The best "Hostage Negotiator" expansions 2025

In Hostage Negotiator: Crime Wave, each turn represents a conversation between you and a hostage taker. Players use cards and dice to increase conversation points, lower the threat level, and release hostages. This standalone expansion includes new conversation, terror, and decision cards, as well as new kidnappers, each introducing unique rules and demands. The game is ready to play right out of the box and enhances the original game with additional content.

This is an expansion pack featuring 15 cards for use with the base game. Players face the head of a megacorporation who has taken board members hostage in a desperate attempt to save his crumbling empire. The pack includes a new kidnapper, new terror cards, and a new type of conversation card called "Internal Influence," allowing secret communication with hostages—be careful not to let the kidnapper find out!

Clyde Seaver's life is in disarray. After his wife left him, he kidnapped his children with the help of his sister Tina to prevent losing them. Players must negotiate with the desperate Clyde and buy time for their team to locate the children. This kidnapper pack is an expansion with 15 cards compatible with both the Hostage Negotiator and the Crime Wave game.

A cult has turned to violence to advance its agenda and gain more attention. Many of its members are both victims and perpetrators. Players must navigate the complex situation where kidnappers are also hostages in this thrilling expansion pack that includes 16 cards compatible with both the Hostage Negotiator and Crime Wave games.

Valerie Stone was a rival negotiator who never received the accolades or success you enjoyed. Eventually, she decided that the only way to prove her superiority was to force you into negotiations with her. This kidnapping set is an expansion featuring 16 cards compatible with both the hostage negotiator and the crime wave negotiator.

This time is different. A member of your own police force has taken hostages, claiming they’re framing him for the recent murder of the Chief, and you’re the only one who believes him. Some hostages begin to sympathize with him, complicating your efforts to rescue those who want saving.

This kidnapper scenario is an expansion featuring 15 cards for the base game. In the second kidnapper pack, players face not one but TWO kidnappers—the Pedersen twins, who are trapped in a harbor authority office. The pack includes two kidnappers with their demands, several terror cards, and a new card type called "Decision" cards, allowing players to choose between different options in tricky situations.

A bus full of people has been hijacked, and the kidnapper is heading for the border. Players must employ tactics they've never used before to face the challenges of negotiations at various locations. In this exciting new expansion, new location cards and tactical cards are introduced to help you stop the bus and create distractions for a successful resolution.

The Abductor Pack 8 is a 16-card expansion compatible with both Hostage Negotiator and Hostage Negotiator: Crime Wave. Players face the challenge of dealing with Samuel Xavier's debilitating migraines as they try to rescue hostages. Failing to alleviate his pain could lead to disastrous consequences.