James Bond 007 Agent Game

Original Release: 1984
Developer: Risto J. Hieta
Publisher: Voitto Pohjola Ky
Platform: Board Game
Original Name: James Bond 007 Agenttipeli, James Bond 007 Agentspel.

This is a board game released in Sweden and Finland by Voitto Pohjola Ky, I have translated the rules and event cards into English for my recreaton.

This is a roll and move game where you’re all competing to identify which of the six crime families have stolen nuclear warheads. At the start of the game, three cards from one of the families is removed at random (leaving one card behind). All but these three cards are then shuffled with the event cards. The three hidden cards are from the family that have stolen the weapons, and the other players have to figure out what family that is.

Players will do this by moving between cities. The first player to enter a city will remove the token on it and draw a card, showing it if it an event card or placing it face down in front of them if it is a crime family card. If one player collects three from the same family, they have to reveal them, but get a cash reward for it.

Money can also be used to move around quicker: you can charter flights between some cities or hop on a ferry. You can even buy a helicopter or car to permanently improve your movement. You gain money from gambling at casino cities: you pay $100 and roll the dice. If you get a 1, you lost it, roll anything else and you’ll get that number multiplied by 100. Some event cards will give (or take) money away. You can also pay $300 to another player to look at one of their cards, helping you eliminate suspects.

The investigation part of this makes it a bit more than a simple roll and move game, and being able to spend money to negate the rolls is also a good thing, but it’s still a fairly dull game overall.

Where to get: James Bond 007 Agent Game