BLACK TIE
The game of strategy, sabotage, and espionage.
THE GAME:
A game of international espionage is afoot! You've been given a mission to protect hard drives containing your organization's most important data. Years of research and technological advancements your opponents can't wait to get their hands on. You'll need to pull out all the stops in order to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.
But your opponents have their own data worth investigating, data your employers would be more than happy to get a look at it. And sometimes the best defense is a good offense. Recruit agents, activate dormant facilities, and deploy cutting edge gadgets to infiltrate your enemy's defenses, steal their data drives, and sabotage their agency. May the best player win!
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"Black Tie has the intrigue of a party game, with the strategy of a deck builder!"
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Unleash your inner spy with Black Tie! Concoct plans, conduct espionage, and sabotage your opponents!
More Info
What is Black Tie?
Black Tie is a light espionage themed deck building card game. Players take on the role of director of intelligence for their own agency and are given the mission to protect their data (in the form of Data Drive cards) and attempt to steal data from other players. The game challenges players to upgrade their deck, recruit new agents, and build facilities and defenses in order to accomplish this mission.
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Black Tie takes hand management to a whole new level with mechanics such as card storage, partial hand retention, and increasing hand size. Careful hand management is more important than ever thanks to Black Tie's unique card stacking mechanism where players may play multiple identical cards as one move in order to pull off more and more powerful actions.
What makes Black Tie different?
Black Tie diverges from the typical deck building format in 3 main ways:
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There are no health, money or manna; instead the only purpose of the game is to collect cards and utilize your assets.
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The game is intended to maximize player interaction. You can steal and destroy other players cards, interrupt their plans, and defend your own deck with various upgrades.
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Unique espionage theme, that will keep you coming back!
Steal, Defend, and Build
Unique Features
Card Stacking
Stack identical cards and play them all in one go to greatly increase their potential. Don't have enough cards? Use the inventor to fill in the gaps!
Hand Retention
No victory in Black Tie is the luck of the draw. Instead, you can retain up to two cards in your hand between turns. This means you can stack, store, and steer your cards to make lethal combinations.
Unique Purchase System
Black Tie doesn't bother with money or purchasing points or any other system. Instead you simply discard cards at the end of your turn up to the cost of the card you want to purchase. This means you must build up your hand for more expensive purchases and forces you to choose between using cards for actions or for purchasing. Remember more cards is how you win!
The Devious Double Agent
The Double Agent card is not to be ignored. If played well, this card can increase your purchasing potential exponentially. Build your hand and deck to be able to purchase this crafty card. But do it fast, once all the Multiply cards are gone its game over.