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2017 Ranked #4,741

How To Rob A Bank

An asymmetric heist game where robbers secretly plan actions to take money while the bank directs guards to protect it. Hidden strategies are revealed only after planning, making teamwork and prediction central to either side’s success.

Family Games Bluffing Card Game Action Queue Modular Board

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.95/5

Rating

6.37

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.1/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

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?

One player is the bank and controls the guards while the other players are a team of robbers. Take turns planning your actions by playing cards – but keep your strategies secret.

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One player is the bank and controls the guards while the other players are a team of robbers. Take turns planning your actions by playing cards – but keep your strategies secret. Then take turns revealing your actions by moving, picking up money bags, triggering alarms, and more! Will the bank win by protecting its loot? Or will the robbers make off like bandits? Find out in this suspenseful game of teamwork and competition! —description from the publisher

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Prospero Hall

Publishers

2
Big G Creative Jumbo

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