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USER MANUAL Stratego Spies & Lies a story Jumbo

Spies & Lies: A Stratego Story Break the deadlock in the fi nal days of war. Victory will hinge on the actions of a handful of men – and we women spies… Go head-to-head as you secretly select soldiers with different abilities to engage the enemy. Each of you will have the opportunity to sabotage your opponent’s missions – using careful deployment, clever deduction and surprising deception. With every enemy soldier you identify, with every advance you rebuff, you’ll tighten the noose, infi ltrating further into the enemy camp and taking the Double Agent a step closer to capturing the enemy fl ag! Object of the game Spies & Lies is played in 3 rounds. Each round consists of 3 phases (Deploy, Intel and Mission) which will determine which player can move the Double Agent into enemy territory on the game board. The fi rst player to land on the enemy’s fl ag with the Double Agent wins (or the player who is closest to doing so when the third round ends). Contents

• 10 Red and 10 Blue Soldier cards

• 2 sets of 4 Mission cards

• 1 Starting Player card

• 2 sets of 4 Intel tokens

• Each player takes their matching deck of blue or red Soldier cards, 4 Mission cards, 1 Reference card, 4 Intel tokens and 1 Deception token.

• Place the game board in the middle of the table. Make sure the fl ag of your colour is nearest to you.

• Both place the Infi ltration marker of your colour on the game board, on the start space marked ‘0’ on the Infi ltration points track.

• Place the Double Agent on the open space in the middle of the game board, as shown.

• Place the Day marker on the fi rst day circle on the game board.

• Place the Starting Player card and spare Deception tokens to one side.

• Both place your 4 mission cards in order, in front of you, as shown.

• Shuffl e and place the deck of Intel cards face down. Take the top card and place it face up above the Intel deck. This is the ‘Old Intel’ pile.

• Both shuffl e your 10 Soldier cards, place your decks face down and ask your opponent to pick one of your cards at random. Place the card next to the deck of Intel cards, face-up. These two soldiers are ‘exhausted’ and can’t be deployed in the fi rst round.

• Keep your other 9 Soldier cards in your hand and make sure your opponent cannot see them.

A game, ready to start should look like this: 1 10 Blue Soldier cards 2 4 Intel tokens 3 Deception token 4 Exhausted soldier 5 Intel cards (face down) 6 Old Intel card (face up) 7 Starting Player card 8 Spare Deception tokens 9 Reference card 10 10 Red Soldier cards 11 Mission cards 12 Day marker 13 Infi ltration markers (Red & Blue tower) 14 Double Agent (Black tower) 15 Game board

A game, ready to start should look like this:

13Play The game is played in 3 rounds, with each round representing a day. Each day consists of 3 phases:

1. Deployment phase: each place one Soldier

card from your hand face down below each of your 4 Mission cards, as shown. Your soldiers’ ranks (1-10) must always increase from left to right, with the exception of the Sergeant (4) who can be placed in any position (to surprise the enemy and make deduction more diffi cult). You may always look at your cards during the round. For more details about each rank and their capabilities, see page 38. Correct: all cards are placed in rank order Incorrect: the Miner (3) is out of sequence Correct: the Sergeant (4) may sit in any position

Mission cards 1 to 4 and with 4 Soldier cards face down2. Intelligence phase: turn over the top Intel card so it sits face up on top of the Intel deck. This is the current Intel. Each player must now place an Intel token on each of their Mission cards that corresponds to a Soldier whose rank number is shown on the Intel card, with the exception of the Sergeant.

3. Mission phase: fl ip or spin the Starting Player card

to decide who’ll begin the fi rst round (players then take turns when it’s time to start rounds 2 and 3). If you’re starting, try to work out which Soldier sits in your opponent’s Mission 1 position. Use the clues shown by the sequence of numbers on the Intel card, the quantity and placement of Intel tokens lying on the Mission cards, the identity of the exhausted soldier, and try to fi gure out your enemy’s strategy. Call out your guess of that card’s rank (its number or title) then fl ip over that Soldier card. See ‘Scoring’ on the next page. Your opponent now takes a turn to identify which Soldier sits in your Mission 1 position. Then it’s your turn to identify your enemy’s Mission 2 Soldier and so on until all Soldiers have been revealed. (Note: see Special Rule No.1 on page 37.)

Incorrect: the Bomb (7) is out of sequence

“I guess your Spy (1) is on mission 1” The Sergeant (4) is an exception and may give false intel. Digby Tubblington

Scoring Each time a Soldier card is revealed, record your score as follows: • If you correctly identifi ed your opponent’s Soldier, move your Infi ltration marker 2 spaces along the numbered track. The Soldier you identifi ed ‘retreats’: it remains face up and is ‘tilted’ – turn the card 90 degrees to show that its special ability cannot be activated.• If you did not correctly identify your opponent’s Soldier, your Infi ltration marker stays put. Instead, your opponent can immediately activate their Soldier’s special ability and earn any Infi ltration points, if applicable. Their Soldier card remains face up in its normal orientation (untilted). See page 38 for more about Soldiers’ special abilities and Infi ltration points.

The red Spy (1) is correctly identifi ed and retreats “I guess your Scout (2) is on mission 1”. The blue player did not identify the red Soldier on mission 1 correctly, so the red player can move its red Infi ltration marker 1 step forward and receives (in the case of the Spy) a Deception token.

The Double Agent As soon as your Infi ltration marker reaches 10 on the track, you have successfully infi ltrated the enemy and gained infl uence over the Double Agent. Return your Infi ltration marker to ‘0’. Any leftover Infi ltration points you scored with a soldier or from identifying the enemy card are lost. There is one exception: the Colonel can carry points over (see his special ability on page 38). Now advance the black Double Agent from its current position by the same number of spaces as shown by the Day Marker (one space on Day 1, two spaces on Day 2, etc.), always moving in the direction of the enemy’s fort. If you reach the wall space on top of the enemy’s fort with the Double Agent during any turn, you must stop there for now, even if you have more moves of the Double Agent left. If on a later turn you are still on the wall and get to move the Double Agent, you can make the decisive step and capture the enemy’s fl ag to win the game. Note: You can have any number of successful infi ltrations per round (by reaching ‘10’ on the track several times). The Lieutenant (5) and General (9) have the special ability to advance the Double Agent immediately, see page 38. Deception tokens During the Mission phase of your opponent’s turn, you may choose to play a Deception token. Place it on the Soldier your opponent is about to identify, before they make their guess.

• If your opponent’s guess was correct, your Deception token has no effect.

• If your opponent’s guess was incorrect, fi rst activate your Soldier as described earlier, score any infi ltration points that apply (returning to ‘0’ if you reach 10), then score an extra 4 Infi ltration points for using your Deception token. Mademoiselle Siducia

“I play a Deception token on my Soldier on Mission 3”The red Infi ltration token has reached 10 on the track in round 2. Now the Double Agent advances 2 spaces towards the blue player’s fort.1

Ending a round The round ends when all the Soldiers in the Missions have been revealed. Each player picks up the 4 Soldier cards that they deployed during the last round, shuffl es them face-down and asks their opponent to pick one of the 4 at random. (If you activated your Bomb during the round and also correctly identifi ed the next enemy card, pick two cards for your opponent to place in their exhausted pile in the next round instead of one.) The soldier(s) is/are exhausted, placed face-up next to the Intel cards and not available for the next round. Take back the exhausted soldier (or soldiers) from the last round and return it to your remaining Soldier cards, ready for the next round.

• Move the current Intel Card to the Old Intel pile. Place it so that all Old Intel cards are visible.• Take back any Intel tokens from your Mission cards.• The Day Marker is moved to the next round and a new day begins.• Infi ltration markers and the Double Agent stay in their current positions.• The player who did not start the last round now gets to start the next round. The blue player did not identify the red Soldier on mission 3 correctly, so the red player can move its red Infi ltration marker 4 steps forward earned for the activated Sergeant (4) and an extra 4 for the Deception token. If you reach 10, any excess infi ltration points are lost.After using the Deception token, it goes out of play (regardless of whether it was guessed correctly or not). A player can win an extra Deception token if their Spy is activated but may not hold more than 2 at any point in the game.“I guess your General (9) is on mission 3”.

4Winning the game The game ends in one of two ways:

1. If you reach the Flag in the enemy’s fort with the Double Agent, you win the game. You do

not have to land on the enemy’s Flag by an exact count. This could happen in any round. If you win in this way, reveal all your remaining cards to ensure that all your soldiers follow the deployment rules. If any card does not, a critical fl aw in your campaign is revealed: the win is cancelled, and your opponent wins the game instead. OR…

2. At the end of the third round, the player who has been able to push the Double Agent into

enemy territory (no matter how far) wins the game. If the Double Agent is on neutral ground (the middle space of the game board), the player with the most Infi ltration points wins. If this is also tied, the game ends in a draw. Special rules

1. Incorrect Intel: if it comes to light that your opponent placed an Intel token incorrectly or

did not place one when it should have been, then that card immediately counts as correctly identifi ed: tilt the card and score 2 Infi ltration points.

2. Incorrect order: If your revealed Soldier is in the wrong order compared to your already

revealed cards (see Deployment phase rules), undo any Double Agent moves you made during this round and move your Infi ltration marker back to ‘0’. This card and all your remaining cards this round will count as Identifi ed: reveal them in normal turn order. You may still guess enemy cards on your turn. (The Sergeant is excluded from these rules.) Team play Spies & Lies can be played in teams, with up to two players on each side: separate the Mission cards into two groups with one team member playing Missions 1 and 2, and the other Missions 3 and 4. Each player is responsible for choosing their own Soldiers and engaging with their respective opponents. Teammates can freely talk about strategy, but they cannot whisper, and they can’t look at the Soldier cards (or reference card) at the same time while deploying. After one player has chosen the cards for Missions 1 and 2, their teammate may view them only once to maintain correct card order. Other than this, neither teammate can look at the other’s cards. (This means that the fi rst teammate will not know what is in Missions 3 and 4.) Soldiers and their special abilities If your opponent fails to identify one of your Soldiers correctly, your Soldier is activated and can bring special abilities into play (either immediately or later in the round). This can earn you valuable Infi ltration points and perhaps the chance to move the Double Agent. Check the chart below to see what happens with each type of Soldier:

The Double Agent reaches the blue Flag in round 2, so the red player wins the game! The Double Agent is at the end of round 3 in the territory of the red player, so the blue player wins the game!... earn 1 Infi ltration point (IP) and 1 Deception token (DT). When you fi nd the Marshal, he immediately retreats (tilt it), regardless of whether you identifi ed him correctly or not. If activated, immediately… ... earn 2 Infi ltration points. For every Soldier you correctly identify this round, after your Scout is activated, you earn 4 Infi ltration points instead of 2. ... earn 3 Infi ltration points. When you fi nd the enemy Bomb, it immediately retreats (tilt it), regardless of whether you identifi ed it correctly or not. ... earn 4 Infi ltration points. About the Sergeant: during the Deployment phase, the Sergeant can be put anywhere in the line. For example, 2- 7- 4- 10 is a valid line-up. The Sergeant may also give false information during the Intelligence phase, either by NOT GIVING intel when he should, or GIVING intel when he shouldn’t (using the Intel token). ... earn 6 Infi ltration points. Or, instead, use one Soldier card that is currently exhausted. In case of 2 exhausted Soldier's, you may choose 1. You gain the exhausted Soldier’s Infi ltration points and its abilities are activated, if any. Keep the cards where they are. (If the Spy or Miner has been activated, the newly chosen card will also be affected.) ... the Bomb explodes! The next card (of your opponent) that you reveal this round will automatically retreat (tilt it). You do not earn any infi ltration points. Double damage: If your Bomb is activated and you correctly identify the next enemy card this round, you will choose 2 Soldier cards instead of 1 for your opponent to exhaust in the next round. ... earn 8 Infi ltration points. The Colonel is the only Soldier who can roll over excess Infi ltration points. For example, if your Infi ltration marker is on 7 and the Colonel is activated, move 3 Infi ltration spaces to the ‘10’, advance the Double Agent, and then after returning to ‘0’ move your Infi ltration marker the remaining 5 spaces on the next run along the numbered track. ... either earn 10 Infi ltration points*, or earn 5 Infi ltration points and reduce the enemy’s Infi ltration points total by 5. If the enemy’s points are reduced to less than zero, nothing happens: their Infi ltration marker remains on the ‘0’ space. *Remember excess Infi ltration points cannot be rolled over. ... advance the Double Agent 2 spaces towards your enemy’s fort. You do not earn any infi ltration points. ... advance the Double Agent (DA) 1 space towards your enemy’s fort. You do not earn any infi ltration points. Spy Soldier Scout Miner Sergeant Captain Bomb Colonel Marshal General Lieutenant

38... advance the Double Agent (DA) 1 space towards your enemy’s fort. You do not earn any infi ltration points.19739 Made by Koninklijke Jumbo B.V. Westzijde 184, 1506 EK Zaandam, The Netherlands. © 2019 Jumbodiset Group. All rights reserved. Game concept © Don Eskridge Development by Jeremy Falger. jumbo.eu jumbostrategygames.com