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Cybersecurity Card Game · 2–4 Players iByte Club is a card game where you build both an attack Kill Chain and a NIST defense framework.
Win by:
1. Hold the 🚩 Data Flag when ⏰ Times Up is drawn
2. Collect all attack + defend types in front of you
Play cards on your turn, respond to attacks out of turn, and race to complete your collection!
Share the room code to invite players, or play solo vs a bot.
Share the room code to invite players.
Win by one of two conditions:
1. Hold the 🚩 Data Flag when ⏰ Times Up is drawn from the deck.
2. Play one of every attack type (Kill Chain) AND every defend type (NIST) in front of you, including the earned Govern and Action Objectives cards.
1. Play cards — double-click cards from your hand to play them. You can play multiple cards per turn.
2. End turn — click End Turn when done.
3. Draw — you automatically draw 1 card.
4. Discard — if you have more than 6 cards, click one to discard.
🔍 Recon — peek at a hand or swap played attack cards
⚒️ Weaponize — cancel an opponent's defend card (played out of turn)
📨 Delivery — swap up to 2 played cards with opponents
💥 Exploit — blindly steal 1 card from a target
⚙️ Install — block a target from playing defend cards
📡 C2 — steal the Data Flag, or target gives you a card
🔎 Identify — reveal who has the Data Flag or swap played defend cards
🛡️ Protect — block attacks until your next turn
👁️ Detect — view and reorder the top 5 deck cards
🚨 Respond — cancel an attack targeting you (played out of turn)
🔄 Recover — draw until you have 5 cards in hand
🏛️ Govern — earned by playing all 5 NIST types. Look at all hands, take 1 card from each player, then give 1 back to each.
🎯 Action Obj. — earned by playing all 6 Kill Chain types. The Data Flag holder must give it to you. Cannot be cancelled.
• Click the ⓘ icons throughout the game for quick help on any element.
• Dotted outlines in your played area show which cards you still need.
• Watch the game log for opponent actions.