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Game Info
Year
2014
Players
2-6
Age
12+
Playtime
45 min
Publisher
LudiCreations
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Description

A Cold War espionage game of bluffing and interrogation where spies infiltrate an embassy and may lie about anything

Description

A Cold War espionage game of bluffing and interrogation where spies infiltrate an embassy and may lie about anything

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Video rlld-M7U49Q BoardGameBollocks Analysis at 4:30 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
  • There's a pretty good game in it somewhere
Cons
  • Rules haven't been written very clearly
  • Didn't know what the hell was going on
  • Publisher doesn't know what they're doing
Thematic elements
  • Hidden traitor
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • hidden traitor — It's like a hidden traitor game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • we're going through around 10 games at a time showing you the extent of damage that was done to my collection when i was just going apeshit and buying games i didn't even know anything about or want a place
  • it's just basically a guessing game
  • what a complete we were waiting for maybe some way to translate this piece of crap into english but we haven't found it
  • it's just [...] festering there with all the wood lice and all that sort of thing
  • it's just [...] off where this is a game that we thought was going to be excellent but it turned out to be a load of [...]
  • this is an example of when a publisher hasn't got a clue what they're doing
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Video xpOdiqzVBWI Board Games UnLocked Top List at 13:13 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
  • Interesting idea of hidden teams and interrogation
  • Theme-wise it kind of worked
Cons
  • Confusing team assignments
  • Don't know who your teammate is
  • Fighting allies unintentionally
  • Boring combat mechanic
  • Game is longer than it needs to be
  • Helicopters can be easily destroyed
  • Many board spaces don't do anything
  • Expansions that never came out
  • Lack of execution in actions and theme
Thematic elements
  • Loosely based map locations
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Combat — A rock-paper-scissors system is used for combat, which is described as boring.
  • Hidden Roles — Players have hidden affiliations (e.g., American, Russian) and don't know who their ally is.
  • Objective-based play — The goal involves finding an ally, obtaining intel, and escaping, but execution is flawed.
  • Variant Rule Sets — The game suffers from having many different variants, making it feel like there isn't one cohesive game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • it's fun to [ __ ] on games that deserve it
  • this is personal preference
  • I made my list on how much I hate the game
  • If you're gonna make it hard make it worth it by the end of it
  • when you can set up a game and lose that's not a balanced game that makes no sense at all
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