Covert Rules School How To Play with the Game Boy Geek

[@shatnershairpiece]

I just picked this game up for $10 after thinking about it for the last seven years. It’s way better than the 7.1 bgg reviews suggest. Especially two player. There can be a bit of AP, but there’s so many combos that you can work out. It’s really satisfying when you finish two missions in one turn or you get blocked from doing a mission because you can’t get your dice on the spot. It has elements of a nice travel game, and the dice placement is really interesting. There were many times where I was thinking “please don’t go to that spot with your dice because I need to go there.” there is some interaction as you’re leaving cubes behind. I’m still not sure if I’m supposed to leave cubes when I take a flight from one city to another. That’s not explained in the rulebook.

[@TylerDeLisle]

Love that you're doing these, thanks!

[@stevehager]

Thanks Dan!

[@drunkdruid]

We just bought this game. Your video was very helpful... however, in the Break Codes section, does everyone keep switching #s until everyone's codes are turned? Or do the rounds continue until one player has both cards turned and the round ends? Otherwise what stops this phase of the game?

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

Vikky Bertling going in turn order each player gets to do one swap of two adjacent numbers, and up to two codes ( one swap but can finish up to two codes before and or after the swap).

[@donnadougherty6261]

Question about rules: can you satisfy a particular city on your mission by using a color symbol on a previous completed mission that the city name is colored as it fulfillment of a city.

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

No you have to be in that colored city. The only thing from previous missions you can use in future missions is shown at 12:20

[@rosenkazakov9914]

Trail cubes were in orange region, and you took agency card for the yellow area? Right....

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

at 9:19 the country may have looked orange, but it was yellow (use the icon of the country to be sure).

[@MatthewCaldwell]

I got this game and can never convince my wife to play it because it's too complicated. Decided to watch this video to prove her wrong.. unfortunately I think she's right sheesh

[@TheSlovenmind]

Question.... can you on code breaking sove both your combinations by these actions.... without swapping... or before swapping n then after? .... or do you half to swap tiles then solve and can you solve both... mmmm thanks

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

Yes you can!

[@angelathas399]

What if the player finds that the number for her/his code is already in order and there's no reason to do a swap? Does she/he immediately get to "break code" or must she/he still do the swap of two tiles?

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

Angela Thas you could break a code, swap and then break another code. You can break up to two codes on your turn. You get 1 swap by default. Do those in any order.

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

You can finish your code right away, then do a swap to setup a 2nd code, or for next turn.

[@angelathas399]

Thanks! :) I have another question. When a player flies to a city, does she/he still need to put down intel cubes for the whole trip? That's a lot of cubes for some flights. Or is it just one cube from where she/he took off?

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

You leave a cube only when you leave any cities. SO any city you leave, you leave a cube.