (by entering it) before attempting a task in another room

• If a robber fails to complete a task, they will earn no key, and must leave their current room and head towards another one

• Multiple teams can be in the same room

• Room rules are further explained below

The Acting Room:

• Acting Rooms are the rooms with the stage and two masks

• Select one card from the acting card pile

• Set a timer for one minute

• Make sure the camera is pointing at you if you are remote, so your teammate can see you

• Act out the word on the card

• If your partner correctly guesses the word on the card within the one minute time frame, you earn a key for the acting room.

The Drawing Room:

• Drawing rooms are the rooms with the painting boards

• Select one card from the drawing card pile

• Set a timer for one minute

• Make sure the camera is pointing at your drawing if you are remote, so your teammate can see it

• Draw the word you read from the card

• If your partner correctly guesses the word on the card within the one minute time frame, you earn a key for the drawing room

The Puzzle Room:

• Puzzle rooms are the rooms with the puzzle pieces on the table

• Turn on the arduino and follow the instructions on the screen to begin

• The arduino will randomize a set of three colors

• There are four colors which correspond with the buttons on the arduino

• The randomized set of colors can contain any of the four colors, and there can also be repeated colors in the set

• It is your job to guess the set of three colors through trial and error

• After inputting your guess of three colors, the lcd screen will print how many of the colors were in the right spot

• You will have seven attempts to guess the set

• If the puzzle is solved in the appropriate time, the arduino will display you have earned a key

• If you fail, the arduino will display so, and you must move to another room

Completing the Heist:

• The team that first drops off SIX keys (TWO of each room) in the vault at the center completes the heist and wins!

• It’s more fun if each player collects one of each key, so they can each experience both sides of a room. However, it is allowed for a single teammate to earn repeated keys.

• (there are no physical keys, try to keep track and use your imagination!)

An Added Twist (optional):

• To add difficulty to earning a key, all players have the opportunity to type a specified word or character in the Zoom chat.

• The players may make a guess based on the order that they type in the word.

• If an opposing team guesses the correct word first, the team in the room loses their chance to gain a key in this round.