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In Hostage Negotiator, you play the part of a law enforcement agent responsible for negotiating the release of hostages taken by an unscrupulous figure hell-bent on having his or her demands met. There are multiple paths to victory, but the hostage taker has other plans. Will you try to calm him and get him to surrender? Will you stall and bide your time before sending in the team for a major extraction? How many hostages will you save? These are many of the exciting decisions you will make in a game of Hostage Negotiator!

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Hostage Negotiator: Career is an expansion for the Hostage Negotiator system that requires the Hostage Negotiator base game, Hostage Negotiator: Crime Wave, and multiple Abductor Packs to play. In this culmination of the Hostage Negotiator series, you will play ten years in the life of a negotiator — that is, if you don't retire in shame sooner. In each "year" or campaign round of the game, you will resolve a career card that presents you with some narrative event that relates to or could impact your career based on the choice you make. Then, in most but not all years, you will be called to the scene of the latest hostage situation. Now, the result of each negotiation will impact the overall campaign and you'll be tracking your career stress, your personal stress, your merit level (for promotions), and your rank, among other things. After the negotiation, you resolve a personal card and are once again faced with a narrative event to resolve and, based on the result of your negotiation in that "year", will be rewarded (or reprimanded) accordingly.

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This Abductor pack adds more Terror cards and special cards specific to this pack. Cards in this Abductor pack have a new icon in a lower corner to distinguish them from other cards. You face off against Inc0gn1t0, an inscrutable Cyber Terrorist whose motives are entirely unknown. In this challenging pack, you will have to prevent them from breaching the system so that you can disarm a bomb the Abductor has placed somewhere in the city. Not only that, but you will also have to find the Abductor and bring them to justice!

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The vault at Centennial City Bank is currently rumored to be holding a record amount of cash, precious diamonds, ancient artifacts, and highly-sensitive digital information. As the boss of one of the city's most notorious crime organizations, robbing that vault for all it's worth is constantly on your mind. There's only one problem—this job is too big for just your crew alone. You're going to need help from some of your biggest rival crime bosses if you want to succeed. You'll need to join forces on a series of smaller jobs in order to acquire the skills and resources you'll need to pull off the biggest heist the city has ever seen—but watch your back! Once you and your new partners in crime are inside the bank vault, it'll be every boss for himself. If you manage to safely escape the scene with more loot than your rivals, you'll be revered as the city's most notorious crime boss. Hire your crew, plan the heist, and get ready for the big score! The Big Score is a competitive game for 1-6 players that plays in 30-60 min or less. The game is structured into two distinct halves. In the first half of the game, players use card drafting to carefully choose which specialists to add to their crew. They secretly decide how to assign them to various small heists throughout the city, and they need to pick just the right moment to send in their most skilled expert to ensure a job's success! If these plans go well, players steal a variety of loot: cold hard cash, diamonds that escalate in value as more are gained, artifacts that are profitable for the player with the largest collection, and hard drives full of information that become lucrative only if hacked with a digital key. In the second half of the game, individual player abilities come into play as the players attempt the mother of all heists—the big score. Players risk being busted by the cops as they steal even more loot in an exciting, press-your-luck grand finale inside the vault at Centennial City Bank!

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Samuel Xavier, an angry individual on his best days, was involuntarily forced into a rehabilitation clinic for substance abuse. Now that he is going through withdrawal pains in the form of excruciating migraines, he's angrier than he's ever been before. In this challenging expansion, you must deal with Sammy's blinding headaches while trying to save hostages. If you can't reduce his pain to a manageable level, he may snap... and then it will be too late to save anyone.

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Conner E. Ogden, aka "The CEO," just watched as his company's stock took a nose dive. After being notified by the board of directors that he is being asked to step down, he decided to take matters into his own hands. Now he has hostages at gunpoint and is demanding that things go back to the way they were. In this expansion you'll have access to a resource on the inside. A hostage has found a way to communicate with you. Will you be able to make the most of this advantage?

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The Pedersen Twins are trapped in a Port Authority office building after the feds were informed of their latest smuggling operation. They've taken hostages, and now it's up to you to talk them out of making things worse. While facing off with TWO abductors at once, the new "Decide" mechanic will have you weighing your options carefully. The hostages are depending on you!

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Valerie Stone, a name you know well. She is an extremely skilled negotiator that has almost no equal. Almost. One negotiator always outperformed her and was rewarded as she played second fiddle to YOU! In this exciting expansion, the abductor knows all your tricks. She knows the playbook, and she has taken hostages. She's out to prove to everyone that SHE is the best negotiator, and she is willing to kill to do it.

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Old enemies have returned with new tricks up their sleeves. Arkyane is demanding you release his lieutenant; Conner Ogden is threatening to send the board members he’s taken hostage on an unscheduled “flight”; and Dolph Pedersen has lost his famously hot temper yet again. This exciting expansion for Hostage Negotiator includes new major demand, terror, pivotal event, and decide cards for use with the abductors included in the original Hostage Negotiator game as well as Abductor Packs 1-4.

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This time it's different. A member of your own police force has take hostages. He claims he's being framed for the recent murder of the chief, and you're the only one that believe him. Some of the hostages are starting to sympathize with him, making your job more difficult. Everything is riding on your shoulders. In this pack you'll have to deal with hostages that get "Stockholm Syndrome," which means they identify with the hostage taker. Saving those that want to be saved is hard enough! Will you be up to this new challenge?

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The abductor has hijacked a bus full of people and is making a run for the border. You'll be forced to employ tactics you've never used before and deal with the challenges of negotiating in different locations. Are you up for the challenge? Innocent lives are depending on you. In this pack you will have to deal with a new type of card: "Location Cards." The abductor's bus will need to be stopped, and the all new Tactics Cards are just the thing you need to set up a road block or create a diversion.

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The Circle of Automa, a local cult, is under siege by the FBI. Your job is to de-escalate the situation and save the cult members from themselves. Will the situation end in violence? Or will cooler heads prevail? This pack introduces a stack of Abductors that you can manipulate, as well as "firefight checks" you will need to resolve when attempting to extract hostages.

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Clive Seaver's life is in shambles. His wife divorced him and he has hit rock bottom. In fear of losing his two children, he has kidnapped them. He as them hidden somewhere in Becker Swamp with his loyal, but crazy sister. One wrong move and she will take the children and disappear. In this expansion the stakes are high. You'll have to have your team search to find the Seaver kids and rescue them before anything happens.

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The first Alternate Finale Pack, providing a completely different finale to your Career experience.

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Misha Koskinin is the poster child for sensationalism gone wrong in the best of times, but today things spiraled out of control. Her opponents snuck into an event and threatened her, so she incited her loyal devotees to violence. Now you have to interject between these two groups before things spiral further out of control.

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Hostage Negotiator: Crime Wave is a stand-alone expansion to the hit solitaire game from 2015! A rash of crime is hitting the city. Most crimes don't require a negotiator. But for the ones that do... you get the call.  Hostage Negotiator: Crime Wave is completely playable without any other content. So if you don't own the original Hostage Negotiator, you are still getting a fully playable game right out of the box.  Of course, having the original as well really brings out the most in this expansion! With new Conversation Cards, new Terror Cards, new Pivotal Events, new Abductors, and new Demands that can all be integrated with the original, your Hostage Negotiator experience will be taken to an all new level!

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An entire pack of 16 all-new cards to use with the abductors featured in Crime Wave (Barrett, Lijah, and Renesha), as well as the abductors in Abductor Packs #5-8 (Cult of Automa, the Seavers, Valerie Stone, and Sammy X). Just like Demand Pack #1, this will bring a whole new challenge to abductors you’ve faced in the past.

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Negotiators

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SiegeStorm: SiegeMode is a unique card game that can be played head to head, and also in cooperative and solo modes. Offering fresh, high-quality game play and also beautiful design, the game will satisfy even the most demanding players.

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Styxia draws their powers from the grave and the underworld. Adding a new faction and play options to the game, use the powers of the deceased to overwhelm your opponents.

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Seraphia adds an angelic faction to SiegeStorm for new play options. Unleash their divine wrath and protection on your opponents!

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