Unacknowledged is a simple social deduction game for 3-5 players, playing time about 20 minutes, about exposing a UFO coverup by the government.

Overview

Each player has a secret identity, with one player being the “Shadow Government” who is trying to thwart what the other players are doing. The other players are all “Disclosure Activists” and are trying play the same card at the same time.

The game is played over 4 rounds with 3 plays each.

At the start of each round players draft a hand of 5 cards.

For each “play”, every player simultaneously plays a card face down. These are then shuffled and revealed. If there are player count-1 disclosure cards of the same type, then this counts as a success for the Disclosure Activists. Once the Disclosure Activists have a certain number of successes, they win.

The Shadow Government player wins by either countering enough of these successes or if the game ends without the Disclosure Activists winning.

Components
  • a deck of 55 cards

You can download the Unacknowledged cards file for a print & play version (to make your own cards). These cards are in the standard poker format (63mm x 88mm / 2.5” x 3.5”).

Print out each page once and cut out all the cards on each page. I suggest slipping each cutout card into a plastic sleeve (such you would use for a TCG) together with some kind of stiff backing.

The number of cards needed for the game is noted in the bottom right corner of each card. All other cards are needed only once in the game.

Rules

Download the Unacknowledged rules.