Spoils is a passive game - it runs in the background while you get on with your day. No staring at your phone required. Just be somewhere, hang around, and mystery drops start landing in your pocket.

You need to allow location access when the game asks. That's how Spoils knows where you are and when to give you drops. Without it, nothing lands.

Create or join a game from the home screen. The host shares a 6-letter code with everyone. Once all your mates have joined, the host hits Start and you're off. The moment you join, you get a welcome drop - something good to kick things off. Players don't need to be in the same place - everyone just needs the game code. Works just as well with friends in different locations or playing across a whole weekend.

Move around. Stay somewhere for roughly 10-20 minutes and a mystery drop lands in your pocket. The exact time is random - you won't know until it arrives.

You can only hold 2 drops at once - shown in Your Pockets on the game screen. Open one or gift it to someone before you can receive more. Anything still in your pockets when the game ends gets opened automatically - so don't hold on too long. The location bar at the top shows where you are and hints at what's coming.

Where you are changes what you get. Spoils detects the type of venue you're at and adjusts the drop pool accordingly. The location bar shows your current venue type so you always know what you're playing with.

Moving between venue types is part of the strategy. Head to a landmark for the best high-value drops. Stay in pubs if you want to play dirty. Find a park if you want to mess with people's heads.

Each player gets 3 claims for the whole game. A claim lets you pull a random drop immediately - no venue, no waiting. Tap Claim a drop - good or bad! in your pockets area.

The drop is completely random - it could be a Jackpot or it could be Poison. Use claims wisely. They pair well with Fog (claim while you're invisible so nobody sees your score change) or Amplifier (claim something to double it straight away). Once they're gone, they're gone.

Only one Legendary drop exists per game. It lands randomly in someone's pocket during normal play - slightly more likely at landmarks. When it arrives, the reveal card glows gold. There's no way to know who'll get it or when.

Tap any drop in your pockets and choose Gift to someone. Pick a player. They have to accept it - there's no way to refuse.

When you gift something, you'll get a vague sense of what you're holding - but nothing specific. You might think it's good, you might think it's bad. You won't know for certain until they open it. Either way, you earn a Gift Giver bonus at the end just for sending it.

If someone gifts you something, it shows up in your pockets with their name on it - or "Someone" if they used their anonymous gift token. You'll get the same vague hint they had, but the exact type stays hidden until you open it. You cannot re-gift it - someone gave you that, don't be rude. You have to open it yourself. Use your Antidote or Cloak if you have one and the vibe feels off.

When the host ends the game, secret bonuses are calculated based on how you played throughout the game. The leaderboard can flip completely. Nobody is safe until it's over.

Each player gets a handful of powerful one-shot abilities for the entire game. Use them at the right moment - they don't come back.

Drops lose value if you sit on them too long. A drop that's been in your pocket for more than 45 minutes is worth less when you open it:

Damage drops (Poison, Tax) and chaos drops (Swap) are not affected. Don't hoard.