2024 · Bluff

Operation Barclay

Operation Barclay is a board game for 2 players. It plays in 25–40 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. It is rated 7 out of 10 by 2 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is 399,00 kr (Sverige).

Two players represent competing intelligence directors in the Mediterranean theater of 1942–1943, one trying to hide Allied invasion plans and the other trying to discover them. The hiding player sets up face-down tiles to represent primary and secondary offensives; over six game months the seeker collects evidence tokens to flip those tiles and reveal the true landing sites. Evidence is earned through a card-based trick-taking system where players build five-card hands and bet after a three-card partial reveal, and through manipulating draw decks. Players may seed a double-cross deck to influence future draws or use a personal deck of asymmetric abilities—historical decrypts and agents provide special effects that shape bluffing and deduction.

groupSpelare

2

scheduleSpeltid

25–40 min

cakeÅlder

14+

psychologyKomplexitet

2,1 / 5