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Black Ops: Tactical Espionage Wargaming
2015
Rules assistance for Black Ops: Tactical Espionage Wargaming
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- 2–6 players
- Complexity 2.5/5
Rules assistant for Black Ops: Tactical Espionage Wargaming
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Black Ops: Tactical Espionage Wargaming is a board game released in 2015 for 2–6 players. It was designed by Guy Bowers and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers and Dice Rolling.
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About the game
Black Ops is a skirmish wargame of tactical espionage combat for two or more players. It recreates on the tabletop the tension and excitement of modern action-thrillers such as the Bond and Bourne films, The Unit or Burn Notice TV shows, and the Splinter Cell and Modern Warfare series of video games. The fast-play rules use regular 6-sided dice and a card-driven activation system to keep all players in the thick of the action, while the mission generator provides a wide range of options for scenarios, from stealthy extraction or surveillance missions to more overt raids or assassinations. Stealth, combat and technical expertise all have a role to play, and players may select from a number of different character types – spies, mercenaries, criminals, hackers, special forces and many more – to recruit the best possible team for the job. Players may also choose to join a faction – powerful organizations, intelligence agencies, criminal syndicates, militaries or rebel groups, each with a stake in international affairs. By doing so, their team may receive certain benefits, but may also find itself limited at a crucial time. With the variety offered by the characters, factions and scenarios, no two games of Black Ops should ever be the same! Although the standard Black Ops setting is an ultra-modern world just a hair removed from our own, the rules are versatile and adaptable enough to suit OSS operations behind Nazi lines, Cold War-era infiltration missions in Moscow or Berlin, or sabotage runs against a rival corporation’s interests in a cyberpunk dystopia, and the rulebook will include a guide to running games in such settings.
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Osprey Publishing
Questions and answers
Black Ops: Tactical Espionage Wargaming supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
Black Ops: Tactical Espionage Wargaming has a complexity rating of 2.5 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Black Ops: Tactical Espionage Wargaming belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Modern Warfare. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers and Dice Rolling. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Black Ops: Tactical Espionage Wargaming are: Guy Bowers. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Black Ops: Tactical Espionage Wargaming as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.