Walter Sandsquish
United States
Denver
Colorado
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I have an article about the game Sigma File which says that the objective of the game is to move an agent with the dossier into the player's home base, which wins the game for that player. But the English translation of the rules for Casablanca say that the player's objective is to move an agent with the dossier to the agent's home base and the player who has given that agent the most bribe money wins.
Can anyone confirm that the rules are different in different editions of the game? If so, has anyone played with both rule sets? How do the differences effect gameplay?
It seems like a win would be less certain with the translated Casablanca rules, but it might be easier to frustrate other player's attempts to win with the Sigma File article's rules.
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Emile de Maat
Netherlands
Hengelo
Overijssel
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The Dutch edition, Dossier "X", by Clipper, uses the same condition as Sigma File, it seems. You win the game when you move an agent with the file into your own capitol. (If someone else moves the agent with the file into your capitcol, you do not win (yet)).
I have not yet encountered the other victory condition, nor played with it.
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Brendan Whyte
Australia
Unspecified
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See my post in the "personal comments" section. The victory conditions do indeed differ, but so does the set up. It will certainly change gameplay.
In the Sigma File, any player can move the file through another player's capital without triggering a win. In fact if one player is nearing a win, the other three can conspire to move the case through this first player's capital and away. Casbalanca's rule means that whoever moves the case to any base (i.e. a capital in the Gibson version) ends the game, but does not necessarily win.
Either edition can be played either way: if you have 2 or 4 players, play the Gibson rules, and with 2-3 or 5-8 try the Casablanca rules. Note hat due to the 4-way symmetry of the board network, the Gibson rules are not so good for 3 players.
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