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Malware Mayhem Hacker Duel: Cyber War Edition

Malware Mayhem Hacker Duel: Cyber War Edition

2024·Christopher Jackson

2 - 6 players
60 - 90 min

From BoardGameGeek

Malware Mayhem Hacker Duel is a two-player face-off using a tower-defense style game must defend their high, medium and low value data which is placed into one of three systems. Each player also has one secret that can be moved between the systems as long as the data is still intact. The objective of the game is to capture the secret. Each player builds cyberweapons including a botnet, trojans, and zero-day exploits that can be used to attack the opponent's systems. Each system can be defended by firewalls, anti-virus and intrusion detection systems. An attack consists of three phases: breaching the network perimeter, hacking the system, and then in a later turn attempting to capture the data and secrets. Each hacker is assisted by an Agent who helps raise funds, restores disabled cyberweapons and defenses, or uses one of their unique special abilities (each agent has two) such as sending spam or initiating ransomware. Each hacker can employ up to two agents by hiring or firing from the pool of available agents. The currency of the game is cryptocoins. The DarkWeb Marketplace allows weapons and defenses to be bought and stolen data to be sold. The game includes two decks of cards which are used to collect resources and to perform special actions (or enhanced actions). Malware Mayhem Hacker Duel, Cyber War Edition features a hacker duel between the White Hat supported by the Hactivist agent and Black Hat hacker who is supported by the Scammer agent. Additional agents included in this set are the Freelancer and the Script Kiddie. -description from the publisher

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Malware Mayhem Hacker Duel: Cyber War Edition has 3 videos from 1 creator: 1 unboxing and 2 other videos. They date from 2023 to January 2025.

If you like it, try Malware Mayhem Hacker Duel: Chaos Edition and Malware Mayhem Hacker Duel: State Actor Edition, also by Christopher Jackson, or Kingsburg and Ultimate Railroads, which share several of its mechanics.

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Unboxing at the factory

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Introduction video from kickstarter campaign3:02

Introduction video from kickstarter campaign

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Game Trailer for Malware Mayhem Hacker Duel, Cyber War Edition by Frolic Games0:58

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About Malware Mayhem Hacker Duel: Cyber War Edition

From BoardGameGeek:

Malware Mayhem Hacker Duel is a two-player face-off using a tower-defense style game must defend their high, medium and low value data which is placed into one of three systems. Each player also has one secret that can be moved between the systems as long as the data is still intact. The objective of the game is to capture the secret. Each player builds cyberweapons including a botnet, trojans, and zero-day exploits that can be used to attack the opponent's systems. Each system can be defended by firewalls, anti-virus and intrusion detection systems. An attack consists of three phases: breaching the network perimeter, hacking the system, and then in a later turn attempting to capture the data and secrets. Each hacker is assisted by an Agent who helps raise funds, restores disabled cyberweapons and defenses, or uses one of their unique special abilities (each agent has two) such as sending spam or initiating ransomware. Each hacker can employ up to two agents by hiring or firing from the pool of available agents. The currency of the game is cryptocoins. The DarkWeb Marketplace allows weapons and defenses to be bought and stolen data to be sold. The game includes two decks of cards which are used to collect resources and to perform special actions (or enhanced actions). Malware Mayhem Hacker Duel, Cyber War Edition features a hacker duel between the White Hat supported by the Hactivist agent and Black Hat hacker who is supported by the Scammer agent. Additional agents included in this set are the Freelancer and the Script Kiddie. -description from the publisher

Designer

Christopher Jackson

Publisher

Frolic Games

Categories

EducationalModern WarfareSpies / Secret Agents

Mechanics

Combat ResolutionDice RollingTech Trees / Tech TracksTurn Order Manipulation
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