You and your partner are on a secret mission in a big city. Your goal: Make contact with 15 agents, but avoid the enemy assassins.

You know the agents that your partner can contact safely. Your partner knows the agents that you can contact safely. By giving each other clues consisting of a single word that correspond to multiple words on the game board, you try to find all the agents before time runs out.

The game is standalone, so no other editions of Codenames are needed. However, if you wish, you can also use the word or picture cards from other games for Codenames: Duet.