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1983 Ranked #19,883

Ganoven Jagd

This abstract movement game has each player use six police officers to capture an opponent’s robber while keeping their own fugitive free. The grid supports pursuit and evasion at once, so every move can advance one hunt while weakening another.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Bluffing Secret Unit Deployment Players: Two-Player Only Games

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.83/5

Rating

5.94

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Ganoven Jagd ('Crook Hunt') has each player controlling 6 police officers and one robber. Your officers are trying to bring to justice the opponent's crook, whilst your fugitive is trying to elude the hunt.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Secret Unit Deployment

Place or assign units secretly before their positions are revealed.
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Ganoven Jagd ('Crook Hunt') has each player controlling 6 police officers and one robber. Your officers are trying to bring to justice the opponent's crook, whilst your fugitive is trying to elude the hunt. Although themed, this is really an abstract movement game with black and white pieces roving the squared grid.

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Type

1
Abstract

Category

2
Bluffing Abstract Strategy

Mechanism

1
Secret Unit Deployment

Family

2
Components: 7 x 8 Grids Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
20 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Rudi Hoffmann

Artists

1
(Uncredited)

Publishers

5
Bütehorn Spiele (Buchholz Verlag) Hexagames (I) Kärnan Schmidt France Schmidt Spiele

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