Opportunity brief
Step into a curated arena of cunning and calculation. Game of Shadows isn't just one challenge, but a series of meticulously designed strategic games, each crafted to test a different shade of your intellect, persuasion, and decision-making prowess.
In this mind-bending tournament, participants will go head-to-head across a range of thoughtfully engineered games that demand critical thinking, negotiation, risk-taking, and, above all, strategic clarity under pressure. Whether you're manipulating outcomes, forming fragile alliances, or bluffing your way to victory, each round is a new psychological battlefield.
About the Event:
Game of Shadows 2026 brings together game theory, social dynamics, and immersive storytelling to create a layered, high-stakes experience. Across each challenge, your moves will be observed, assessed, and scored. Not just by how you win, but by how smartly you play.
From deception-based modules to logic puzzles, trust dilemmas, and shifting incentive structures, no two games are alike. But your reputation carries forward. The smartest strategists will adapt, evolve, and outplay the rest. Not by being loud, but by being lethal in silence.
Why You Should Participate:
- Experience a suite of innovative, organizer-designed strategic games
- Test your adaptability, foresight, and influence in ever-changing contexts
- Build skills in game theory, psychological insight, and competitive decision-making
- Get your gameplay evaluated by judges based on strategy, intent, and impact
Guidelines:
- The competition is exclusively for Undergraduate students
- Cross-college participation is allowed
- The final round will be conducted at the IIM Indore Campus
- There will be a set of rules and guidelines that the participants must adhere to
- The team will reach out to the participants with further guidelines post-registration
- Multiple teams from the same college are allowed to participate