It was the critical moment in the heist of a lifetime when you found out the gang was compromised Now its undercover cops & hardened criminals in a desperate shootout & no one knows whos who Never Bring a Knife is a light quick social deduction card game with less talking & more shooting It's got fast-paced action inspired by modern action movies & a new mechanical approach that's a breath of fresh air in the social deduction genre When the first player falls everyone who had the same role Cops or Criminals loses The whole other team wins Find your friends keep your head down & dont tip your hand! Each player starts the game knowing their own role & the role of the player to their left Then in each round of play every player plays & receives four cards like Gun Armor Money Crime & Intel Some are played face-up & some face-down according to three simple rules Then all cards are revealed & everyone learns who was shot who was wounded who banked money & who learned what Finally players can spend money to treat wounds or learn even more about the other players' roles before the next round begins When someone has taken three wounds they fall their whole team loses & the other team wins