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Clandestine

Clandestine

2026·Jason Brooks

Videos
14
Creators
10

Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Clandestine is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 6 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 1 other video.

1 - 5 players
75 - 150 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

From BoardGameGeek

For those who dare venture into the shadows of darkened alleys, one can hear the whispers and plotting as the seeds of the future's most powerful secret societies take root. Discovery of mysterious, ancient and even enchanted relics have aspiring groups experimenting with strange energy and manipulating the public to further their research into the unknown. Each society takes a different path to uncover impactful secrets while maximizing the intrigue it generates with its actions. This thematic, strategy game leverages mancalas within interconnecting rondels allowing players to conduct actions in a shared space while planning ahead for unique actions within their own societies. Will you generate the most intriguing secret society or will your society's efforts be lost to the ages? Play secrets, activate a public or society leader, and conduct clandestine actions on your turn to discover relics, research secrets, cleanse your society of chaos, or more in this deep strategy game with quick turns. The game ends when a player upgrades their Society to the max level (5). The winner is the player whose Society has generated the most Intrigue (victory points). -description from the designer

Clandestine

Watch first

Learn to play

Clandestine - Learn While Playing1:08:13

Clandestine - Learn While Playing

Getting Games

Getting Games

Review

Clandestine Secret Societies Mancala with Rondels!2:46:59

Clandestine Secret Societies Mancala with Rondels!

Rahdo Runs Through

Rahdo Runs Through

Watch it played

All the Games with Steph: Clandestine - The Playthrough2:26:08

All the Games with Steph: Clandestine - The Playthrough

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Which Clandestine video should I watch?

Clandestine has 14 videos from 10 creators: 6 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 2 playthroughs, 1 unboxing and 1 other video. They date from 2024 to September 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "Clandestine - Learn While Playing" by Getting Games, which runs 1 h 8 min. For a quicker teach, "Clandestine - The Secret Society You Never Knew. Euro game with mancala mechanic" by Meeple University runs 9 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Clandestine Secret Societies Mancala with Rondels!" by Rahdo Runs Through. 5 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "All the Games with Steph: Clandestine - The Playthrough" by Steph Hodge, one of 2 playthroughs.

If you like it, try Legacies, also by Jason Brooks, or Entropy, Amritsar: The Golden Temple and Transmissions, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2026.

All videos

ClandestineHow to play41:41

Clandestine

Pardieu -Expert Gamer

Pardieu -Expert Gamer

Clandestine Reboxing6:14

Clandestine Reboxing

Aezuriel

Aezuriel

Clandestine UnboxingUnboxing18:29

Clandestine Unboxing

Aezuriel

Aezuriel

Clandestine Prototype Preview | Don't Miss This at Gen Con 2026Review24:47

Clandestine Prototype Preview | Don't Miss This at Gen Con 2026

Board Games with Rob

Board Games with Rob

Apophenia: Horror Hunt Preview - Something Unknown Lingers ThereReview12:01

Apophenia: Horror Hunt Preview - Something Unknown Lingers There

BoardGameCo

BoardGameCo

Clandestine Preview - From The Shadows, Into The LightReview15:34

Clandestine Preview - From The Shadows, Into The Light

BoardGameCo

BoardGameCo

Clandestine - The Secret Society You Never Knew. Euro game with mancala mechanicHow to play8:39

Clandestine - The Secret Society You Never Knew. Euro game with mancala mechanic

Meeple University

Meeple University

Clandestine - PlaythroughPlaythrough2:07:57

Clandestine - Playthrough

Never Bored Gaming

Never Bored Gaming

Clandestine - Learn While PlayingHow to play1:08:13

Clandestine - Learn While Playing

Getting Games

Getting Games

Clandestine - Kickstarter PreviewReview10:23

Clandestine - Kickstarter Preview

Never Bored Gaming

Never Bored Gaming

Is Clandestine for you? A Quick Overview!Review3:26

Is Clandestine for you? A Quick Overview!

ShelfClutter

ShelfClutter

Clandestine Secret Societies Mancala with Rondels!Review2:46:59

Clandestine Secret Societies Mancala with Rondels!

Rahdo Runs Through

Rahdo Runs Through

Clandestine - Learn While Playing1:08:13

Clandestine - Learn While Playing

Getting Games

Getting Games

Clandestine - The Secret Society You Never Knew. Euro game with mancala mechanic8:39

Clandestine - The Secret Society You Never Knew. Euro game with mancala mechanic

Meeple University

Meeple University

All the Games with Steph: Clandestine - The Teach52:16

All the Games with Steph: Clandestine - The Teach

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Clandestine41:41

Clandestine

Pardieu -Expert Gamer

Pardieu -Expert Gamer

Clandestine Secret Societies Mancala with Rondels!2:46:59

Clandestine Secret Societies Mancala with Rondels!

Rahdo Runs Through

Rahdo Runs Through

Clandestine Preview - From The Shadows, Into The Light15:34

Clandestine Preview - From The Shadows, Into The Light

BoardGameCo

BoardGameCo

Clandestine - Kickstarter Preview10:23

Clandestine - Kickstarter Preview

Never Bored Gaming

Never Bored Gaming

Is Clandestine for you? A Quick Overview!3:26

Is Clandestine for you? A Quick Overview!

ShelfClutter

ShelfClutter

Clandestine Prototype Preview | Don't Miss This at Gen Con 202624:47

Clandestine Prototype Preview | Don't Miss This at Gen Con 2026

Board Games with Rob

Board Games with Rob

Apophenia: Horror Hunt Preview - Something Unknown Lingers There12:01

Apophenia: Horror Hunt Preview - Something Unknown Lingers There

BoardGameCo

BoardGameCo

All the Games with Steph: Clandestine - The Playthrough2:26:08

All the Games with Steph: Clandestine - The Playthrough

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Clandestine - Playthrough2:07:57

Clandestine - Playthrough

Never Bored Gaming

Never Bored Gaming

Clandestine Unboxing18:29

Clandestine Unboxing

Aezuriel

Aezuriel

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Creators who cover this

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Aezuriel
Aezuriel
2 videos of this game
BoardGameCo
BoardGameCo
2 videos of this game
Never Bored Gaming
Never Bored Gaming
2 videos of this game
Steph Hodge
Steph Hodge
2 videos of this game
Board Games with Rob
Board Games with Rob
1 video of this game
Getting Games
Getting Games
1 video of this game
Meeple University
Meeple University
1 video of this game
Pardieu -Expert Gamer
Pardieu -Expert Gamer
1 video of this game

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Creators
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Mainly reviews

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Transmissions

2022·Adam West

Videos
23
Creators
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Mostly reviews and unboxings

1 - 4 players·45 - 60 min·Medium weight

About Clandestine

From BoardGameGeek:

For those who dare venture into the shadows of darkened alleys, one can hear the whispers and plotting as the seeds of the future's most powerful secret societies take root. Discovery of mysterious, ancient and even enchanted relics have aspiring groups experimenting with strange energy and manipulating the public to further their research into the unknown. Each society takes a different path to uncover impactful secrets while maximizing the intrigue it generates with its actions. This thematic, strategy game leverages mancalas within interconnecting rondels allowing players to conduct actions in a shared space while planning ahead for unique actions within their own societies. Will you generate the most intriguing secret society or will your society's efforts be lost to the ages? Play secrets, activate a public or society leader, and conduct clandestine actions on your turn to discover relics, research secrets, cleanse your society of chaos, or more in this deep strategy game with quick turns. The game ends when a player upgrades their Society to the max level (5). The winner is the player whose Society has generated the most Intrigue (victory points). -description from the designer

Designer

Jason Brooks

Artists

Joan Belda, James Churchill, Meredith Dillman, Diego Sanchez

Publisher

Brookspun Games

Mechanics

Abstract Movement & CaptureModular Board & Variable SetupHand ManagementRondel
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