Sniper Elite: The Board Game
108 questions players ask about Sniper Elite: The Board Game. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-03.
Set Up and Components
Sniper: Turn and Movement
- Does the sniper have to announce a move of 0 or 1 space?
- When do I tell the defenders about noise: right after the move or at the end of my turn?
- If I shoot and then move, what do the defenders learn?
- Can I bluff about the order of my actions by leaving the miniature on the board?
- Can the sniper become hidden again after being revealed by staying still?
- How does the sniper's first turn work?
- Can the sniper re-enter a space it already passed through in the same turn?
- Can the sniper zig-zag and finish next to where it started the turn?
- Can the sniper move through or stop on a space with a defender?
Sniper: Shooting and the Shot Bag
- Can I draw fewer tokens than the range needs to bluff about my target's distance?
- Can I treat a successful shot as a miss to hide my position?
- Can I change targets after I have drawn from the shot bag?
- Is there a limit to how many tokens I can draw?
- Does a suppression token cancel noise for misfires?
- If my shot misfires, do I still reveal my position when I drew noise?
- Does a suppression token count as an aim token?
- If the Medic saves a soldier, does the sniper still get an aim token?
- Does the Medic saving a soldier reveal the sniper's position?
- Does a soldier killed by an S-mine give me an aim token?
Sniper: Objectives and Ending the Game
- How many turns do I get for the second objective after the countdown resets?
- Is completing an objective an action, and can I move before and after it?
- Do I have to announce an objective right when I complete it?
- Can I complete an objective if a defender stands on that space?
- After a kill, may I move through the space the dead guard occupied?
- Can the sniper be wounded twice and killed in a single defender turn?
Loadout Cards
- Do I have to announce which loadout card I use?
- Can I play a loadout card face down and not use it, to bluff?
- How many loadout cards can I use per turn, and can I play one mid-move?
- Can I take two copies of the same loadout card?
- Can the sniper play a loadout card during the defenders' turn, for example in response to an attack?
- How does the Tommy Gun's second shot work with tokens and suppression?
- If the Tommy Gun's second shot misfires, do both shots miss?
- Can I take another action after shooting with the Trench Gun?
- Does deploying a soldier onto a mined space set the mine off?
- Can the Rock push a soldier onto a placed mine?
Playing as the Defenders
- Can the defenders spot the same space more than once in a turn?
- Can a defender spot through a doorway?
- Can a defender spot a sniper on the other side of a wall?
- Must the two spaces a Sweep covers be next to each other?
- Can a defender outside a train car sweep inside it, or the reverse?
- Must one squad finish its actions before another squad acts?
- Can a unit take the same action twice, or can two units take the same action?
- Can the defenders gather intel on the white sector?
- Does deploying a soldier use the officer's action or the soldier's?
Defender Specialists
- Can the Medic save soldiers from a Trench Gun shot?
- Can the Medic protect himself from a sniper shot?
- Can the Radio Operator redeploy a soldier dismissed earlier in the same turn?
- Do officer abilities count as one of the squad's two actions?
- If an officer is removed, does he keep his remaining ability uses?
- Can a soldier moved by the Scout act in the same turn?
- When a defender Sniper attacks a space, does the sniper reveal first?
- Does a defender Sniper hit on the Allied sniper add an aim token?
- Can the Jager attack an adjacent space through a wall?
- Does the Kennel Master's dog alert on a 1-space move?
Maps and Line of Sight
- Which board side is Launch Facility and which is Submarine Pens?
- Which map should we play first?
- Does entering difficult terrain make the sniper noisy?
- Can you climb down a ladder if the ladder icon has only one arrow?
- Is difficult terrain matching-adjacent to the open spaces around it?
- Is a shot legal when line of sight only just clears a corner?
- Can I shoot through an enclosed space from outside into another enclosed space?
- Can I shoot from one enclosed space across open ground into another enclosed space?
- Does a doorway give an exception to line of sight?
- Is line of sight a straight line or the shortest walking route?
Solo Mode
- Can I play the defenders in solo mode?
- In solo, is the last known sector marker updated when I complete an objective?
- In solo, are discarded defender cards reshuffled after the first objective?
- How are the solo defender cards split between board, deck and box at setup?
- Does the solo Deploy action bring back dead defenders?
- What does 'alert the defenders' mean in solo?
- What do LKS and 'marked space' mean on the solo Assignment cards?
- How does the Ambush card place a defender?
- How far does the closest defender move on the Patrol card?
- What does 'if found' mean on the High alert card?
Sniper Elite: Operation KrakenExpansion
- Can a Jager, Sniper or Sniper Officer target a ladder space?
- Does Explosive Entrance use the sniper's action?
- Does the Super Carrier have only one sniper starting space?
- Does the Trench Gun affect a vehicle?
- Does an S-Mine kill the Hunter if he ends his move on it?
- When the Hunter is killed, is he removed for good?
- On Norman Village, how do the yellow and red areas' entrances work?