Learn Watergate
Learn the game in 5 short steps. Everything links to the full rules.
Choose a side
The Editor builds a visible evidence chain to two informants. Nixon races to place five momentum tokens on the Administration card.
Set the investigation
Place the board and role cards, seed the research track and prepare the evidence bag.
Draw and investigate
Each round, draw four or five cards based on initiative; Nixon secretly places three evidence tokens at zero.
Play a card
On each turn, choose the card’s movement value or resolve its event, journalist or conspirator action.
Evaluate the track
Award initiative, momentum and evidence; check whether either side has met its immediate win condition.