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Moderate interaction with a mix of direct confrontation and strategic depth.
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Agents: Sword And Shield
This is a game about CIA, KGB, MI-6 and Mossad agents who are trying to extend their influence to the world in the conditions of the Cold War. Main mechanics: Counter bag-building - you put your agents tokens in to opponent's bags instead of your own and by so determine their fut...
Players
2-4
Time
15-60
Age
12+
Weight
2
Rating
7.02
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Moderate interaction with a mix of direct confrontation and strategic depth.
Teach
2.4
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.6
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.0
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Agents: Sword and Shield offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, expansions, and strategic depth. The game scales well with different player counts and has a moderate learning curve. Overall, it provides a solid replayability experience.
Luck profile
Agents: Sword and Shield has a moderate level of luck involved in the game. Random elements like dice rolls or card draws have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. While there is some room for players to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions, luck still plays a significant role. The game has a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with neither element overpowering the other. Overall, player strategy and decisions have a moderate influence on the game outcome, but luck also plays a significant part in determining the final result.
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This is a game about CIA, KGB, MI-6 and Mossad agents who are trying to extend their influence to the world in the conditions of the Cold War. Main mechanics: Counter bag-building - you put your agents tokens in to opponent's bags instead of your own and by so determine their future actions. Hidden goal (agenda) - each player has a hidden agenda completion of which will advance him in reaching ultimate victory unnoticed. Area control - the main goal is to dominate in more regions then opponents. You need to spread your agents into different regions to accomplish this.
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Designers
2
Yan Yegorov
Nikolay Zolotarev
Publishers
1
Zvezda
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