Sniper!
BGG rank
BGG #12,123
BGG rating
6.3

Sniper!

1973

Rules assistance for Sniper!

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 180 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 3.3/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Sniper!

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Sniper! is a board game released in 1973 for 2 players, 180 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Jim Dunnigan and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Variable Set-up, and Simultaneous Action Selection.

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About the game

Modern man-to-man combat in a city. Developers included Hank Zucker, John Young, Ed Curran, Bob Felice, Bill Sullivan, Angel Gomez, Hal Vaughn. Published in three different formats at SPI alone: the early SPI white box, the very common SPI black box/tray and the accordion box featuring mounted boards. Reimplemented by Patrol - Man to man combat in rural environment Sniper! (Second Edition) Hetzer Sniper!: Sniper Companion Game #1 Sniper! Special Forces: Sniper! Companion Game #2 Bug Hunter Sniper! StarSoldier: Tactical Warfare in the 25th Century

Questions and answers

Sniper! supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.