Gameplay in Brief:
No one knows who's who in this award-winning, spy-themed board game. You move your spy around the board, but you can also move everyone else. Try to get yours in position to win points -- but don't be too obvious. Strategy and bluffing collide head on in Top Secret Spies.
Basics:
For 2 to 7 players, ages 8 and up. About 30 minutes per game.
Designer:
Top Secret Spies was designed by Wolfgang Kramer.
Publisher:
Rio Grande Games. Previous editions of this game were known as Undercover and Heimlich & Co., and were published by Ravensburger, Amigo Spiele, 999 Games, and other companies.
Genre:
Top Secret Spies is a deduction game with a spy theme.
Also by Wolfgang Kramer:
Kramer has designed or co-designed nearly 150 published games, including Torres (co-designed with Michael Kiesling), Tikal (also co-designed with Kiesling), Princes of Florence, El Grande, Daytona 500, and Midnight Party.
Awards:
When it was published as Heimlich & Co., Top Secret Spies won the 1986 Spiel des Jahres (Germany's award for Family Game of the Year). It is also on my list of the best spy games.
