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LUPIN The 3rd

ON THE PROWL IN BURMA AND SWITZERLAND

Not the Gentleman Thief, as we know him, is prowling across the board; the game is based on a decades old Manga-style comic series by Kazuhiko Kato. Each player picks up the embodiment of one character, represented by a nicely painted miniature, there is always one player for Zenigata, and one or more for the gang.

On a double-sided board you can play the „Ruby Red“ scenario, set in former Burma, or „The Great Bank Robbery“, set in Lugano, Switzerland. All characters move orthogonally; the members of the gang must reach the treasure and keep themselves hidden as well as they can from Inspector Zenigata and his police force. In order to be invisible to the police forces, gang member must stand on a spot outside the shooting range of Zenigata. You win together as a member of the game or alone as police force. The gang has 13 rounds to move off the board with the treasure; the police must hinder at least one member of the gang to leave the board. Fujiko Mine  can try to betray the other gang members and try to escape with the treasure on her own. In a round Zenigata moves first and then has standard actions in any order; then the gang members move and have standard actions, transport, use equipment and play action cards. This is followed by actions specific to the scenario and you can - if possible - take the treasure, move the round marker or end the game.

If you like Lupin and if you like Manga, you will like this game; it transports the flair very well due to the attractive components; but think twice before going alone as Fujiko, because if you do not succeed, Zenigata has won in any case!

Players: 2-5

Age: 14+

Time: 60+

Designer: Pierluigi Frumusa

Art: Giorgio Di Michele, Dario Lazzari

Price: ca. 40 Euro

Publisher: Ghenos Games 2011

Web: www.ghenosgames.com

Genre: Position game

Users: With friends

Version: multi

Rules: en it

In-game text: no

Comments:

Very attractive components

Some gaming experience necessary

Flair of the comics nicely transported

Zenigata always plays alone

Two levels of difficulty

Compares to:

 Scotland Yard and other games with partly hidden movement

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 1

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0