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Five Fingered Severance

Five Fingered Severance

(Web published) · 2011
2–690 min13+ yrs1.9/5 complexity5.7 BGG#22.939 BGG411
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Today is your last day on the job. Corporate decided to close the store and everybody is getting the boot. You could spend the rest of the day helping those miserable, wretched wastes of human skin who come in and demand service, or you could do what you always wanted - tell them were to go and have a good time.

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Five Fingered Severance box art
official art · (Web published)

Today is your last day on the job. Corporate decided to close the store and everybody is getting the boot. You could spend the rest of the day helping those miserable, wretched wastes of human skin who come in and demand service, or you could do what you always wanted - tell them were to go and have a good time. And you know which one it’s going to be...

From the instructions.

In Severance each player assumes the role of one the characters at the store. They can steal items from the store, slack off, or keep performing their work duties. Each activity has risks and rewards. The player scores points after successfully slacking off and after taking their stolen goods to their locker. When a player gets caught (by the boss) doing something wrong they gain heat. Heat also naturally rises during the game. When a player reaches 30 they are fired. The game ends when all of the players but one are fired or the event deck is exhausted.

Five Fingered Severance is a take that game. To gain points the players will have to open themselves up to the other player's attacks. I want the game to be more tactical though, so the plot cards in the deck are limited to just a few types of cards. This allows players to know about what they are getting when they take a turn to refresh their hand.

game anatomy
Complexity1.9 / 5
BGG rating5.7 / 10
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
90 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
13+ yrs
BGG rank
#22.939
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Q3How do you play Five Fingered Severance?
Five Fingered Severance is a card game game, for 2–6 players, taking ~90 minutes, featuring hand management. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Five Fingered Severance — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Five Fingered Severance support?
Five Fingered Severance is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Five Fingered Severance take?
A game of Five Fingered Severance takes about 90 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Five Fingered Severance for?
Five Fingered Severance is recommended from age 13.
Q7How complex is Five Fingered Severance?
Five Fingered Severance has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.9 out of 5.
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