Inside Job

Inside Job is a highly original and wildly exciting card game. The diverse missions and different objectives require players to be constantly alert. The game also includes additional role cards to add even more variety and different variants to make things a little easier for the agents or the infiltrator. A 2-player variant is also available.

In this almost cooperative battle game, 3, 4 or 5 secret agents must try to complete a predetermined number of missions. However, there is one big problem. One of them is an infiltrator and is trying to sabotage things!

You are given a role at the beginning of the game, agent or infiltrator. That card determines your objective. Furthermore, you get 1 secret suitcase and a certain number of hand cards. A standard battle game is played, where each battle represents 1 mission. Before each battle, the starting player chooses the mission for the current round from 2 mission cards. That mission card also determines the trump color for that turn.

Depending on the number of players, the agents must complete a certain number of missions to win the game immediately. The infiltrator must try to prevent that from happening. This seems easy because he is the only one who is not bound by game rules when playing cards. The winner of a battle gets a secret suitcase. This is important because the infiltrator automatically wins if he has collected a certain number of suitcases. During the game, communication is allowed as long as the players do not reveal anything about their cards.

It may happen that both sides fail to meet the victory conditions. In that case, a vote follows. After discussion, each player simultaneously designates another. If the infiltrator gets the most votes, the agents win, otherwise the infiltrator.

Contents: 96 cards, 14 secret suitcases, 1 composite playing piece, the rules of the game