Board game · 2018

Shadows: Amsterdam

Amsterdam, present day. A crime has been committed, but the police investigation is going nowhere. An anonymous client has called your detective agency to investigate. However, your rivals are on the case as well, so there’s no…

Players: 2 to 8
Duration: 20 min
Age: 10 and up
Complexity: Beginner

Mathieu Aubert · Libellud

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01 Générique 00:00 02 Présentation 00:13 03 Matériel et Mise en Place 00:30 04 But du Jeu 04:49 05 Déroulement de Manche 05:52 06 Carte d'Agent de Liaison 06:19 07 Transmission d'Agent 07:53 08 -Pour un Déplacement d'Une Case 08:31 09 Exemple de Transmission 09:05 10 Choix de Déplacement 09:51 11 Arrivée sur un Barrage de Police (Croix) 10:37 12 -Pour un Déplacement de Deux Cases 11:11 13 Changer les Cartes de Transmission 12:00 14 Déplacement Valide 13:01 15 Arrivée sur une Case Indice Simple 13:28 16 Arrivée sur une Case Indice Double 14:49 17 Fin de Manche 15:36 18 Précisions sur les Effets de Cases 16:09 19 Manches Suivantes et Fin de Partie 16:38 20 Variante Coopérative (2/3 joueurs) et Appli 17:23 21 Conclusion 18:33
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Your Intelligence Officer will guide your Detectives through the city, by sending pictures to communicate. Each image contains location intel ... for those who can understand. But you need to decode the messages faster than your rivals while avoiding the police! Explore the city to find three pieces of evidence, and deliver them to your client before the other team in order to receive payment — and win the game!

The police don’t want you on the case, so you’d best stay out of their way! If they spot you sniffing around, they’ll put you behind bars, giving your rivals an easy victory.

Shadows - Amsterdam is a real-time simultaneous competition between detective agencies, using pictures that contain intel to communicate within your own team. Player roles are asymmetrical: each Intelligence Officer tries to guide their own team around the board, and the Detectives try to understand their Intelligence Officer’s clues in a fast-paced race to victory.

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