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Dec 26, 2025·Review·10:20·9·Watch on YouTube

The Boardgame Mechanics Review Hot Lead

The Boardgame Mechanics

The Boardgame Mechanics

Watch “The Boardgame Mechanics Review Hot Lead,” a board game review for Hot Lead from The Boardgame Mechanics on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by The Boardgame Mechanics on YouTube:

#JasonReviews #boardgamemechanics #news 0:00 - Intro 0:08 - Title Screen 0:26 - Description of the Game 1:54 - Gameplay Overview 8:08 - Final Thoughts 10:06 - Credits Lead the undercover investigation against five criminal groups to gather enough evidence to convict them. However, if you investigate too aggressively, the criminals will smell a rat and go dark! In each round of Hot Lead, criminal cards are displayed in a column equal to the number of players. Players then make their bid by simultaneously revealing an investigator card from their hand. The highest investigator bid takes the criminal card closest to the deck, the second highest takes the second closest, and so on. These cards are worth points equal to their face value (0-5). Gather enough evidence on one criminal organization to convict them when the game concludes after ten rounds; in game terms, by having exactly three of a suit, you earn 10 bonus points. Ten bonus points are also awarded to those who acquire criminal cards of all five suits. If you investigate too aggressively and grab the fourth card of a suit, those criminals will sense a rat and you'll scare them underground, thereby losing all of those cards. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins. —description from the publisher For more information about Hot Lead: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339924/hot-lead ♥️Check out everything that we do at: https://www.bgmechanics.com 🎲Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theboardgamechanics 🀄Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/boardgamemechanics 🎴Tweet at us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmechs 🎱If you would be interested in having us review/preview a game, or just want to chat, shoot us an email at: contact@bgmechanics.com #boardgames #news #review #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #boardgamenight #boardgamegeek #gamenight #boardgamelovers #boardgamecommunity #kickstarter #kickstarterlaunch #kickstartergames #indiegames #boardgameaddict #boardgamesofinstagram

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Hot Lead

Hot Lead

2022·Reiner Knizia

Videos
6
Creators
6

Mostly reviews. Hot Lead is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews and 2 how-to-play guides.

2 - 5 players
15 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Hot Lead, from BoardGameGeek:

Lead the undercover investigation against five criminal groups to gather enough evidence to convict them. However, if you investigate too aggressively, the criminals will smell a rat and go dark! In each round of Hot Lead, criminal cards are displayed in a column equal to the number of players. Players then make their bid by simultaneously revealing an investigator card from their hand. The highest investigator bid takes the criminal card closest to the deck, the second highest takes the second closest, and so on. These cards are worth points equal to their face value (0-5). Gather enough evidence on one criminal organization to convict them when the game concludes after ten rounds; in game terms, by having exactly three of a suit, you earn 10 bonus points. Ten bonus points are also awarded to those who acquire criminal cards of all five suits. If you investigate too aggressively and grab the fourth card of a suit, those criminals will sense a rat and you'll scare them underground, thereby losing all of those cards. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins. -description from publisher

Designer

Reiner Knizia

Artist

Paul K. Halkyon

Publisher

Bitewing Games

Categories

AnimalsCard Game

Mechanics

Auction / BiddingHand Management
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