It's a Bomb! (2022)

About this game

“Bomb detected at the forty-seventh floor. Repeat: bomb detected at the forty-seventh floor of NeoMed Corp. Requesting immediate intervention.” It's a Bomb! is an asymmetric cooperative game of logic and deduction in which 2 to 5 players will try to defuse a bomb. Together with your team you'll have to analyze the bomb's circuit and understand how it works to deactivate it. At the same time the chief of operations will provide support from command center, making use of various experts. The game includes many scenarios (all replayable many times) of increasing difficulty to give you a new and unique experience every time you play. The game system resembles games like Mastermind or Wordle but on a grid rather than linear. In order to cut the correct cables, it will be necessary to reason crossing the information obtained on rows and columns of the bomb scheme, combined with the unique abilities skills of the corporation's consultants and the scenario special rules.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 5.
• Rules load. At 1.4/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 10 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.