Sly: Agents of Chimera
Sly Another Day
3-6 players 20-30 minutes age 12+
Set-up: Each player will need a this is no ordinary traditional card
consumable sheet (1/12 of the front game. Over the course of the game,
page), and a pencil. Chimera Agents will endeavor to
Depending on the group, you will need: discover their Vex enemies before they
3 players: 2 Chimera, 1 Vex mount the strength to topple Zambrizia.
4 players: 3 Chimera, 1Vex How it’s played: If Gordon is in play,
5 players: 4 Chimera, 1 Vex the player to his left starts first.
6 Players: 4 Chimera, 2 Vex Otherwise, choose a start player. Play
In a 3-4 player game, Gordon is commences clockwise.
removed. Each player in turn order will draw
Shuffle and deal agents at random. If cards equal to the number of agents,
active, Gordon flips his identity card face choose a card to return to the deck, and
up. All other agents keep their identities pass the remaining cards out to the other
secret. players. Gordon will reveal all of the
In a 6 player game, the Chimera agents cards he receives. All other Agents keep
close their eyes as Vex Agents identify cards face-down.
one another. When you receive a card, X both its
Each player receives 5 heart tokens. suit and its value in separate rows in the
Who are the agents? column equal to the number of cards
Gordon Karima you’ve received. (For example, the 3rd
card is marked in the 3rd column.) Then,
only after marking your first 3 cards,
choose either of the two marked rows to
circle entirely.
If one of the two rows is already
circled, the other must be circled by
default.
If you have already circled both
Jack Simon
rows pertaining to a card you receive
(rare), you do not circle any rows. You
will only score 2 rows this round.
At the end of a round, you will have
3 rows circled. Score points indicated to
the left of the row, for each X marked.
Write the value discreetly over the
section.
Agents of Chimera, deployed by the nation Even Card Distribution: To ensure even
of Zambrizia to protect it from nefarious distribution, the following adjustments
schemes. are made based on player count.
Marcel Tyna 3 or 4 Players: You will receive 6 cards.
At one point in the round, rather than
score the card, you may simply return it.
If this is any card other the 6th card
received, you will increase your score by
1 point.
5 Players: After all players have taken a
turn distributing cards, Gordon does one
more distribution, then draws the top
Agents of Vex, deployed by the Duke of
Zambrizia, in his veiled attempt to stage a card of the deck and marks it on his
sheet.
coup against the Queen.
6 Players: All players distribute cards
once.
After marking cards, return these to
the deck and shuffle the deck.
If any players are eliminated, follow
the instructions of the reduced player
count. If only 2 players remain, whoever
scored lowest in all rounds prior to the
elimination combined will win for their
team. If both players are on the same
team, both win.
Hearts (Health) and spades (Bullets)
When a player elects to score spades, he
will lose 1 health for each spade he
scores.
If a player elects to score Hearts, he
will gain 1 health (not more than 5) for
each heart he scores.
If any agent loses all 5 heart tokens,
this agent is eliminated.
Agents unlock different abilities
based on cards they receive. After a
round, agents compare their scores.
Marcel and Tyna: If you ever have
the highest score, your Identity is
revealed and you are eliminated.
Otherwise, Vex may stage a coup at the
end of a round if any of the following
are true: (1) A Vex agent has scored at
least 20 points, but not the highest score.
This requirement is reduced by 5 points
if a Vex agent receives their own agent
card. It is reduced by 3 if the Vex agent
receives the allied Agent’s card (ex:
Marcel reduces his scoring requirement
to 12 if he is holding both his agent card
and the Tyna card). This is still the case if
only 1 Vex agent is in play. (2) One Vex
agent has received 3 Queen Cards this
round. (This is still the case if the same
queen is received multiple times in the
same round.) If Vex stages a coup, this
team wins and the Agents of Chimera
are defeated. If you would otherwise
stage a coup, in a round in which you
are eliminated, the coup doesn’t occur.
If none of the above occur over 3
rounds, the Agents of Chimera prevent
the coup and win the game. If all agents
of one team are defeated, surviving
agents of the other team win (see Karima Chimera Agents also have special
below).
Let’s take a closer look.
Suppose this is the end of round 1.
You first received the Jack of ♠s.
When this happened you chose to circle
the Spade row. From that point forward,
you would score 1 point for each Spade
you received, but you would also lose 1
health per spade you took.
Then, you were given the Ace of Vex agent. In this case, any eliminated
♠ s. Because you already circled the Chimera Agents resume play as if they
♠ row, you now must circle the Ace had not been eliminated, recovering 3
row.
Your 3rd card was the Queen of ♣s,
and you chose to score ♣s.
Thereafter, when you received the
10 of ♦s, you didn’t score any additional
points.
Finally, when you received the
Queen of Spades, you scored another
point, since you had previously circled
the spade row.
Total your points; you received 13
points this round (Clubs: 3, Spades: 3,
Ace: 7). Also, subtract health equal to
spades: -3 health.
abilities. Resolve ANY of these at the
end of a round if you meet the
prerequisites. To assist with these, all
face cards are placed face-up in your play
space at the end of each turn.
Gordon: Gordon is the Director of
Chimera HQ. If Gordon receives both
Kings and another agent’s card, he may
call the agent to reveal their identity
card.
Karima: Karima is a double agent, but
whose side is she really on? If Karima
receives the Jack of Spades (her card) and
any other face card, she may (but is not
required to) eliminate the agent shown
on that card. If Karima eliminates a
Chimera agent, she switches to Vex
alignment. Hereby she may stage a coup
if she meets either of the 2 objectives. Or
she may perform a RUSE, if she is able to
reactivate her ability again to eliminate a
heart tokens.
Jack: Although he is an untouchable
new agent, the master thief Jack Sly
struggles with the allure of his old life.
Jack loses ♥ tokens at the end of a
round for each ♦ instead of ♠. This is the
case even if he doesn’t choose to score ♦.
If Jack receives a Jack of ♦, he avoids
losing ♥ tokens this round.
Simon: As has always been the case,
Simon watches out for Jack. If Simon
scores the lowest in a round, he may
reveal his identity card, and examine the
identity of any agent, keeping this secret
from the other agents. If he finds Jack’s
identity card, Jack no longer loses ♥
tokens due to ♦s.
STRATEGY: As Chimera, endeavor to keep
your score low. By doing so, you may
cause the Vex to eliminate themselves.
As Vex, keep your score lower than
the highest score, ideally while
attempting to amass 15 or more points.
To help, consider which cards have been
given to Gordon, and endeavor to
maximize his score.