Goliath Spy Vision - Arrest The Spies Using Spy Revealing Glasses, Strategy Board Game - Ages 8 and Up, 2-4 Players , Black...

Instructions aren't great. Game play is just okay. The concept is very cool. This plays like they had an idea and created the first thing that came to their mind. Okay for a round or two and then you put it away, never to be played again. Quality is average. Also hard to see the special pieces if not looked straight on.

The basic premise of this game is that there are a bunch of game pieces on a board. Some are spies and some are civilians. Each player has a jail board with the goal of filling their jail with the spy pieces. The game pieces all look like civilians so you need to use a special pair of polarized glasses to identify them. During turns, players get to choose one of two glasses to look at the pieces with. One pair reveals the spies and the other doesnt. A set of game cards direct the player to take actions during the game, including arresting a game piece, switching to trying to arrest civilians or switching boards with other players and others. The first player to fill their jail wins the game. The game pieces betray the budget nature of this game. The glasses are made of cardboard and not very resilient so that a bend here or a scratch there will give away which one is which almost immediately. The game pieces in my copy were inconsistent from side to side, probably due to a printing error with one side showing up as a spy and the other not. This made the game playable only if you had everyone sitting on one side. A quality control issue, for sure. Also, having to spend 20 minutes peeling plastic coatings off of both sides of the game pieces was kind of a pain. Then there was the instruction sheet which, frankly was not as well thought out as it could have been. Obvious fixes to some problems were missed, such as the case that a player with a good memory could easily memorize the placement of all the spies. A mechanic to randomize the game pieces on the board every round would really help inject more skill and strategy to the game. Bottom line is this game in not terribly expensive, but its not fantastic either. The glasses, which are integral to the gameplay are easily marked to give the good pair away and some of the game play elements could be refined to make for a better game. Its fun for a game or two then loses its appeal.

We gave up on this game. Please dont buy it. Im sorry but it seems Goliath Games does not put real effort into their games. This is unfortunate as I appreciate supporting game creators that have love for the craft. Quality: bad game-board. It doesnt lay fly. The cards are just card stock. Theres no rounded edges and no coating on the paper. Directions: the directions dont jive with the game boards. The game boards also have directions. I would follow the game boards directions but add to the first step have the other player shuffle the glasses -the directions imply on the second step that you MUST grab a person from another city and place it in yours. It doesnt say what you do when your city fills up. So this direction should be optional or say that you can swap out characters in your city, that way it still seems like you got the spy glasses. -the directions should say, player one chooses one frame. The next player chooses the frame thats leftover. Then they are shuffled and the choosing begins again. Otherwise you might run into what we did, choosing the non spy glasses for 10 turns in a row. The game turned into pulling characters back and forth from eachothers board and lacked any strategy. This game became straight luck. Who could pull the character last and have the card to put him in jail. Did the other person have the card to pull him back out of jail before you filled up your jail? The game also has the glasses component where someone can leave a recognizable smudge or scratch or fold in the frame that allows them to identify the glasses EVERY TIME. Except for initial setup the game is very easy to re set up It kind of turned into a bluffing game with who has the good glasses and who doesnt? Who has the double agent card and who doesnt? Are you pulling a spy character or not?

The Goliath Spy Vision board game is an average choice for families or groups of friends looking for a new strategy game. The concept of using spy revealing glasses to catch other players is unique and adds an extra layer of excitement to the game. The game is appropriate for ages 8 and up and can be played by 2-4 players. However, the game's components could be of better quality. The glasses and board could be sturdier and the instructions could be clearer and easier to understand. Additionally, the game can become repetitive after a few rounds, as the strategy remains relatively constant. Overall, the Goliath Spy Vision board game is a decent choice for a one-time play or for a group looking for a simple strategy game, but it may not be the best option for those looking for a game with lasting replay value.

I really wanted to like this game. The box art is cool. The concept is cool! Who doesn't love catching spies? From the start, the small instruction sheet gave a basic understanding of how to play. And that's all you get, a basic understanding. The instructions are essentially vague. And you end up with no clear understanding of how gameplay should progress. The actual gameplay is terrible. You are given two pair of cardboard "glasses" one is supposed to be able to discern who the spies are, and one doesn't, I guess. The BIG issue is that the effect is so subtle, we couldn't tell which pair was which. We literally COULD NOT TELL. That is where the main problem lies. The most basic function in this game is just NOT functional. We just stopped playing after about 30 minutes out of frustration. The differentiation between who is a spy and who isn't is subjective because the glasses and the game pieces are so bad. I get the impression that the pieces are revealed and concealed with a polarization effect, but it's just not good.