Hostage Negotiator

Peter Kossits

In-app purchases

About this game

Official app of the board game by AJ Porfirio and Van Ryder Games.

In Hostage Negotiator, you play the part of a law enforcement agent responsible for negotiating the release of hostages taken by an unscrupulous figure hell-bent on having his or her demands met.

Each turn in the game represents a conversation between you and the hostage taker. You'll play cards and roll dice to increase conversation points, decrease the threat level, and release hostages. Hostage Negotiator uses a unique "hand-building" mechanism that puts cards you purchase directly in your hand for next turn rather than leaving you wondering when the cards will show up like in deck-building games.

In Hostage Negotiator there are multiple paths to victory, but the hostage taker has other plans. Will you try to calm him and get him to surrender? Will you stall and bide your time before sending in the team for a major extraction? How many hostages will you save? These are many of the exciting decisions you will make in a game of Hostage Negotiator!

Features:
Play against 4 unique villains
Interactive tutorial teaches you the rules and basic strategy as you play
3D dice for tension filled conversation resolution
Statistic tracking
Autosave and Resume Last Game

Ratings and reviews

This game is very enjoyable. The concept is great and the mechanics are for the most part sound. It sometimes seems a bit to luck based but not enough to take away from the fun of it for me. The dice physics are absolutely trash though. I can't count how many times the dice have landed half way between two things caught on some unseen bump on the table. Veryuch hoping for a fix to that.

The game is a great adaptation from the physical game but it has some issues. The dice seem to get stuck sometimes on the corner of the screen and never fully lay flat which can be frustrating when the outcome is different than what the die shows. Game can be challenging but rewarding when you win. Graphics are dated.

Seems a good adaptation of a gameplay loop I don't like. Cheaper than buying the physical game. I don't recommend the game, but if you like the game, or want to give it a try, this is a good way to play it inexpensively. I just don't like it. The RNG seems fair, but it's too much of the game. When the hostage taker kills half the hostages in five turns to unavoidable cards and you can't win a die roll, it's frustrating. It should be skill or luck driven, not try to be both.

What's new

A new user pointed out that the Settings dialog was not being displayed correctly on a newer Pixel 3 phone. This should correct the problem for all screen sizes. As always, if you notice something that seems off that may be related to screen size, let me know about it by email so I can take a look at it.