An agent training game card game developed by CIA based on MTG and Pokemon card game has been declassified and released

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Game that the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) devised for agent trainingCollection Deck"Has been declassified and released. "Collection Deck" is "Magic: The Gathering (MTG)"Or"Pokemon card gameIt is designed to be able to learn what kind of information tactics to take in trading card game to deal with the political, economic and military crisis while referring to.

Thanks to FOIA, you can (kinda) play the CIA's collectible card game • MuckRock
https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/dec/06/cia-card-game/

The CIA uses board games to train officers-and I got to play them | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/03/the-cia-uses-board-games-to-train-officers-and-i-got-to-play-them/

"Collection Deck" is a card game designed by CIA analyst David Cropper, whose existence was treated as confidential information of the CIA. However, nonprofit organizations that encourage government information disclosure ·MuckRockByInformation disclosure of games developed by CIA is requestedIn December 2017, the confidentiality was released based on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA: Information Disclosure Act) and it was made public.


"Collection Deck" is a game designed to train abilities required of intelligence agents. The player aims to solve the task given during the game by using three kinds of cards "Technique card", "Threat card" and "Reality check card", while surmounting obstacles from other players. According to the explanatory note, Collecition DeckContract bridge·Hearts·HoistIt is said that they refer to trading card games such as "Magic: The Gathering" and "Pokemon Card Game".


Technique card actually seems to contain the technology and equipment used in the CIA, but most of it is corrected by white painting as "National security problem", so the details remain unknown It is.


The threat card deals with real events and problems, such as "Al Qaeda", "North Korea's nuclear test", "Russian foreign military aid", and each has a Difficulty (difficulty).



The reality check card looks like this. The player is a system that gathers points by solving problems while collecting information using cards, and the player who gathered the most points is the winner.


Mr. Cropper has also developed games such as board game type "SXSW" and "Satellite Construction Kit" for the training of CIA intelligence officers.


Public confidential documents in the United States are treated as public domain. Therefore, American journalist Mike Masnick created "CIA: Collect It All" which added new cards and rules to "Collecition Deck" and arranged the design.


"CIA: Collect It All" is recruiting investors with Kickstarter. For the target amount of 30,000 dollars (about 3.3 million yen), the amount already exceeding 126,000 dollars (about 14 million yen) has gathered at the time of article creation. You can download the PDF file of "CIA: Collect It All" as privilege when the investment amount is over $ 10 (about 1100 yen). You can get a physical copy version of "CIA: Collect It All" at more than $ 29 (about 3200 yen) as a privilege with a physical copy version of more than $ 125 (about 14,000 yen). Shipping to Japan is also possible, but if you ship to Japan as a shipping cost of $ 29 or more, you will need a shipping fee of $ 24 (about 2700 yen) and $ 125 or more for a $ 43 shipping fee (about 4800 yen).

Investment is accepted until 15:59 on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in Japan time at the following link. In addition, at the time of article creation, it is said that "CIA: Collect It All" will not be sold at stores in the future.

CIA: Collect It All by Mike Masnick - Kickstarter