Call Me Maybe: Payphone Tag is making Aussie pay phones cool again

Tourism doesn't get more hyper-local than this!

Payphone Tag is a super-fun, real-world, territory capture game being played across Australia's public pay phone network as.we.speak! Who'd have thought these once treasured lifelines would yet again have their time to shine?

Big thanks to early adopter and Melbourne Travel Massive member @siennainthesun for the hot tip. Sienna was interviewed about the game on ABC Melbourne Radio (from a pay phone, obviously).

To play, sign-up and register as an agent, receive an emoji icon and a PIN, visit a local payphone, and dial 07 LOAD TALK to claim it. The next step is to connect adjacent payphones in triangulated forms to control territory and climb the leaderboard. Rival agents could be hot on your heels and can steal phones by calling in with their own PIN. 😱

It's free to play since calls from Australian payphones do not require payment. Players can also team up in "cells" to claim group territory by dialling PIN 'PARTY' to chat with other players. LFG! (72789) 🤫

Kudos to Alex (www.al3x.au) the Aussie developer who built this fun game using a dataset of Australian payphone locations. We fully endorse bringing people into the real world to explore new territory!

☎️ Check it out at payphonetag.com and if you're based in Australia let me know if you're playing!