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Among Thieves

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  1. 6.5 out of 10

    This was a decent game. There was some fun deciding who to bring on heists with you. The decision for being good or bad wasn't very interesting to me. I thought it was too beneficial to just be good. You get an extra card worth of loot, you don't burn your friends (so they will bring you on future heists), and you stay up on the track. I like how you can try to push a certain pile to try to get the end game conditions you'd prefer, but it is still mostly out of your control. A lot of good ideas that felt like they needed to be flushed out more.

  2. 7 out of 10

    Pretty good! The incentives for being mean are pretty perfectly calibrated, so you don't need to force people to be cutthroat. The different end conditions are good and add further tension. A huge downside is the deck of event cards. They range from "everyone on this heist gets royally screwed" to "payday for everyone." Given that events are commonplace, there's just a lot of noise going on.

  3. 4 out of 10

    Reason for purging: Random win conditions - the winner might be the one with the most honor or the most money, so it's difficult to plan a strategy. Recycled artwork. Big fan of Coup and The Resistance (also from the Dystopian Universe), but this game fell flat.

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Among Thieves is a game of deception and greed. You will work together to extort information from higher level employees of the largest corporations in the world. However, no one can be trusted. Win by having the most money, but be careful – the player with the least honor is eliminated.

Each round one player is the Heistmaster. They will choose who to take on the heist with them. All of the players can offer whatever they want to go on the heist. The Heistmaster can accept whatever deal they want, but no promises are binding.

Once the team has been chosen, the players will simultaneously choose whether to be honorable or dishonorable. If every player chooses honorable, you will flip over one card for each player. Each player on the heist will gain ISK equal to the total shown. If one or more players chose dishonorable, you will flip one card for each honorable player, but only the dishonorable player(s) will gain ISK. They will gain ISK equal to twice the total shown. Finally, if anyone chose dishonorable, all the dishonorable players will lose 1 honor and all the honorable players will gain 1 honor.

Will you share the ill-gotten gains of your exploits or will you backstab your partners in crime and keep the money for yourself?

—description from the publisher

Ages

14+
Players

2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players
Play Time

30m – 45m
Designer

Floyd Pretz
Mechanics

Prisoner's Dilemma, Simultaneous Action Selection, Take That
Theme

Bluffing, Card Game, Negotiation
Publisher

Indie Boards & Cards
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