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Alcatraz: The Scapegoat

Maximum Security / Höchste Sicherheitsstufe

A cooperative game with a traitor has a special allure - here you want to escape from Alcatraz together. In the planning stage prisoners complete certain tasks as part of a six stage escape plan. In each turn a new security guard appears, one player becomes the scapegoat and prisoners try to complete their plan using standard mechanisms. Who is to become scapegoat is discussed openly for 2 min and then a vote is taken; the Scapegoat has one additional action point, but does not receive parts of the plan for completed tasks. When all plan elements are assembled, the contributing players escape together and win. The Scapegoat is left behind unless he owns part of the plan that nobody else has and is therefore essential for the escape; in this case another player determined by stringent rules remains behind and loses.

The expansion introduces new elements: The number of players rises to five, three new locations are added for the prison, the Scapegoat is given four new cards with new possibilities. This is amended by two new characters/roles: The Chief of Security - he brings even more problems for the prisoners; and the Sucker - he does not receive rewards for completing tasks, but cannot be chosen for the Scapegoat; when he alone completes a task, only he receives a letter. And then there are penalty cards which give extra abilities to characters. The Sucker is chosen in the first round before the Scapegoat, in the following rounds the role passes to his left neighbor.

Maximum Security offers a coherent, harmonious expansion for Alcatraz: The Scapegoat with new details and many new possibilities.

Players: 3-5

Age: 15+

Time: 60+

Designer: Rafał Cywicki, Krzysztof Cywicki, Krzysztof Hanusz

Art: Rafał Badan, Martyna Szczykutowicz

Price: ca. 13 Euro

Publisher: Kuznia/Heidelberger 2012

Web: www.heidelbaer.de

Genre: Cooperative game

Users: For experts

Version: en

Rules: de en it pl

In-game text: yes

Comments:

First expansion for Alcatraz

Now playable with five

With new characters

Well-working additions to the basic mechanisms

Compares to:

Alcatraz: The Scapegoat / Verrat hinter Gittern

Other editions:

Kuznia, Poland

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 3

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 1

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0