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Rating:	5.8 Fair
Popularity:	1
Difficulty:	Very easy
Year:	1981
Players:	3-6 players
Playing time:	45 minutes
Age:	14+

Created by: Alan R. Moon, Philippe Guérin, Charles Kibler, Doris Matthäus, Chris Quilliams

Published by: ABACUSSPIELE, Ali Baba e.V., Avalon Hill

Alternate Names: Gespenster

Description:

The trick-taking game Black Spy is a film noir take on Hearts as you want to enlist the best spies you can while avoiding the black spies, who will always turn against you.

Black Spy lasts a number of rounds, with players scoring points each round.

The game is played using mostly standard trick-taking rules: Each turn, someone plays a card to the center of the table, then in turn each player lays down (if possible) a card matching the suit or rank of the card led, throwing out any other card otherwise.

The highest card in the color led wins the trick, and that player leads the next trick. Points come only from the black cards, with the black spies (yes, "spies", with six black #7 cards) being worth ten points each and all other black cards worth 1-5 points.

When someone reaches 200 or more points at the end of a round, the game ends and the player with the lowest score wins.

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Retail Price:	$16
Amazon:	$15

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Black Spy Game Rules

Components

1 deck of 60 cards
1 scorepad
Rulebook

Object of the Game

In Black Spy, your objective is to be the player with the lowest score when one player reaches the score required to end the game.

Card Deck

The card deck is composed of 60 cards: 11 cards each of blue, yellow, red, and green color - one Informer, one Interrogator, one Infiltrator, one Saboteur, one Assassin, one Agent, one Spy, one Double Agent, one Code Breaker, one Deputy Director, and one Director. 16 black cards - the same card as above plus 5 more "Spy" cards. â€¦

Each of these variants may be combined. You are also welcome to try out any variants of your own.

No Good Spies

The Blue, Yellow, Red and Green Spies do not affect the score (they are worth 0 points). This results in each deal having a total value of 80 points.

Capture or Release

If one player takes all the black cards in one deal, that player may choose to subtract 60 points from his score instead of giving each other player 60 points (as per the normal rule). â€¦

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