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Counter Spy (2023)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
10–20 min
Age
8+
7.49
Average rating
44
Ratings
1.00/5
Weight
#17897
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Phản gián
Designer:Toàn Nguyễn, Mẫn Trần
Artist:Toàn Nguyễn
Publisher:Ngũ Hành Games
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 7, Complexity 2, Theme 6
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity2.0
Theme6.0

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

Card GameBluffingDeductionSpies / Secret AgentsDeduction

Overview

In CounterSpy, you will have 15 cards.

Randomly choose 1 face down to become the Spy (hidden card) Reveal 1 card (sharing information)

Then deal 7 cards to the 1st player, and 6 cards to the 2nd player.

On your turn, you decide to (a) Exchange information or (b) Reveal the spy

To exchange information: choose a card from your hand to give to the opponent then provide information that relates to the given card

The given information can be in 1 of 3 formats below

The given card belongs to a pair/trio/quartet of the same color The given card belongs to a pair/trio/quartet of the same number The given card belongs to a 3/4/5/6/7 in a row

The information must be True and Sufficient (meaning it is the full information) The information includes every card in the player's hand and in front of them (which are given by the opponent)

On your turn, if you cannot or don't want to exchange information you must Guess the Spy card by stating its number and color.

if you guess correctly, you receive 2 points. If incorrectly, the opponent receives 1 point.

Whoever has 3 points first wins the game.

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