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Bomb Squad Academy is a 2-5 player board game where you cut bomb wires without triggering explosions. With 20-minute rounds, it combines strategy and tension in an explosive experience by Tasty Minstrel Games, suitable for ages 13 and up.
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This is the final field exam of your bomb disposal training course. The instructor has rigged three training bombs for you and your team to defuse, but little do you know that there is no way to actually defuse them! The bombs will explode eventually, and if you want to graduate at the top of the class then you’ll want to cut high-value wires without triggering the explosives! Grab your wire cutters and steady that shaky hand, because it’s going to be an explosive night!
In Bomb Squad Academy there are four decks of cards representing the four “wires” of the bomb, and a trigger track next to each deck. Every round, each player secretly decides (then simultaneously reveals) the wire that they will cut this round (or perhaps they’ll chicken out, or even call “Wait!” preventing a wire from being cut). After actions are revealed, the chosen wires are “cut” by flipping cards from those decks. When a card is flipped, its value dictates how far the trigger moves down the trigger track and how many points are earned; cutting wires alone is worth a lot more than cutting the same wire as other players. Push the triggers too far and the bomb will explode! Whoever causes the bomb to explode loses points. Players earn useful Tools during the game that they can use to break the rules. Get through three gruelling bombs with the cleverest cuts to finish your final exam with the most points!
Additional information
| Mechanics: | Hand Management Press Your Luck Simultaneous Action Selection |
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| BARCODE: | 9781938146671 |
| In 2 wishlists This was seen 10065 times | |
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Description
This is the final field exam of your bomb disposal training course. The instructor has rigged three training bombs for you and your team to defuse, but little do you know that there is no way to actually defuse them! The bombs will explode eventually, and if you want to graduate at the top of the class then you’ll want to cut high-value wires without triggering the explosives! Grab your wire cutters and steady that shaky hand, because it’s going to be an explosive night!
In Bomb Squad Academy there are four decks of cards representing the four “wires” of the bomb, and a trigger track next to each deck. Every round, each player secretly decides (then simultaneously reveals) the wire that they will cut this round (or perhaps they’ll chicken out, or even call “Wait!” preventing a wire from being cut). After actions are revealed, the chosen wires are “cut” by flipping cards from those decks. When a card is flipped, its value dictates how far the trigger moves down the trigger track and how many points are earned; cutting wires alone is worth a lot more than cutting the same wire as other players. Push the triggers too far and the bomb will explode! Whoever causes the bomb to explode loses points. Players earn useful Tools during the game that they can use to break the rules. Get through three gruelling bombs with the cleverest cuts to finish your final exam with the most points!
Card sleeves in this game
Additional information
| Mechanics: | Hand Management Press Your Luck Simultaneous Action Selection |
| Categories: | |
| Alternative names: | |
| BARCODE: | 9781938146671 |
| In 2 wishlists This was seen 10065 times | |
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A great and novel push your luck. Whenever I play, on a chilled evening pint in hand it pulls great stories and teaches quickly. Plays unlike anything else I've seen and doesn't outstay its welcome. Maybe it could be tuned up a bit, and the points tokens are vile to use but that is easily fixed with writing on paper or with better counters.
My favorite push your luck game. The decision on which card to play adds some social deduction and hand management. I love the tension each round with which card you should play and hoping you get close enough to get a huge payout but not too far so that you cause the bomb to explode.
I really enjoy this game. It's simple, easy to teach, and has a decent balance of luck and strategy. Although luck probably outweighs strategy, at least to an extent.
Been on the shelf for a little while. Taught it to a casual gamer, we both went through and picked it up very quickly, adding the extra tools and pressure sensors really as to it. Then played 3 player, really looking forward to 5 player. As you play you realise the dilemmas and choices you have available to you. Quite a surprise.
Great little press-your-luck, out-guess your opponents, type of game. I played only once and only 2 of the 3 phases, but would love to play a full game sometime.
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CAUTION! Not suitable for children under 3 years of age. It contains small parts which could be swallowed or inhaled.
