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Codename: Oracle

Codename: Oracle

Wishing Tree Games · 2014
230 min13+ yrs2.0/5 complexity6.2 BGG#22.502 BGG118Couples
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In Codename: Oracle, you are an American CIA Psychic Operative or a Soviet KGB Mentalist in a struggle of wills with the fate of the world at stake. Can you pry the launch codes out of your target's mind before a nuclear showdown?

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In Codename: Oracle, you are an American CIA Psychic Operative or a Soviet KGB Mentalist in a struggle of wills with the fate of the world at stake. Can you pry the launch codes out of your target's mind before a nuclear showdown?

Each player has a "Mind-field" made up of a 4x5 grid of Zener cards. (Zener cards were designed by perceptual psychologist Karl Zener in the early 1930s and used to conduct experiments for extra-sensory perception, most often clairvoyance.) The players also have a "Code Row" of five cards which represents their launch code. Players must position and remember where cards are in their mind-field in order to group them and perform a "strike", "shield", or "focus". Each of these has a different effect depending on the matching Zener cards turned over and used.

To win the game, a player must either correctly guess each Zener card in the opponent's Code Row, or deal enough psychic damage to the opponent to move that player's life counter to zero.

game anatomy
Complexity2.0 / 5
BGG rating6.2 / 10
Vibe
Couples
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30 min
Players
2
Recommended age
13+ yrs
BGG rank
#22.502
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Q4How many players does Codename: Oracle support?
Codename: Oracle is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Codename: Oracle take?
A game of Codename: Oracle takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Codename: Oracle for?
Codename: Oracle is recommended from age 13.
Q7How complex is Codename: Oracle?
Codename: Oracle has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.0 out of 5.
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