Sniper Elite: The Board Game

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• Setup
  • 1. Choose a map to play on and place it on the table.
    2. Sniper Setup:
       • Take the matching dry erase map board.
       • Shuffle the objective cards for the chosen map and draw 2. If they are the same suit, return 1 (your choice) to the bottom of the deck and draw a new one. Repeat this until you have 2 objectives in different suits.
       • Place 6 aim, 2 noise, and 3 recoil tokens in the shot bag. Place the remaining aim and noise tokens near the board and return the remaining recoil tokens to the box.
       • Choose any 3 loadout cards. Shuffle the rest and place them face down near the board.
    3. Defender Setup (after the sniper setup):
       • Place the defender minis on their starting spaces. Officers go on the spaces with the iron cross.
       • Choose any 3 specialists (1 for each set of colored squads) and place them face up.
         • Put 2 cubes of the color matching the squad on each card.
         • Put 1 suppression token on each card.
         • If the "Kennel Master" is chosen, that player also takes the 2 dog tokens.
       • Put the remaining colored cubes on the "10" space of the countdown track.
• Gameplay

  • The sniper takes the 1st turn, followed by the defenders with each squad taking their turn. This constitutes a round.

  • The Sniper

    • The sniper's goal is to complete their 2 objectives before time runs out on the countdown track or they are killed.

      At the start of the game, mark 1 of the 4 starting locations (arrows) as your entry point. It must not be in the same colored zone as either of your objectives.

      If your mini is on the board at the start of your turn, remove it.

      Your turn consists of 3 things you can do in any order:

      • Move
      • Use 1 loadout card
      • Take 1 additional action
        • Shooting
        • Looting
        • Completing an objective

      You can do any/all/none of these on your turn.

    • Movement
      • • You can move 0-3 spaces.
        • If you move 0 or 1 spaces, you remain hidden.
        • If you move 2 or 3 spaces, you must tell your opponents exactly which enemies heard noise.
          • They will hear noise if you passed through a space adjacent to an enemy unit.
          • This includes your starting and ending spaces.
          • Note that defenders can hear you through walls, obstructions or other elevations.
        • You cannot enter a space that contains a defending unit. If a defender moves into your space, you do not disclose this to the defender.
        • You cannot move into a space you already occupied this turn.
        • You can only enter/exit elevated/enclosed spaces via the designated locations.
        • After your movement is complete, write the current number on the countdown track on your final space on your hidden board.
    • Shooting

      • The tokens in your bag are (potentially):

        • Grey aim tokens - these are needed to hit.
        • Yellow recoil tokens - can cause misfires.
        • Red noise tokens - these reveal your position if 2+ are drawn.
        • Blue suppression tokens - these "cancel" out noise tokens when deciding if you reveal your position.

        Note: You cannot shoot from your starting position.

        Note that the shot bag tokens are limited.

        The process for shooting is:

        1. Secretly choose your target in line of sight.
        2. Count the shortest number of spaces to said unit.
        3. Declare how many tokens you will draw from the bag for all to hear.
        4. Draw the tokens from the bag (visible to everyone) and resolve the results.
           • If you drew at least 1 aim token for each space to the target's space, you hit. e.g. If the target is 3 spaces away, you need 3 aim tokens. If you are in the same space as the target, you still need at least 1 aim token. Remove the target from the board.
             • If you killed a soldier, add an aim token to the shot bag.
             • If you killed an officer, add the suppression token from their card to the shot bag. If you've already done that, add an aim token instead.
           • If you drew 2+ noise tokens, reveal your position by placing your mini on the board. Remember that each suppression token will cancel out a noise token for this purpose.
           • If you draw 5+, combined, recoil and noise tokens (regardless of suppression tokens), you misfire and miss your shot.
           • After resolution, return all tokens to the shot bag.
    • Looting

      • If you are in a numbered space that is not one of your objectives, you can loot.

        • Announce that you are looting, but do not reveal your location.
        • Draw 3 loadout cards and choose 1 to keep.
        • Shuffle the unkept cards back into the deck.
        • Mark the looted space on your hidden board, you cannot loot this space again.
    • Completing Objectives

      • You have 10 rounds to complete each objective! If the countdown track ever runs out, you have lost.

        If you are on the space matching 1 of your objectives:

        • Reveal your objective card.
        • Put your mini on the space.
        • Reset the defenders action cubes to the 10 space on the countdown track.
        • Add 1 noise token to the shot bag.
    • Using Loadout Cards

      • Loadout cards grant a 1 time special ability.

        To use a card:

        • Declare you are using a loadout.
        • Place the card face down on the table. Reveal it at the time specified on the card.
        • Loadout cards cannot be played midway through another action or movement.
        • If a loadout card would affect other actions on your turn, it must be played before those actions.
  • The Defenders

    • As the defenders, you are trying to wound the sniper twice or slow them down in completing objectives.

      • As actions are taken, move an action cube down to the next number down on the countdown track.
      • Actions can be interleaved between the different squads (colors).
      • Actions can be completed in any order between all units.
      • Before or after any action, each officer may use their specialist ability once per round.
      • A single soldier or officer cannot do the same move twice. e.g. A single soldier cannot take a move action twice.
    • Gathering Intel
      • • The officer performing this action must be in their matching colored sector.
        • This moves both action cubes on the countdown track for that squad's color.
        • Declare the "intel" action and the sniper either confirms they are in that same colored zone or not.
    • Unit Actions

      • Each action listed here moves 1 action cube down on the countdown track.

        • Movement:
          • Move up to 2 spaces.
          • Units can move through other units.
          • Units cannot share a space at the end of the movement.
        • Attack:
          • Choose a unit on the board.
          • If the sniper is in the same space, they place their mini there and flip the wound token to the wounded side. If it is the 2nd wound, the sniper is killed and the defenders win.
        • Spot:
          • Choose a space adjacent to a unit.
          • If the sniper is in that space, they must place their mini there and add 1 noise token to their shot bag.
        • Sweep:
          • Choose 2 matching-adjacent spaces to a unit.
          • If the sniper is in either of those spaces or the space with the declaring unit, they must say they are there, but they do not reveal which space.
        • Deploy Officer:
          • If the squad's officer is off the board, put him on his matching starting space for that color.
        • Deploy Soldier:
          • If the squad's officer is in their own colored zone, place a soldier of that color not on the board in a matching-adjacent space next to the officer.
          • The soldier may be placed in a different colored zone if the officer is on the edge of their zone.
          • This counts as an action for the soldier being deployed. This means 2 different soldiers can be deployed (and it is not considered a duplicate action).
        • Dismiss:
          • Remove one of the squad's units (officer or soldier) from the board. They cannot be deployed this round.
    • Specialist Abilities
      • • These are available to be used 2 times per game (the 2 cubes on the specialist card represent this).
        • Only officers can use the abilities.
        • Officers do not have to be in their own zone to use the ability.
        • When the ability is used, remove 1 of the action cubes from the game.
        • You cannot use the ability if the officer is not on the board.
        • Multiple specialist abilities can be used per round.
        • The same specialist ability can only be used once per round.
        • If the ability modifies an action, you must use the ability before taking that action.
        • If an ability refers to "soldier(s)", it can only be used on soldiers, not officers.
        • Abilities that prevent a specific unit from taking an action do not prevent the squad from gathering intel.
• End of the Game
  • • The sniper wins immediately if they complete their 2nd objective.
    • The defenders win immediately if:
      • They wound the sniper a 2nd time.
      • If their action cubes are on the final space of the countdown track at the start of their turn.
• Line of Sight
  • • You have line of sight to a target if you can trace a straight line from any edge of the space you are on to any edge of the space the target is on, without going through an enclosed space.
    • You can shoot into or out of an enclosed space (windows).
    • If you are in a building or room, you have line of sight to every other space in said building.
    • You cannot trace line of sight through enclosed spaces either:
      • From an open space.
      • From an enclosed space to an open space.
    • From an elevated space, every other elevated space is in line of sight unless it would pass through an obstruction.
    • When targeting other elevated spaces, you can shoot over open or enclosed spaces below you.
    • You cannot shoot through an elevated space to an open or enclosed space.
• Maps
  • • Each map has its own set of 9 objective cards. The initials of the map name are on the backs.
    • Each map is broken down into red, yellow, and black sectors. There may be more than 1 neutral (white) sector.
    • Defenders may leave their sector at any point.
    • Each space can only have 1 defender, but defenders can move through spaces with another defender.
    • If a defender moves into the space with the sniper, the sniper says nothing.
    • Spaces are adjacent if they share an edge.
    • Spaces are matching-adjacent if they share an edge and are the same type (open, enclosed, or elevated).

    Space Types:

    • Open: Main outdoor spaces.
      • They are separated by white lines.
    • Enclosed: Spaces inside a building, or inside rooms.
      • They are separated by black lines.
      • The borders are also thicker lines.
      • You can only move in and out of these via the indicated doorways.
      • These spaces affect line of sight.
    • Elevated: These are high ground.
      • They are separated by grey lines.
      • There is a dashed line where they border lower ground.
      • You can only move in and out of the these spaces via the designated access points.
      • These spaces affect line of sight.

    Special spaces:

    • Objectives: Numbered spaces. There is a matching card in the objective deck for each space.
    • Difficult Terrain: Any mini (sniper or enemy) entering this space reduces their max movement by 1.
    • Water: You cannot move into these spaces, but they do not block line of sight.
    • Obstruction: You cannot move into these spaces and they always block line of sight.

    Starting spaces:

    • Officers: They start in their matching color on the iron cross spaces.
    • Soldiers: They start on the matching colored spaces without an iron cross.
    • The Sniper: They enter via 1 of the 4 arrows. The sniper cannot start on a space matching the color of 1 of their objectives.
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