HOUSE OF INFLUENCE

General

House of Influence is a Hidden Role game, which is set in a historical age of intrigue and cunning. Join one of two houses: the majority or minority house! Win by gaining the most influence points for your house at the end of a game! But be careful: Your allies might not be who you think they are. In this bluffing game the end justifies every dirty lie and clever trick you have up your sleeve to tip the balance to your house’s advantage! Keep your wits during your turn by choosing the one role that will put your house at the top!

Average play time: 20-30 minutes
Number of players: 3-10
Team vs. Team
Gametype: Hidden Role Game, turn-based
Recommended for ages: 12+
Requirements: Smartphone with Bluetooth connection+unidice

Game Preparation

At the start of the game, the unidice will divide the players into two houses: A majority and a minority. Each player receives the unidice once to have their houses assigned.

This happens as follows: The first player looks at the top side, and the unidice shows them what house they belong to: Then the die is passed on to the next player.

As in every Hidden Role game, every player has to keep their role hidden until the end of the game. Unlike the majority, the minority has the advantage, that the unidice will show them which player belongs to their house.

How to play the game

After the houses have been assigned, the players have altogether six roles at their disposal for the whole game. Each turn a player rolls the unidice and two roles will become available. But the player only gets to pick one! One role, displayed on top of the die, will be able to use a special ability . The role displayed on the other sides of the die can only utilize a normal ability .
Confirm your choice by doubletapping on the display with the role you want to pick.
Just follow the instructions in the app to use your role’s ability with the die!
After using your role’s ability, turn the die upside down before passing it to the next player to keep your house hidden!
Final round: After the 4th round the players’ houses are revealed and the unidice calculates which house has managed to gain the most IP. If the players choose to use this outcome in the next game, the winning party will be the majority house and the losing party will be the minority (with the advantage).

Every player can check their current IP points at the start of their turn.

Conditions

A single player can accumulate at most 40 Influence points for their house and cannot have less than 0 IP.
Be careful which of the 6 different roles to choose in your turn. You can use every role only once per game!

Houses

There are five different houses with different effects that last for the whole game. Some houses combine effects with roles, so each House of Influence game will feel different!

house of valor-game screen — Courage and strength are their sword in the fiercest of battles. Once the leading and most valiant of Houses, they have still not lost faith in the lessons they have learnt in the age of war. Will their values last in this new age or have they become nothing but a relic?

house of honor- game screen — Their bond and faith in their allies is their shining shield in the darkest of times. There could never be glory without honor and betrayal deserves a fate worse than death. Will their faith and honor still hold true in an era of deception?

house of secrets game screen — During the war, they were always despised for their treacherous ways. But how else could they have lived through the long arduous battles, their talents being of a more subtle nature? They were the first to ask for peace: Don’t they deserve to be called the most influential of all houses now?

house of stealth-game screen — Adaptive in their ways, they have survived the war through cunning and wit. Always forced to lie low in the past, their versatile guises might allow them a place at the top now. Will they be able to steal victory from the other houses?

house of thugs-game screen — “Information is might”. Unwilling to share any secrets, they are all too eager to receive them. Using knowledge as their currency, they have waited for the perfect opportunity to rise from the shadows of mightier houses. Has their time finally come in an era, in which information is everything?

Roles

There are altogether six roles availalable. Once a role has been used, it cannot be used again until the end of a match.
Each role has a special ability, which involves manipulating Influence Points and/or information.

unidice_Charlatan — “Don’t fall for her sweet promises. You might end up with nothing but your clothes in the end. If you’re lucky.”

unidice_Diplomat — “Idealistic and charming, she sees nothing but the best in everyone. Who can be angry at her?“

unidice_General — “Only battle will reveal who your true friends are and who is a treacherous foe.”

unidice_Sage — “A seeker of truth looks through the veil of every deception.”

unidice_Martyr — “What price are you willing to pay for a higher cause?”

unidice_Bishop — “Blessed with faith and power, his authority cannot be denied.”

HINT: The current default setting is set to 4 rounds and the die updates the IP scoreboard every two rounds. But in the options menu you can change the number of turns to a maximum of six rounds. You can also change after how many turns the scoreboard will be updated.

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HOUSE OF INFLUENCE

General

Game Preparation

How to play the game

Conditions

Houses

Roles

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