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Perfect for those who enjoy fast-paced bluffing and hand management with a fun sci-fi theme. The card recovery system adds a great layer of risk.
- Constant auction tension
- Engaging infiltration theme
- Quick and dynamic games
- Strategic hand management
- Player elimination may be off-putting
- Some reliance on draft luck
About the game
What you do in a play session
The core gameplay revolves around secret Strength auctions. Each player starts with Strength cards (valued 1 to 4) and an initiative card. To secure the cards from the hotel's first floor, you must bid your Strength. You can spend as many Strength cards as you like and even use Resources to win the auction, but here is the twist: spent Strength cards only return to your hand once EVERY player has exhausted all of their own Strength cards. If you burn through your cards too quickly, you'll be locked out of subsequent auctions and lose the chance to collect vital Resources.
It's a game of tense hand management where you must balance the urgency of achieving your goals with the caution of not running dry while others still have firepower. Victory (or catastrophic defeat) occurs as soon as the required cards are collected. Will you successfully conquer the world, or will you be betrayed by the human spy?
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