Bomb Busters – Defuse the Bomb, Together 💣🧠

The countdown is ticking, the wires are hidden, your team has one job – Bomb Busters is a cooperative deduction game for families and friends, and the Spiel des Jahres 2025.

In this board game for 2 to 5 players aged 10 and up, each player sees only their own wires, sorted by number. Together you hunt for matching pairs: one wire is in front of you, its partner is hidden with a teammate. A correct cut brings you closer to success, a wrong one moves the detonator closer to the blast – and a red wire ends it on the spot.

🤝 Win or Lose as a Team

Communication is restricted, so every move counts. You learn to read a lot from what someone cuts – and what they don't.

🧩 Deduction, Step by Step

Each number from 1 to 12 appears four times, and wires are always kept in order. From that and every cut, you work out where the pairs are hiding.

🎯 66 Missions

Start simple and learn step by step. Later missions add new rules, yellow wires with decimal numbers and equipment for tricky cases.

🎁 Five Secret Boxes

Five sealed boxes with new rules and materials wait inside. You open the first one after the first eight missions.

🎨 Comic-Style Art

Playful art by Dominique Ferland (Dom2D) keeps the tension light. More team games wait among our board games.

Why You'll Love Bomb Busters:

• 🏆 Spiel des Jahres 2025: Germany's Game of the Year, chosen by an expert jury.
• 🧠 A Real Team Challenge: you only succeed if you reason together.
• 📈 Learn as You Play: missions build up gradually.

Quick facts

• Players: 2–5
• Playing time: 20–40 minutes
• Age: 10+
• Designer: Hisashi Hayashi
• Publisher: Pegasus Spiele and Cocktail Games
• Edition / language: English or German
• Award: Spiel des Jahres 2025

Is Bomb Busters competitive? No – everyone plays as one team against the bomb.
Can you play with 2 players? Yes – it plays 2 to 5.

Take a deep breath, check the numbers once more… and never cut the red wire. Gather your team and play your first mission together. 💣