Queen of Spades (Checkmate)
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Additional Players: Kota
Citizens: Risa - Queen of Spades
Player Limit: 20
Time Limit: 5 minutes per round
Rules
- The players, called the Challenger Team, will face the Queen Team. Each team has a King, both selected by the Queen of Spades
- Each player has a vest with a button on its back. The Challenger Team's vests will glow blue and the Queen Team red
- The game has 16 rounds with each team taking turns for 5 minutes per round. During their turn, the respective team must chase the other team and press the buttons on their vest. If a player's button is pressed, that player receives an electric shock that renders them unable to move for the rest of the turn. The next round, that player will become a member of the other team
- The King of each team is excluded of team change (is bound to one team for the entire game)
- Weapons are not permitted, but any hand-to-hand combat is allowed
- After all 16 rounds, the team with the most members receives a GAME CLEAR and the team with fewer members receives a GAME OVER
Details
This game is the only game where players can be temporary citizens as if the Queen Team wins, all players on it are allowed to treat themselves as citizens and continue to play alongside the Queen of Spades.
Solution
Similar to a typical Clubs game, cooperation is also vital for this game. However, with players constantly changing teams, keeping their loyalty is extremely difficult since players can be easily persuaded to join the other team in order to survive. Given the narrowness of the game venue, staying in a group when it is the opponent's turn to catch you is disadvantageous and it is considered better to separate and keep moving to avoid being captured. Attacking a member of the other team to prevent them from capturing a teammate is possible but risky. Forming small groups of two or three to chase a single opponent is a good move in order to capture them.