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bbhalla
Initial Impression: Having played a PnP copy of this game for years, it was high time that I added an "official" copy to my collection. The component quality of this game is very well done. Colors are vibrant, the artwork gives off the mood of clandestine operations taking place after dark. I was a bit surprised at how small game and overall package was but my gaming shelf sighed a breath of relief. My favorite component is definitely the dual layered board, with its indents for the various spare rooms and Time Track. I was pleasantly surprised that the publisher took into account sleeved cards when designing the insert. This saves me from having to make my own custom insert. Overall, I'm happy to add this version to my collection.
Andr0ss
Played the app. Really fun actually. Not enough to download the full version but will occasionally play when in the anti-social/introvert mood and just want to sit quietly by myself and number crunch.
Alan Stern
A fantastic solo game! Simple rules, quick play, many decision points. I like how the difficulty is easily scaled. Once you know what you're doing, a game should only take about 15 min. Setup is rather quick - just a few minutes. I like this one a lot! So that's an 8. Why not higher? There are 14 missions/goals (2 different levels - 1 star and 2 stars) and you play 2. After 7 plays, you'll see repeats. There are 10 patrol cards. If I play this a lot, I'll start learning the number of times each location shows up so I can plan around the unseen draw deck. I wish there were more missions. I wish there were more patrol cards. I suppose I could fix the latter by doubling the number of patrol cards and sleeving them. Might try that. A great game overall! EDIT: I just want to note that the rules are a little imprecise or fuzzy in places. The rules are a little bare bones and the missions lead to a number of edge cases and related questions. For example, I'm still guessing that a mission telling me to "visit" a location does not mean that "visit" is a new, mission-specific action that must be taken at that location and I can do the location's action as normal.