Warning:
This is not your typical game: The Black Watchmen is unlike any other game on Steam. You will have the opportunity to complete tasks unique to PARGs. You must be prepared: There is no virtual world, and you have no in-game avatar. You have an agent name, your wits, and the support of the community, that is all. The game exists in the real world, and many times during missions you will be interacting with real world entities (players, businesses, organizations, etc.).
You will not be able to complete this game alone. Only with the help of the community will you be able to rise through the ranks, and become a veteran agent of The Black Watchmen.
Pricing
You are buying Season 1, which gives you access to:- 25 in-game missions
- 65 puzzles to solve
- 5 hidden missions (unlocked by obtaining “puzzle pieces” or secret answers in-game)
- Community sandbox missions
Season 2 is an optional DLC and includes:
- 30 in-game missions featuring an expanded narrative
- 82 puzzles to solve
- 5 new hidden missions
The World of The Black Watchmen
The Black Watchmen are a paramilitary group dedicated to protecting the public from dangerous phenomena beyond human understanding: ritualistic murder, occult secret societies, and paranormal activity, to name but a few.
As a global organization, The Black Watchmen offer a wide range of skills and services for covert missions anywhere in the world, on behalf of any group, corporation or government that can afford them. Often called in as a last resort, The Black Watchmen pride themselves on their discretion, strength and efficiency.
To maintain objectivity in the field, you, as an agent, are never informed of the identity of the client. You are given only mission parameters and told how to distinguish friend from foe, but the lines are often blurred…
Gameplay Overview
A traditional video game has clear parameters - it is played on a screen, within a virtual world, and exists solely within that space. A PARG (Permanent Alternate Reality Game), like The Black Watchmen, uses the real world as its game world, blurring the lines between fiction and reality, turning everyday interactions into game mechanics.
Gameplay Features
- Gameplay: Different missions require different skill-sets.
- Crack ancient codes and investigate bizarre occurrences
- Join a squadron of soldiers raiding a rupture site
- Hack through the virtual defenses of your enemies
- Research an occult group and uncover hidden connections
- Crack ancient codes and investigate bizarre occurrences
- All Around You: The game is played using coded websites, wikis and real world references.
- Mission Hub: An interface that acts as a hub for information, mission briefings, puzzles, and more.
- Agent Map: See the locations of your fellow agents around the world, and keep an eye out for potential location-based missions.
Operation SILVERSPEAR
Work with NITE Team 4 to create a comprehensive monitoring network of postal offices around the world to counteract ongoing biological attacks.
So far today, Division 66 has been alerted of 54 biological attacks across the globe. All attacks have been carried out in a similar fashion - letters, delivered in the mail, containing an unknown fast-acting pathogen [Codenamed PERUN] which kills its host shortly after exposure. It is in a weaponized powder form and extremely lethal. An average of 5.3 people were infected by each letter, PERUN’s mortality rate is nearly 80%. It is not highly contagious - it appears to be focused on area of effect neutralization rather than uncontrolled propagation.
Teams dispatched to the incident sites reported trace levels of rupture radiation from the letter and victims. Analysis of this phenomenon is ongoing, but it may be contributing to the lethality of the pathogen.
All letter used in the attacks share a similar profile:
- Delivered by mail to businesses during regular hours
- Contained Russian postage
- Marked Urgent
- Contained blank paper and a pathogen in weaponized powder form
All letters contained an untraceable mail ID tracking tag, suggesting the letters were injected into the mail system throughout the Russian territories. The size and scope of the organization behind the attacks is unknown at this time. We must assume we are dealing with a sophisticated group.
The pattern of the campaign suggests this is not a terrorist attack, but may instead be series of targeted assassinations or a large scale biological weapons test. At its current rate, a sustained campaign could reach a death toll of more than 1200 by the end of the week unless an early detection network is established.
All agents must work to gather recon photos of post office branches along with screencaptures showing wifi networks to create a comprehensive monitoring system of the world’s postal systems. Field Intelligence gathered on ANY city, anywhere in the world will be added to the surveillance network. Important details of the field work, including safety directives, can be found here: Archive 6F4FA7
NITE Team 4 will use the information submitted by field agents to start an intrusion operation in the postal offices. They will then be automating scans to create an early detection and surveillance network.
Action Required
Work with NITE Team 4 to create a comprehensive monitoring network of postal offices around the world to counteract ongoing biological attacks.
Background
So far today, Division 66 has been alerted of 54 biological attacks across the globe. All attacks have been carried out in a similar fashion - letters, delivered in the mail, containing an unknown fast-acting pathogen [Codenamed PERUN] which kills its host shortly after exposure. It is in a weaponized powder form and extremely lethal. An average of 5.3 people were infected by each letter, PERUN’s mortality rate is nearly 80%. It is not highly contagious - it appears to be focused on area of effect neutralization rather than uncontrolled propagation.
Teams dispatched to the incident sites reported trace levels of rupture radiation from the letter and victims. Analysis of this phenomenon is ongoing, but it may be contributing to the lethality of the pathogen.
Updates
All letter used in the attacks share a similar profile:
- Delivered by mail to businesses during regular hours
- Contained Russian postage
- Marked Urgent
- Contained blank paper and a pathogen in weaponized powder form
All letters contained an untraceable mail ID tracking tag, suggesting the letters were injected into the mail system throughout the Russian territories. The size and scope of the organization behind the attacks is unknown at this time. We must assume we are dealing with a sophisticated group.
The pattern of the campaign suggests this is not a terrorist attack, but may instead be series of targeted assassinations or a large scale biological weapons test. At its current rate, a sustained campaign could reach a death toll of more than 1200 by the end of the week unless an early detection network is established.
Instructions
All agents must work to gather recon photos of post office branches along with screencaptures showing wifi networks to create a comprehensive monitoring system of the world’s postal systems. Field Intelligence gathered on ANY city, anywhere in the world will be added to the surveillance network. Important details of the field work, including safety directives, can be found here: Archive 6F4FA7
- The Global Alert Network map will be updated as the network increases in strength.
- A broader Global Alert Network will allow more infected letters to be detected early and minimize casualties.
NITE Team 4 will use the information submitted by field agents to start an intrusion operation in the postal offices. They will then be automating scans to create an early detection and surveillance network.
[ 2016-08-16 15:44:08 CET ] [Original Post]
Minimum Setup
- Memory: 2 GB RAMStorage: 500 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Screen resolution 1280x720
- Storage: 500 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Screen resolution 1280x720
Recommended Setup
- Storage: 1 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Screen resolution 1920x1080
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