In Mirage, players take on the roles of a member of one of two factions, the Academy of Accurate Archeology, and the League of Fraudulent Forgers. The AAA is researching a new dig site in the distant desert, hoping to make genuine discoveries in the name of science and exploration. The LFF, a secret society of ne'er do wells, has made it their mission to disrupt and discredit the AAA, filling the expedition log with fake artifact analyses and plagiarizing the work of the AAA. What will the log show of this expedition? What new curiosities (or curses) lurk in the sandy soil? Who will get the last word, the Academy, or the League?