Questions
Throughout the game, the seekers will be asking questions of the hider in order to try and work out where they may be. Questions must always be answered truthfully, except when lying is explicitly allowed, such as in the Curse Of The Trickster.
Summary
| Type | Cards | Small | Medium | Large |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matching | Draw 3, Pick 1 | 5 mins | 5 mins | 5 mins |
| Measuring | Draw 3, Pick 1 | 5 mins | 5 mins | 5 mins |
| Thermometer | Draw 2, Pick 1 | 5 mins | 5 mins | 5 mins |
| Radar | Draw 2, Pick 1 | 5 mins | 5 mins | 5 mins |
| Tentacles | Draw 4, Pick 2 | 5 mins | 5 mins | 5 mins |
| Photos | Draw 1, Pick 1† | 10 mins | 10 mins | 20 mins |
| Hints | Draw 1, Pick 1 | 5 mins | 5 mins | 5 mins |
† The following photo questions have a different reward values:
- Tallest Structure in Your Sightline
- Tallest Building Visible from the Stop
- Trace the Nearest Street/Path
- Trace 1 km of Streets
They are worth Draw 3, Pick 1 in the long game and Draw 3, Pick 2 in the end game.
Mapping software
In all the JTLG.EU games, we use our instance of the Taibeled Jet Lag Hide And Seek Map Generator, and that is the authoritative map. If detail that is not in that map is needed, then the authoritative map is OpenStreetMap—and in the case of a dispute due to a changeset affecting the map, the latest data is always the correct one.
Asking questions
Map-based questions should be asked in the game chat by posting the JSON summary of the question that is copied from Taibeled. The hider should then reply with the answer that applies to them based on that question.
If the questions are location-based but not covered by the mapping software, then the question can be asked in plain english on the chat.
All questions are based on the location of the seekers at the moment they ask them. The hider has a tracker that allows them to verify the seeker’s position.
In the case of Photo Questions the photo must be sent into the group chat.
Time to answer
All questions must be answered within the specified time. If the hider fails to answer within that time, then the hiding time is paused until the question is answered, and the hider will receive no reward (i.e. no cards) when they do answer it.
The seekers may not ask more than one question at a time. They cannot start the timer on three questions in parallel
Thermometer questions are not considered asked until the end of the thermometer. See Thermometer for more information.
Reward
When the question is answered then the hider receives a reward in the form of being able to draw and pick cards into their hand. See the summary above for how many cards will be drawn and picked. The cards may be picked any time after the question is asked, even before responding. See Card Mechanics for more info.
Repeating Questions
Once a question has been asked, asking it again has an additional cost. Each time a question is asked, the same cost is added to it again, and so on cumulatively.
So if the seekers ask a matching question against hospitals, the first time, it will be Draw 3, Pick 1. If they ask a second matching question agains hospitals, at that point the hider can Draw 3, Pick 1, then Draw another 3 and Pick another 1. Should the seekers choose to ask a matching question against hospitals a third time, then the hider would get to Draw 3, Pick 1, then Draw another 3, and Pick another 1, and finally Draw a third 3, and Pick another 1.
See also Card Mechanics for some more info on this.
It’s important to note that “the same question” is specific about the question, but not about the location. So if the matching question against hospitals is asked three times in three different locations, that counts as repeating, but asking the matching question against hospitals and then the matching question against libraries in the same spot does not count as repetition.
In the case of Administrative Zones, a Zone 4 and a Zone 8 question count as two different questions.
Free questions
There are some questions that are always free:
- Can you check this map is correct?
- What question should we ask?
- Have we already passed in front of you?
- Are you within the blue lines?
If the seekers have to exit the blue lines to get to where the hider is, then this must be stated when this last question is asked.
Hints
The hider can offer hints that are not covered by the standard questions. If they are accepted by the seekers, they count as Draw 1, Pick 1.
If the hider gives a hint without prior permission from the seekers, then that hint is given for free.