INTRODUCTION
Card game based on the first season of the X–Files.
OBJECTIVE
The player to solve the most cases when the deck runs out wins.
THE DECK
Players share a common deck.
SETUP
Randomly determine who goes first.
TURN SEQUENCE
Players take turns.
Each turn has 7 phases:
Resources Phase
Case Phase
Agent Phase
Complications Phase
Investigation Phase
Conclusion Phase
Debriefing Phase
RESOURCES PHASE
Draw 2 cards.
CASE PHASE
You may put an X–File card into play from your hand if you don’t already have one out.
(In Play: face up in front of you.)
AGENT PHASE
You put 1 or more agent cards into play from your hand.
COMPLICATIONS PHASE
Your opponents may attach Plot Twist cards from their hands to your X-File card.
(these make the case harder to solve)
INVESTIGATIONS PHASE
You may attach Contact & Investigation cards to your X-File card.
An X-File may have a max of 2 Contact cards attached.
CONCLUSION PHASE
If the point value of your Agent, Contact, & Investigation cards exceeds the combined
point value of Your X-File plus attached Plot Twists, you solve the X-File.
To solve an X–File you must have at least one Agent in play.
Keep your solved X–Files in a separate pile.
Discard all Agent, Plot Twist, and Investigation cards after solving the X–File.
If you do not solve an X–File in 3 turns, it and all Non-Agent attached cards are discarded.
DEBRIEFING PHASE
Max hand size is 4 cards. Discard excess cards.
CARD TYPE NOTATION
A = Agent
I = Investigation
X = X – File
C = Contact
Z = Discard in Resources Phase to Draw 3 cards
P = Plot Twist
IP = Investigation Points
X – FILES COMMON DECK CARD LIST
Card Name: Type IP Notes:
FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder A 3 6 copies in Deck
FBI Special Agent Dana Scully A 3 6 copies in Deck
FBI Agent Tom Colton A 1 Classmate of Scully
FBI Agent Jerry Lamana A 1 Mulders old Violent Crimes Partner
Scotland Yard Inspector Phoebe Green A 2 Mulders old Oxford Girlfriend
FBI Agent Jack Wilis A 1 Scully’s old Lover
FBI Agent Reggie Purdue A 1 Mulders Former Boss
FBI Section Chief Blevins A 1
FBI Assistant Director Skinner A 1
Frank Briggs A 1 Retired Detective
X – Files I 3
The Truth is Out There I Z
Stake Out I 3
Interview I 2
Inquiry I 1
Probe I 2
Case History I 2
Deep Throat C Z
Missing Test Pilot X 8
Restricted Military Base P 1
Anthropologist C 1
Park Ranger C 1
Secret Operations P 1
Witness UFO’s I 2
Missing Memories P 1
Roswell Incident Connection I 1
The Lone Gunmen C Z Government Watchdog
Secret Testing P 1
Code Name I 1
UFO Wreckage I 2
Cigarette Smoking Man P 2
Discovery I 3
Nasal Implants I 1
Follow Lead I 2
Non-Human Remains I 2
Forensic Analysis I 2
Psychological Profiling I 2
Missing Time P 1
Motiveless Murders P 1
Unusual MO P 1
Finger Prints I 2
Investigate Crime Scene I 2
Polygraph Test I 1
Crop Circles I 1
Lost Cellular Phone P 1
Suspect in Custody I 1
Unorthodox Methods I 3
Liver Eating Hibernating Mutant X 7
Far-fetched Theory I 3
Alien Abduction P 1
Old Newspaper Article I 1
UFO Sighting P 1
Top Secret Satellite Transmissions P 1
The Jersey Devil X 7
Police Intervention P 1
Chase I 2
Track Down Suspect I 3
Misinformation P 1
Lies P 1
Psychokinetic Murders X 8
Cover Story P 1
Medical Examination I 2
Mislaid Evidence P 1
Voice Analyzer I 2
Trace Telephone Calls I 2
Small List of Suspects I 1
Supercomputer Murderer X 7
Final Transmission I 1
Toxicologist C 1
Quarantine I 1
Aggression Enhancing Pathogen X 8
Recovered Samples I 2
Alien Life Form P 1
Find Meteor I 1
Surgical Extraction I 3
Alien Autopsy Tapes I 1
Tight Security P 1
Alien Cohabitation X 7
Sabotage P 1
Car Crash P 1
Attacked by Dog P 1
Infected by Parasite P 1
Evidence Tampering P 1
Tip Off I 2
Government Cover-Up P 2
Max Fening Ufologist C 2
UFO Crash Site X 7
Abductee I 2
Cattle Mutilations I 1
Failed Eugenics Program X 8
Evidence Bag I 1
Exsanguinations I 1
Psychotic Behavior I 2
Uncanny Resemblance I 2
Coincidence I 3
Question Witness I 2
Pyrokinetic Assassin X 7
Mind Games P 1
Unknown Assailant P 1
Match Name from List I 2
Psychic Convict C 3
Agent Skeptical P 1
Serial Sex Killings X 8
Reclusive Religious Group P 1
Clandestine Surveillance I 3
Security Camera Footage I 2
Trace Evidence I 2
Hide Secret P 1
Anonymous Tip Off I 2
Soul Transference X 7
Agent Taken Hostage P 1
FBI Protocol I 1
FBI Labs I 2
Hand Writing Analysis I 2
Agent Hesitates P 1
Age Reversal Experiments X 7
False Death Certificate I 3
Agent Suspicious I 1
Fake Photograph P 1
Extraterrestrial Biological Entity P 1
Faith Healer with Touch of Death X 7
Native American Shapeshifters X 7
Forest Insects X 8
Contact Killed I 2
Uncover Evidence I 2
Suspect Dies P 1
Reincarnated Murderer X 8
Psychic Frozen Head X 8
Witness Murdered P 1
Evidence Destroyed P 1
Flask marked Purity Control X 8 Extraterrestrial DNA
Attempt to Expose the Truth I 2
Government Funded Project P 1
Trust No One P 1
LINKS
Episode Guide
Mythology
