Wall Modes

There are two special game modes that are defined by the game administrator (the user that creates the game) and cannot be changed once the game is Started.

Masked Walls

Normally, each player has insights into these important pieces of information:

1. Which player has placed which wall on the game board through the coloring of the walls.
2. How many walls each player has left to be placed.
3. An in-game message created on each wall placing.

A game with Masked Walls mode enabled is different in exactly these aspects:

1. Walls on the game board are visible but have all the same neutral color, so players do not know who placed which wall (including their own placed walls)
2. How many walls each player has left to be placed is hidden.
3. There will not be an in-game message when a wall is placed.

The only way to keep track of who placed a wall is to keep notes after each and every move. However, there is a feature called private wall trading that might make your notes incomplete..

This is only during game play. When the game is finished all wall information is revealed as normal.

Tip: When a player's turn is completed everyone is able to determine what the player did by examining what has changed on the board-game.

Invisible Walls

When this setting is enabled placed walls are completely invisible for the other players on the game-board, but are active as usual. This means players can only know where walls of other players are by bumping into them.

To aid players in their mental model of placed but invisible walls, every player is able to place and remove markers to note where they think (parts of) walls of opponents are. The coordination notation system or markers are the same as with walls. However, a marker is not the same in size as a wall: A wall is placed between 2x2 squares but a marker is placed between 2 squares. So, a marker is half in size of a wall. Players can place or remove their own markers at any moment during game play. Players can also place as many markers as they think they need. Markers can only be used in this game mode. Players can only see their own walls and markers on the game-board during game-play. Users that are not players can only see pawns on the game-board.

When a game is finished, markers are retained and both users and players can see all walls and all markers. Walls and markers are colored. Markers are 'overlayed' over walls where a marker is placed on top of a wall. This gives players after-gameplay insights into their guessing performance.

Note that in Invisible Walls mode the amount of still available walls per player is still displayed as normal and provides important information.

Also note that the Masked Walls and Invisible Walls game modes are independent from each other. When both settings are enabled Walls are invisible on the game-board and also the available walls per player is no longer available.