Crisis! Today you got the call. It only happens on rare occasions, but it is what you have spent your life preparing and training for Hostages have been taken. You head to the command center near the scene. The Crisis Commander briefs you on the situation, then you pick up the phone and the mental jousting begins Hostage Negotiator is a solitaire card and dice game where you play the role of a Hostage Negotiator. You have the responsibility and the burden of negotiating with a hostile Abductor who has taken hostages. Use your wits to adapt to whatever the situation throws your way to save the hostages and win the game! In Hostage Negotiator, you use Conversation Cards to carry out several conversations with the Abductor. Youll resolve cards by rolling dice and your success or failure largely depends on our ability to control the Abductors Threat Level. In the meantime, youll need to acquire more Conversation points so that you can buy more cards. Above all, you must save the hostages! After each conversation youll resolve a Terror Card making your objective even more difficult. Contents 1 Rulebook 1 2nd in Command Card 7 Major Demand Cards 4 Escape Demand Cards 6 Pivotal Event Terror Cards 22 Conversation Cards 1 Hostage Negotiator Tableau 5 Six-Sided Dice 15 Hostage Cubes 1 Threat Marker 1 Conversation Points Marker

• Crisis! Today you got the call. It only happens on rare occasions, but it is what you have spent your life preparing and training for… Hostages have been taken. You head to the command center near the scene. The Crisis Commander briefs you on the situation, then you pick up the phone and the mental jousting begins…
• Hostage Negotiator is a solitaire card and dice game where you play the role of a Hostage Negotiator.
• It is your responsibility and the burden of negotiating with a hostile Abductor who has taken hostages. Use your wits to adapt to whatever the situation throws your way to save the hostages and win the game!
• Using Conversation Cards, you will carry out several conversations with the Abductor and resolve these cards by rolling dice. Your success or failure in this game will largely depend on your ability to control the Abductor’s Threat Level.
• 15 to 30 minutes of gameplay for 1 players, for ages 15 and above.