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Created by Alex (al3x.au) — submit feature requests and bug reports on the feedback site, or email [email protected] for anything else.
Join the Discord or the r/Payphonetag subreddit to chat with other agents, or follow @payphonetag on TikTok for captures in the wild.
A real-world territory capture game played on public payphones. Register an agent, get a PIN, find a payphone, call in, and claim it. Build triangles between captured phones to control territory and climb the leaderboard.
Payphone calls in Australia are now free. No coins, no credit, just pick up and dial. The game costs nothing to play.
Each unique payphone you've ever captured (10pts), each phone you currently hold (15pts), connected edges (10pts), complete triangles (15pts), plus bonus points for territory area. The 10pt explorer bonus stays even after a phone is stolen — only the 15pt holding bonus drops. Steal other agents' phones by calling from them with your PIN.
Cells are optional teams of up to 12 agents. Create a Cell once you've captured 3 payphones, or join one with an invite code. When Cell members hold all 3 corners of a triangle, it counts as Cell territory. Find Cells in the CELLS tab.
Enter PIN 'PARTY' (72789) instead of yours, and you're dropped into an open conference with anyone else who's done the same. No captures or points, just a place to try catch someone else on the line.
A handful of payphones still have a working TTY keyboard bolted underneath the phone. Capture one and the keyboard will pop out at the end of the call, allowing you to leave a message.
I bought a phone number and wanted to do something fun with it. This project started as an excuse to learn new skills and put to use a dataset of Australian payphone locations I'd collected. The result is this game.
Get outside, explore your city, and capture some payphones. That's really all there is to it.
See the privacy page for what data the site and Android app collect, and how to request deletion.