Sniper Elite: The Board Game

To set up the game, place the chosen map board in the center and assign one player as the lone sniper and the rest as the defenders. The sniper secretly draws two different-suited objective cards, takes starting loadout items, and gets a hidden tracking board. The defenders place officer and soldier miniatures on matching colored starting spaces, set up their specialty cards with cubes and suppression tokens, and place the countdown marker at row 10 with the sniper wound token.

The core objective is asymmetrical. The sniper must secretly travel to two different numbered board locations corresponding to their secret objective cards and complete them without getting caught or running out of time. The defenders win by either successfully attacking and wounding the sniper twice or by letting the countdown track reach the final row before the sniper finishes their mission.

Rounds alternate between the sniper and the defenders. On the sniper's turn, they secretly move up to three spaces on their hidden board, perform one action (such as shooting, looting, or completing an objective), and optionally play a loadout card. If they rush two or three spaces near enemies, they must give noise clues. Afterward, the defenders take their turn, using their squads to move up to two spaces per squad, sweep areas, spot hidden positions, attack, or deploy units.

There are no victory points in Sniper Elite. Game success is strictly binary, determined entirely by whether the sniper successfully completes both objectives in time or if the defenders neutralize the sniper or stall them until the round track empties.

The game ends immediately in victory for the sniper if they successfully complete both of their secret objectives. Conversely, the game ends immediately in a win for the defenders if they manage to land two wounds on the sniper or if the round tracking cube reaches the bottom of the countdown track at the start of a defender turn.