The Black Watchmen

The Black Watchmen is a permanent alternate reality game that uses the real world as its setting, blurring the line between fiction and reality. As an agent, you investigate missions both in-game and online, using the web and interacting with fictional websites, companies and NPCs.

The Black Watchmen

The Black Watchmen are a global paramilitary organization that protects the public from dangerous phenomena beyond human understanding, including ritualistic murder, occult secret societies and paranormal activity. They undertake covert missions anywhere in the world on behalf of groups, corporations or governments that can afford their services, and are often called in as a last resort.

You are not told who hired the organization. Instead, you receive mission parameters and instructions for distinguishing friend from foe, though those lines are often blurred.

Investigate and solve

Missions call for different skill sets. You may crack ancient codes, investigate bizarre occurrences, join soldiers raiding a rupture site, hack through virtual defenses or research an occult group to uncover hidden connections. The game uses coded websites, wikis and real-world references as part of its investigations.

The Mission Hub brings together information, briefings, puzzles and other mission materials. An Agent Map shows where fellow agents are around the world and can flag potential location-based missions.

Season 1 missions

Season 1 includes 25 in-game missions, 65 puzzles and five hidden missions. The hidden missions unlock when you obtain puzzle pieces or secret answers in-game. It also includes community sandbox missions.