Mind MGMT Review

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We review Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game" published by Off The Page Games. Mind MGMT is a hidden movement game that will have a group of players trying to hunt down the elusive recruiter.

What would the James Bond movies be like if 007 had psychic powers? We may never know, but what can have the next best thing. Mind MGMT is a secret agency that uses psychically-powered agents to stop global crises. However, the agency has gone corrupt and a team of rogue agents must band together to stop the organization they once worked for.

That’s the loose plot of the 1 vs Many board game Mind MGMT from Off The Page Games. In this hidden movement game, one player takes on the role of the recruiter, while the other players must try to capture him before time runs out.

There are two ways to play Mind MGMT: A learning game and the full game. They are both somewhat similar, but the learning game leaves out a few things to give players the basics of the gameplay.

To start the full game, the recruiter secretly chooses one of the 42 spaces on the game grid to be their starting location. They then secretly move 4 more spaces. If they pass through any spaces containing one of the icons on their three cards, they collect a recruit. All of their movements will be tracked on a mini-sheet behind their player screen.

For the game proper, the recruiter will take a turn, followed by two of the four agents. Then the recruiter goes again, followed by the last two agents. No matter the player count, there are always four rogue agents in play.

On a recruiter’s turn, they must take an action, which is usually just moving 1 space (which can’t be to a space they’ve already been to). They mark it on their secret map and collect any recruit tokens