- Original Release: 1985
- Developer: G. Christopher King
- Publisher: Victory Games
- Platform: Board Game
Alongside the big RPG and it’s many additions, Victory Games also made a series of simpler board games, each loosely based on an event from one of the films. This one portrays the car chase from Goldfinger. In this game, the Bond player must find Tilly and escape, while the enemy player must delay or destroy Bond’s car.
The enemy player has five cards: Tilly, three traps and a blank card. These are placed on buildings face-down for Bond to search. Turns for Bond and the enemy are similar: You roll the dice for movement (the amount of spaces you move is determined by a chart) and then take actions as you move.
These include tricks to move past other cars, quick turns, ramming, shooting and more. To see if you’re successful you roll the dice – you want a low number. At the start of the game, Bond must add four to all of his action rolls (making it more difficult) until he spends the full actions of one turn to eject the guard in the passenger seat.
While it’s Bond vs 4 enemy cars, Bond has a few more tricks up his sleeve and a lot more health. You’ll also need to sometimes risk performing a trick or turn action instead of taking the long way round, the result of the dice can change the game a lot.
While it’s very luck based, it’s not a bad little game.
Where to get James Bond 007: Goldfinger
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