Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Board Game Spymaster - a sneak peek

I though I would give you a sneak peek at my new game Spymaster.





 

Spy-master is a game about the intriguing and devious world of international espionage and counter espionage.
"The act of obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communicating,
Or receiving information about the national defense with an
Intent, or reason to believe, that the information may be used
To the disadvantage of our nation or to the advantage of
 any foreign nation.”

It is a game where every move you make has to be considered very cautiously so as to avoid revealing your strategy to the enemy and resulting in the failure of your mission.  At the same time you are gathering information about the activities of enemy agents because if their own devious mission succeeds it would spell the end for your own nation. As your mission involves deception, you are encouraged to use the conversation around the board to try and increase the confusion of the opponent. The stakes are high. It is not only a question of national security, but even worldwide peace hangs in the balance. Only one team can now prevent a major international disaster.

The cold war may well be in the past, but the present brings danger that is nerve-racking, highly volatile and extremely incendiary. To succeed will require nerves of steel and a mind as sharp as a razor.
You are the Spy-master and you lead an elite team of highly trained agents on a top secret mission to bring some very sensitive information from the headquarters of the enemy’s intelligence organisation to your own in order to prevent their plans to overrun your country from becoming a reality. At the same time you learn that they plan to steal some top secret information about your countries defence system and you must stop them at all costs from getting that information to their intelligence h.q. your mission is therefore a delicate balance of defence and attack.

If you attack and kill their citizens you will suffer the loss of international approval and will be seen as the aggressor. If you act too slowly your own citizens will suffer. Failure is not an option. History will judge your actions.
As Spy-master you will need to be alert and focused. You will have to notice the smallest clues and you will need to take immense risks in order to flush out the enemy agents.
Make sure all your powers of scrutiny and deduction are as sharp as they can possibly be.
It will more than likely be the most innocent looking person on the street who slips through your detection and delivers the final nail in the coffin of your country. Or you may become paranoid and become vilified as a war criminal that has shot enemy citizens and diplomats.

The life of a Spymaster is never easy. There is no back up. It is just you and the team you pick. It is a match of your will, your courage and your intelligence against that of a highly trained enemy that will show you no mercy. When the history books are written, will your nation have stood the test? Will you have handled yourself with integrity or will you do anything to win? 
What kind of Spymaster do you want to be?
Each Spymaster hand picks his own chosen team of escorts to help the courier on the mission, some will even be civilians, but it is vital that their identity is kept secret for as long as possible. As team leader you will have forty three experts at your command to help you accomplish your mission. Your team includes the police, a swat team, homeland security agents, foreign service agents, snipers, assassins, special agents, field agents, border guards, civilians, diplomats, special ops officers, journalists, informants, a thief, an interrogator and even a double agent. There will be explosions and explosive situations. Without doubt numerous people on both sides will be called upon to sacrifice their lives. The question is simply who will be left with the information that will mean the difference between war and peace. This is a game of enormous concentration, courage and memory.
The action is fast, the challenge colossal.
Have you got what it takes to be a Spy-master?






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