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Hostage Negotiator fits in a tiny box but requires a lot of table space thanks to the card tableau.

The print and play version of the game (using the kickstarter PNP files). This version includes three abductors.

Custom insert (variation on Pedro’s idea). Enough room left for abductors packs #3 and #4 to come :-) . The lid, with some baize, makes a nice dice tray.

Apparently there were three more students hiding in the classroom closet. No wonder this teacher had not earned her tenure.

Alternative Threat and Communication pieces for the PnP version of Hostage Negotiator....

As the Threat Level goes down you gain more dice for Threat Checks, making it more likely your Conversation Cards will pay off.

Hostage Negotiator (2015)

Players

Best: 1

Playing time

15–30 min

Age

15+

6.78

Average rating

6,303

Ratings

2.06/5

Weight

#1634

BGG rank

Top 5,000

Alternate names:Négociateur: Prise d'otages +3 more

Designer:A. J. Porfirio

Artist:Kristi Kirisberg, Venessa Kelley, Chase Williams

Publisher:Arclight Games +6 more

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy5.0

Luck8.0

Interaction2.0

Complexity4.1

Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

In Hostage Negotiator, you play the part of a law enforcement agent responsible for negotiating the release of hostages taken by an unscrupulous figure hell-bent on having his or her demands met.

Each turn in the game represents a conversation between you and the hostage taker. You'll play cards and roll dice to increase conversation points, decrease the threat level, and release hostages. Hostage Negotiator uses a unique "hand-building" mechanism that puts cards you purchase directly in your hand for next turn rather than leaving you wondering when the cards will show up like in deck-building games.

In Hostage Negotiator there are multiple paths to victory, but the hostage taker has other plans. Will you try to calm him and get him to surrender? Will you stall and bide your time before sending in the team for a major extraction? How many hostages will you save? These are many of the exciting decisions you will make in a game of Hostage Negotiator!