Control-Alt-Hack: White Hat Hacking for Fun and Profit (A Card Game)
Based on a game mechanic by gaming powerhouse Steve Jackson Games (Munchkin and GURPS), Control-Alt-HackTM is a tabletop card game about white hat hacking.You and your fellow players work for Hackers, Inc.: a small, elite computer security company of ethical (a.k.a. white hat) hackers who perform security audits and provide consultation services. Their motto? "You Pay Us to Hack You."Your job is centered around Missions-tasks that require you to apply your hacker skills (and a bit of luck) in order to succeed. Use your Social Engineering and Network Ninja skills to break the Pacific Northwest's power grid, or apply a bit of Hardware Hacking and Software Wizardry to convert your robotic vacuum cleaner into an interactive pet toy...no two jobs are the same. So pick up the dice, and get hacking!The game designers-Tamara Denning, Tadayoshi Kohno, and Adam Shostack-are from the University of Washington Computer Security and Privacy Research Lab. They are professionally dedicated to helping improve people's security and privacy experiences with current and future technologies. They took care to include as much juicy and accurate(ish) content as possible.Steve Jackson has been designing boardgames, cardgames, and RPGs since the Late Cretaceous. His first game,Ogre, appeared in 1977 and recently got nearly a million dollars in support for a new Designer's Edition. His other titles, all published through his creatively named company Steve Jackson Games includeMunchkin,Car Wars,Illuminati, andHacker.Copyright  2012 University of Washington. All rights reserved. "Control-Alt-Hack" and the logo are Trademarks of the University of Washington.Game mechanics based on the gameNinja Burger, copyright  2009 by Steve Jackson Games; used under license.