Hacker (1992)

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Designer	Steve Jackson (I)
Artist	John Dismukes Heather Oliver Jeffrey K. Starling
Publisher	Steve Jackson Games
Year Published	1992
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 6 players Recommended with 4, 5, 6 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	14 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Honors	1992 Origins Awards Best Modern-Day Boardgame Winner
Subdomain	Thematic Games (5 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Political
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Expansion	Hacker II: The Dark Side
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Primary Name	Hacker
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Website	http://www.sjgames.com/hacker/

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This is the computer crime card game inspired by the 1990 Secret Service raid on Steve Jackson Games. Play is similar to Illuminati except players play cards as part of the ever-expanding "Net" in the center of the table instead of having individual card stacks. Players use indials to break into systems and gain root access. Upgrade your hacking tools, deal with other hackers for access, phreak others onto your system, etc. is all part of the game. Avoid ICE and law enforcement raids to gain the greatest number of root access sites and win the game.

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Hacker II: The Dark Side.

Re-implemented by:

Hacker: Deluxe Edition.

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1992 Origins Awards Winner, Best Modern-Day Boardgame.

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Hacker

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Steve Jackson Blue Box Edition

Publisher: Steve Jackson Games

Artist: Jeffrey K. Starling

Year: 1994

Product Code: 1313

Size: 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.25 inches

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Publisher: Steve Jackson Games

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Year: 1992

Size: 8.00 x 5.00 x 5.00 inches

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3	General Interesting History	2009-06-02	djberg96	1
0	General Hacker Card List	2009-01-10	princemousey	2
6	Reviews A Review from 1995	2008-11-09	DonovanLo...	2
0	Sessions First game	2006-05-13	Philip Th...	0
0	Sessions Hacker with Micro$oft	2005-12-28	jostrand	0
0	Variants House Rules	2005-11-26	yid0	0

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Hacker Rules.doc

Rules Quicksheet for Hacker Deluxe v1.0

Joe Dizzy

2004-02-18

hacker.txt

A not very good translation of the rules to the Spanish

garea37

2004-01-04

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Board Game Rank:	3473
Thematic Rank:	346
Num Ratings:	352
Average Rating:	5.86
Standard Deviation:	1.43
Num Views:	29753
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.3
Fans:	4

Personal Comments:	139
Users Owning:	655
Users Wanting:	14
Users Trading:	52 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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Total Plays:	72
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Hacker II: The Dark Side

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	141
Average Rating	6.21
Average Weight	2.38

Num Owned	356
Prev. Owned	22
For Trade	21
Want in Trade	8

Wishlist	6
Comments	43
Year Published	1993

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Review in Spanish in "Te toca jugar"	http://tetocajugar.blogspot.com/2006/02/hacker.htm...	2007-03-26
Game review a La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-04-03
Hacker Page at Steve Jackson Games	http://www.sjgames.com/hacker/	2002-12-09