The Cold War is upon the world. In the dark shadows, agencies are gathering intelligence on financial institutions, political figures, military installations, and top-secret technology advancements. However, where one agency thinks they exclusive access on intel, leaks within the network cause information to spill around the world. Which agency will be able to gather enough intel on their high profile targets and at what costs? Who will have built the best Shadow Network?

Shadow Network is a worker placement style game where players are deploying their agents around the globe collecting fragments of intel. These fragments are then promoted to an actionable state that can be used against a high profile target and earning player's influence — the currency in the game. As the players gather intel from a city, intel is also leaked to other cities thereby potentially helping other agencies. Additional agents can be deployed but at a cost. Furthermore, handlers can assist with exchanging intel thereby giving the agency the leg up. At end of four rounds of play, agencies will bribe their high profile targets for more influence. In the end the player with the most influence is the winner.

Hook: Worker placement with a leaking mechanic. Unique to Shadow Network the leaking mechanic will passively populate the game board with resources by “Leaking” out from cities where players place their agents. This in tandem with resource conversion makes the game unlike other worker placement games and creates a fresh look at the worker placement genre.

Worker Placement
Conversion
Contract Completion
Engine Building
Player Interaction
Victory Points

Contents:

Game box
Code of Conduct Rules & Regulations
Main Board (430mm x 645mm) (six fold game board)
5 Player Boards (1.5mm Greyboard) (215mm x 323mm folding player board)
40 Intelligence Wooden Player Board Markers
160 Intelligence Wooden Halves (8mm thick)
- Top Secret Intelligence
- Financial Intelligence
- Political Intelligence
- Military Intelligence
30 Contract Cards (57mm x 89mm)
Black Market Cards (57mm x 89mm)
Round Marker (1.5mm Greyboard)
4 Black Market Tokens (1.5 mm Greyboard)
Wooden Agents (4 per color)
5 Inbox Cover Cards (1.5mm Greyboard)
5 Locked Location Cards (1.5mm Greyboard)
40 Dossier Cases (8mm thick wood)
15 Secret Data/Leaked Data Cards (310GSM, 40mm x 46mm)
1 First Player Marker (1.5mm Greyboard, 30mm)
10 Solo Card Set (310GSM, 57mm x 89mm)
10 Starter Handler (310GSM Euro size)
24 Handler Cards (310GSM Euro size)
80 Global Influence Tokens (1.5mm Greyboard)