Sniper!

1973 · BGG

Avg rating

6.27

Bayes rating

5.57

Weight

3.36 (Medium Heavy)

Players

Playtime

3 hr

Ratings count

271

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Description

Modern man-to-man combat in a city. Developers included Hank Zucker, John Young, Ed Curran, Bob Felice, Bill Sullivan, Angel Gomez, Hal Vaughn. Published in three different formats at SPI alone: the early SPI white box, the very common SPI black box/tray and the accordion box featuring mounted boards. Reimplemented by Patrol - Man to man combat in rural environment Sniper! (Second Edition) Hetzer Sniper!: Sniper Companion Game #1 Sniper! Special Forces: Sniper! Companion Game #2 Bug Hunter Sniper! StarSoldier: Tactical Warfare in the 25th Century

Play mode

Competitive

How it plays

Action selection / worker placement Area control & tactical conflict Deduction & hidden information

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Dice rolling Resource & economic management Roll / flip & write Tile, map & route building

Game type

Wargame Campaign / legacy game Board game

What it’s about

History, politics & real-world conflict

Publishers

SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Designers

Jim Dunnigan