Board Game

Black Vienna

Released 1987 / 3-6 players / 60-60 min / Ages 10+

Designer: Gilbert Obermair

Artist: Jim Ferreira

Publisher: (Web published), KOSMOS

Black Vienna cover art

Description

In this thinly-themed game, players seek to uncover the three spies who have their identities hidden. There are twenty-seven possible suspects, represented by twenty-seven lettered cards (with the umlauted O). Three of the cards are removed, as they are the spies. The remainder are dealt out to the players. Then players take turns 'asking' each other for information by playing a card with three letters in front of the informant. He must then look at his cards and place either zero, one, two, or three chips on the card, depending on how many of those letters are part of his secret collection. The first player to correctly identify the three missing spies (letters) is the winner.

Game at a glance

Year published
1987
Players
3–6
Play time
60 minutes
Listed playing time
60 minutes
Minimum age
10+

Categories (3)

  • Card Game
  • Deduction
  • Spies / Secret Agents

Mechanics (2)

  • Deduction
  • Paper-and-Pencil
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