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    Funskool, in collaboration with IIT B, has launched a board game that replicates the World War 2 theme. Called Agent Nos, it also allows players to develop codes used by intelligence agencies during the war. The game has been designed at the industrial design centre of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

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    Funskool, in collaboration with IIT B, has launched a board game that replicates the World War 2 theme. Called Agent Nos, it also allows players to develop codes used by intelligence agencies during the war. The game has been designed at the industrial design centre of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

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    Funskool, in collaboration with IIT B, has launched a board game that replicates the World War 2 theme. Called Agent Nos, it also allows players to develop codes used by intelligence agencies during the war. The game has been designed at the industrial design centre of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

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    Mumbai, Friday, October 08, 2010

    htcafé city 05

    BOARD GAME THAT REPLICATES WORLD WAR 2

    Designed by IIT B students, it features


    coding used by intelligence agencies Agent Nos is priced at Rs 499
    i and is available at all major
    stores including Landmark,
    Sneha Mahale progress to visit various Shoppers Stop and LifeStyle.
    ■ sneha.mahale@hindustantimes.com prominent places such as
    the school, bank, castle, café

    N
    ow you too can and so on. The first person
    rival James to reach the Spy
    Bond, at least Headquarters wins.
    when it comes The game has been
    to sending and designed at the Industrial
    receiving Design Centre of Indian
    secret spy codes. Funskool, Institute of Technology,
    in collaboration with IIT B, Bombay (IIT B). Jeswant
    has launched a board game says, “One of the course
    that replicates the World electives is game design,
    World War 2 theme. Called where students come up
    Agent Nos, it also allows with new concepts and
    players to develop codes develop it into board
    used by intelligence agencies games.”
    during the war. To take the designs
    “Agent Nos revolves further, Funskool entered
    around coding and decoding, into agreement with IIT B to
    which was extensively used market strategic
    by spies during World War 2. boardgames conceived by
    We have developed it for a the students. Jeswant says,
    board game as it helps “The concepts are generated
    increase one’s analytical and by the students and show-
    logical skills,” says R cased to Funskool for fur-
    Jeswant, spokesperson for ther evaluation. Based on
    Funskool. the product’s viability,
    To play, each player is Funskool commercially
    given a word to encode. The launches the product.”
    encoded word is informed to Currently Funskool has nine
    the other players, who have similar games under its IIT
    to decode it. Coding is based banner. Royalty is paid to
    on a series of alphanumeric IIT on the basis of sales.
    values assigned to each let- Two more games, Bi-Pass
    ter. The players, upon and BrickBurst, will also be
    encoding or decoding, launched shortly.

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