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Welcome to the Payphone Tag Wiki: the community field guide the game

What is Payphone Tag?

A real-world territory capture game using payphones. Dial in, enter your PIN, and claim payphones across Australia to build your turf. There are currently thousands of payphones in play, distributed across every state and territory.

Play at payphonetag.com.

Where to start

New to the wiki? Read Help:Editing (no wiki markup needed, it's a Word-like editor).
Want to add a photo? Help:Adding_a_payphone_photo.
Curious how scoring works? Game:Scoring.
Just browsing? Open Special:Random/Payphone and read.

Game mechanics

Game:Scoring — explored, held, edges, triangles, area
Game:Cells — teams, roles, and the cell map
Game:Badges — every badge in the game

Live leaderboards

Template:Note

Recent activity

See Special:RecentChanges for what's been edited recently on the wiki. For in-game activity (captures, steals), see the INTEL tab on the game site.

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-Welcome to the '''[https://payphonetag.com Payphone Tag] Wiki''' — the
+Welcome to the '''[https://payphonetag.com Payphone Tag]''' Wiki''':''' the community field guide the game
-community field guide to the thousands of payphones in play, written
-by the people playing on them.
 </div>
 == What is Payphone Tag? ==
-A real-world territory capture game using payphones. Dial in, enter
+A real-world territory capture game using payphones. Dial in, enter your PIN, and claim payphones across Australia to build your turf. There are currently '''thousands of payphones''' in play, distributed across every state and territory.
-your PIN, and claim payphones across Australia to build your turf.
-There are currently '''thousands of payphones''' in play, distributed
-across every state and territory; this wiki is where you record the
-lore for each one.
 Play at [https://payphonetag.com payphonetag.com].
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 == Where to start ==
-* '''New to the wiki?''' Read [[Help:Editing]] (no wiki markup needed
+* '''New to the wiki?''' Read [[Help:Editing]] (no wiki markup needed, it's a Word-like editor).
-  — it's a Word-like editor).
 * '''Want to add a photo?''' [[Help:Adding_a_payphone_photo]].
 * '''Curious how scoring works?''' [[Game:Scoring]].
 * '''Just browsing?''' Open [[Special:Random/Payphone]] and read.
 == Game mechanics ==
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 == Recent activity ==
-See [[Special:RecentChanges]] for what's been edited recently on the
+See [[Special:RecentChanges]] for what's been edited recently on the wiki. For in-game activity (captures, steals), see the '''INTEL''' tab
-wiki. For in-game activity (captures, steals), see the '''INTEL''' tab
 on the game site.
 [[Category:Wiki]]