Class mode
Play it with a class
Made by Juan GuillenOne case, one trail, the whole room. The big screen shows the room and the witnesses. Everyone questions the witnesses and chooses where the villain went on their own phone.
3 to 30 playersAbout 30 minutesNo app, no accountsFree
Leading the class?
Open a class
Scoring
1 hquestion a witness
5 htravel to the right place
10 htravel to a wrong place, then come back
2 ha wrong warrant answer
The timer is a guide: you decide when to reveal. A player who has not found the place by then moves on with 25 h, or with the hours spent in that room + 5 h if that is more. With equal hours, the faster player ranks higher. A player who joins late starts with the hours of the last-placed detective. A player who loses the connection keeps their hours and continues when the phone is back.
How it works
- Open a classOn a laptop connected to a projector or a big screen. Choose a unit, the story case or a new trail, and a timer for each room.
- Players joinThey scan the QR code on the big screen and type a name. Their names appear on the screen.
- Each roomFirst the class reads the place together: its Intel and where the villain was seen. Then you start the search and the timer: on their phones, players question witnesses (1 h) and travel (5 h, a wrong room 10 h). A ✓ shows who found the trail.
- RevealYou end the round. The screen shows where the villain went, why the other places were wrong, and the leaderboard.
- The arrestAt the hideout, everyone answers the warrant question. The detective with the fewest hours wins.
When to use it
- At the end of a unitto review its ideas. Each reveal is a short discussion: why is this the right place, and why not the others?
- At the start of a unitto meet its ideas before the reading.
- In a workshop or a meetupas an active way into AI safety, for people who have read nothing yet.
- In courses and reading groupsthat use the AI Safety Atlas: each of the 8 units has its own case.
What you need
- A laptopon a projector or a big screen, for the facilitator.
- A phone for each playerwith internet. Pairs can share one phone.
- About 30 minutesfor 4 rooms with a short talk after each reveal.
- Nothing to install.Players type only a name. A class is deleted after one day.
Tips for facilitators
- Read the case file aloud before the first room.
- Use the story case the first time. Use a new trail when the group plays the same unit again.
- At each reveal, ask one player who chose a wrong place to explain why. Wrong rooms teach as much as right ones.
- Open the class before people arrive, so they can join while they sit down.
- Test the Wi-Fi of the room once: some networks block new websites.