Destination X is a different kind of game experience One player takes the moderator role as a spy on the run while the remaining players are detectives who must cooperate & use their deductive skills & geographical knowledge to track down the spy & identify their secret destination At the beginning of each round six destination cards are placed face up on the table The spy secretly chooses one of the destinations & flips to the chosen country&s page in the handbook Each detective is given three informant cards & in turn each detective must play an informant to get information about the spy&s secret destination The spy must find the relevant information in the handbook & answer truthfully The informants may provide information on various aspects such as population industry religion history economy & so on After a detective has played an informant the detective must also eliminate one of the destinations on the table At any time the detectives can decide to guess on the spy&s destination If they guess correctly the detectives win the round; otherwise the spy wins The spy also wins if the detectives run out of informant cards so the detectives must manage their resources well & not spend too much time or else the spy will manage to get away The first side to win three rounds wins the game No prior geographic knowledge is needed to play Since Destination X is a team-based game it can be played in groups of any number of players