Detective Vienna Connection
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Case (Shipping Box)
A Cold War espionage board game
Vienna Connection is a new stand-alone cooperative story-driven game for 1-5 players designed by Ignacy Trzewiczek (Robinson Crusoe, Detective, Imperial Settlers).
It offers a game night experience that lets you and your friends take on the role of CIA agents carrying out secret operations during the historic Cold War era.
Vienna Connection contains 4 missions forming one epic story, taking place across Europe—including Vienna, Prague, and Berlin in the 70s.
The game uses the Detective Investigation System introduced by the award-winning Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game, while also adding new spy and espionage themed mechanics.
It’s January 1977. CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia gets wind of Soviet activity in Austria and has no choice but to intervene. The CIA decides to dispatch members of their Special Activities Division (SAD). The game is on.
Who you are
You take on the role of CIA agents sent on secret missions in Central Europe during the historic Cold War era. The gripping plot and thematic mechanics will make you feel like you are in the middle of the historical conflict.
What you do
You communicate with local agents, police, and informants to gather reports and documents from various sources—including illegal ones. Intercept and decode transmissions, gather intel, listen to wiretapped conversations and decide which paths to take in order to understand the bigger picture.
Stay undercover
Your every move increases Exposure to enemy secret agents in one of the 4 Zones, which you will track on the mission sheet. If your activities become too visible, the CIA HQ will decide to abort the mission. So make sure to choose your next steps wisely.
Decode secret messages
Being a spy requires a great degree of confidentiality. Each mission comes with a dedicated code card, and depending on how the story develops, you’ll be using it to decode secret messages from your allies and enemies! This is one of the most immersive aspects of Vienna Connection.
Use Local Agents and carry out covert Operations
Every city has local agents at your disposal who provide invaluable help. Make sure to activate them for important tasks! There are also additional Operations you can carry out that will reveal new opportunities.
Experience real historical events
Meet historical figures, and visit real places that held strategic importance during the Cold War. Vienna Connection tells a fictional story deeply rooted in actual historical events. Our writers spent countless hours doing research on the Cold War era, developing a plot that feels so real you’re unsure which parts are fiction, and which actually occurred in Europe during the Cold War.
Choose your ending!
At the end of each mission, you recommend further actions to the CIA and learn of their results. This will allow you to fully appreciate the campaign element of the game and uncover the avenues of the story you enjoyed the most.