2025Chris Backe
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- 10
- Creators
- 6
1 - 6 players30 - 45 min

2022Chris Backe
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Spies is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
You are all spies who have infiltrated an ambassador's mansion, each working for different countries. Accomplish missions and try to sabotage your target's missions to score points. Each player gets a map printed off on a single sheet of paper, then hides it behind a shield, clipboard, etc. Identify your target - the player to their left. As you play, you'll be trying to figure out where they go while avoiding the player on the right that's tracking you! Each round, you'll move from one room to another, completing or sabotaging missions, then asking your target a specific question. Your target must tell you the truth, but each question can only be asked once per game. Some questions reveal more information than others, but picking the right time to ask them can be really helpful. At the end of the game, reveal your sheets. You'll score points from completing missions, sabotaging the missions your targets completed, and bonus points if you identified where your target went. Most points wins. -description from the designer
Spies has 5 videos from 4 creators: 2 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides and 1 other video. They date from September to December 2022.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Spies! (B&B Live Teach)" by The Board & Barrel, which runs 5 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Board Game Review - Spies! - First Play Thoughts" by The Board & Barrel.
If you like it, try Starfront Scouting Academy, Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up, Tiberpunk: Streets of Rome and Dragon vs Kingdom, also by Chris Backe.
2025Chris Backe
1 - 6 players30 - 45 min
2025Chris Backe
1 - 2 players15 - 20 minMedium weight
2026Chris Backe, Robin David, Georgij Shugol, Alexander Krys, Oleg Meleshin
2 - 4 players90 min
From BoardGameGeek:
You are all spies who have infiltrated an ambassador's mansion, each working for different countries. Accomplish missions and try to sabotage your target's missions to score points. Each player gets a map printed off on a single sheet of paper, then hides it behind a shield, clipboard, etc. Identify your target - the player to their left. As you play, you'll be trying to figure out where they go while avoiding the player on the right that's tracking you! Each round, you'll move from one room to another, completing or sabotaging missions, then asking your target a specific question. Your target must tell you the truth, but each question can only be asked once per game. Some questions reveal more information than others, but picking the right time to ask them can be really helpful. At the end of the game, reveal your sheets. You'll score points from completing missions, sabotaging the missions your targets completed, and bonus points if you identified where your target went. Most points wins. -description from the designer
Designer
Chris Backe
Artist
Kristian Fosh
Publisher
No Box Games
Categories
Mechanics