Carefully watch your opponents score cards. Some spies will give their identity away by the way they accumulate their items.

If an opponent collects all four items for the spy that you think they are, guess them before they can reach their embassy. (Remember if it is not a free guess, you will be eliminated if you are incorrect.)

Use a free guess to guess an opponent as the spy that you are. This may mislead the other players as they try to uncover your identity.

Collect all four items for a country other than your own. Then enter Spy Alley and make it appear as though you are trying to win the game. Watch your opponents to see how concerned they are that you might win.

Listen carefully to your opponents when they are thinking out loud. Most players will unknowingly give clues as to which spies they are not.

Watch carefully when your opponents put their pegs into their scoreboards. Some players will fumble with the peg when they are putting it into a hole under the country of the spy that they are. If they do fumble with a peg, ask them if they need help and give them a wink. Then watch to see how they react.

Don’t look at your identification card right away. You can’t give yourself away if you don’t know who you are.

Call an opponent by one of the spy’s given names instead of their own. Watch for a reaction.

Use your move cards wisely. Move cards, which let you advance a specific number of spaces instead of rolling the die, are extremely handy. Save them and pounce when the time is right.

• Facial disguise ideas; use face paint to make a mustache, eyebrows, black eyes, scar, beard, etc.

• Use a foreign accent when speaking.

• Think and act like what you think a spy might do.