Learn How To Play

MISSION COMPLETE

(How to Win)

To complete your mission, you must have the Briefcase full of money in your possession when time runs out and the bombs go off.

Two different polaroid pictures with the briefcase of money and the fuse reaching zero to show the game end and winning conditions

The agent with the money is alive, rich, and the best we've ever seen!

MISSION OVERVIEW

Agents take turns going clockwise, playing cards from their hand. They must outsmart the others, rely on their memory, and use every trick in the book—bluffing, deduction, deception—as the cases change hands and the timer ticks down towards zero.

MISSION PREP

(Setup)

The Board and Fuse Token are placed in the middle of the play area, and the Action Cards are shuffled.

A full Bombshell game setup with the briefcases out and card decks in their spots on the board

Each agent is dealt 5 cards to be their hand...

5 action cards fanned out like in a hand

and receives a Briefcase that must stay face-down and top secret.

Four briefcases showing there are 3 bombs inside them and only 1 with money inside

MISSION PROTOCOL

(The Gameplay)

There are 3 phases to an agent's turn:

Gameplay Phase One: Turn or Burn

1. Turn or Burn

From your hand, play a card or burn any number of cards face-down instead.

Polaroid picture showing a card being played onto the Play Pile of the game board
Gameplay Phase Two: Reload

2. Reload

Draw until you have 5 cards in your hand again.

Gameplay Phase Three: Countdown

3. Countdown

If the fuse token is armed, the token moves 1 space closer to the bomb.

Polaroid picture showing the fuse token moving down a space representing the time and turns left in the game