What Feign is
Feign is a role-based social deduction game set in a quirky small town. Each round you get one of three kinds of roles: Innocent, Impostor, or Neutral. Innocents collect information and try to survive the night so they can point at the impostors in the morning. Impostors use their abilities at night to take people out while doing their best to avoid suspicion by day. Neutrals play their own game entirely — their objective sits apart from both other sides, so they may work against the Innocents, against the Impostors, or both, depending on how the round unfolds.
One role worth knowing about is Insane. You will believe you are an Innocent, but your actions have no effect, and you will not learn the truth until the very end. Someone walking around convinced they are helping the village may in fact be the reason it falls.
How a group plays together
Feign runs online with co-op and PvP, supporting up to 12 players in a single town. The structure alternates between night and day. During the night, roles act with their unique abilities — collecting information, eliminating players, or advancing a private agenda. When morning comes, the village talks it over and votes someone out. Characters are customizable, and Feign Cookies, the in-game currency, unlock costumes and accessories for your avatar.
There is also a Drawing Game Mode for 4 to 8 players. Everyone gets a category and a secret word and starts sketching — except one player, who is the Impostor and does not know the real word. The Impostor has to draw a clue without exposing that they are guessing, while everyone else tries to spot the faker. Debate, accuse, and vote: if the group catches the Impostor, the honest artists score points, and if the Impostor stays hidden, they win the round.
Before you start
The game is described as easy to learn, but the roles carry surprising twists, so expect some things to only make sense once you have played a few rounds. Pay attention to what people claim about themselves and to what actually happens at night — a lot of the game is reading the gap between the two. Neutrals in particular are harder to read, since their goals can shift between sides mid-round. Bring friends who enjoy arguing, bluffing, and second-guessing each other.