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Moderate level of direct and strategic confrontation with high interaction frequency, but lower emphasis on cooperation.
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Codename: Oracle
In Codename: Oracle, you are an American CIA Psychic Operative or a Soviet KGB Mentalist in a struggle of wills with the fate of the world at stake. Can you pry the launch codes out of your target's mind before a nuclear showdown? Each player has a "Mind-field" made up of a 4x5 g...
Players
2
Time
?-?
Age
13+
Weight
2
Rating
6.18
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Moderate level of direct and strategic confrontation with high interaction frequency, but lower emphasis on cooperation.
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
3.8
High replayability
Interaction
3.8
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.2
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Codename: Oracle has a high variability gameboard, with different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value. The game offers deep strategic possibilities and allows players to improve their tactics over time. The player interaction score is average. The game scales well with different player counts without compromising its appeal or balance. It is moderately easy to learn, offering a balance between depth and accessibility. Overall, Codename: Oracle has a strong replayability score of 7.68.
Luck profile
Codename: Oracle has a moderate influence of luck. While random elements have a notable impact on the game outcome, players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game relies on a balanced mix of luck and strategy, making it suitable for players who enjoy both elements in a board game.
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In Codename: Oracle, you are an American CIA Psychic Operative or a Soviet KGB Mentalist in a struggle of wills with the fate of the world at stake. Can you pry the launch codes out of your target's mind before a nuclear showdown? Each player has a "Mind-field" made up of a 4x5 grid of Zener cards. (Zener cards were designed by perceptual psychologist Karl Zener in the early 1930s and used to conduct experiments for extra-sensory perception, most often clairvoyance.) The players also have a "Code Row" of five cards which represents their launch code. Players must position and remember where cards are in their mind-field in order to group them and perform a "strike", "shield", or "focus". Each of these has a different effect depending on the matching Zener cards turned over and used. To win the game, a player must either correctly guess each Zener card in the opponent's Code Row, or deal enough psychic damage to the opponent to move that player's life counter to zero.
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Designers
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Andrew J. Clark
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Andrew J. Clark
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Wishing Tree Games
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