Gameplay in Brief:
Eight spies are on the board in Conspiracy, but none really belong to any of the players. You try to convince them (through bribes, mainly) to bring the top secret suitcase back to your headquarters. Each player beings with a $10,000 account and the player who puts that cash to the best use will win.
Basics:
For 3 or 4 players, ages 8 and up. Conspiracy takes 60 to 90 minutes per game.
Designer:
Conspiracy was designed by Eric Solomon.
Publisher:
Published in the U.S. by Milton Bradley (1982), Conaspiracy also has been published as The Sigma File, Casablanca, Dossier, Dossier X, and Agent by companies including Amigo Spiele and Gibsons Games.
Genre:
Conspiracy is a bluffing and memory game with a spy theme.
Also by Eric Solomon:
Solomon has designed about a dozen published games, including Black Box, Billabong, Alaska, and Hyle. He created the deduction game Hexagonal Black Box for our deduction game design competition.
Awards:
Conspiracy was a Spiel des Jahres Recommendation in 1991. It is also on my list of the best spy games.
Interview with Eric Solomon:
Solomon took part in our Four Questions With... interview series. Here's my interview with Eric Solomon.
