Cards & Components

A component guide to Watergate's board, decks, tokens and informants.

Boards

Picture	Component and rules
	Shared game board — The research track contests initiative and momentum; the evidence board records links between informants and Nixon. Board

Cards

Nineteen distinct base-game role-card faces and Nixon’s momentum card are pictured from BGG images 5002982 and 5002983, uploaded by Hipopotam (Daniel Mizieliński), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. The two promo faces below use the BGG Store’s product photo for Change in History. Twenty-one of the 40 base role-card faces, the Editor momentum card and the initiative/end-of-round reference cards remain To be added.

Picture	Component and rules
	Martha Mitchell — Recruits the informant and moves initiative or momentum. Informants
	Hugh Sloan — Recruits the informant and shifts a track token. Informants
	Alexander Butterfield — Recruits the informant and advances a track token. Informants
	Rose Mary Woods — Recruits the informant and moves initiative or momentum. Informants
	Follow the Money! — Reaction that reverses Nixon’s evidence movement. Reactions
	Carl Bernstein — Returns an evidence token face up to zero. Evidence
	Ben Bradlee — Reaction that blocks a conspirator action. Reactions
	Bob Woodward — Draws evidence and pins it face up. Evidence
	The System Works — Repeats an eligible removed event. Reactions
	Saturday Night Massacre — Resets initiative and evidence before advancing evidence. Card phase
	Watergate Complex — Moves multiple track tokens by its instructions. Card phase
	Pentagon Papers — Draws evidence and pins it face up. Evidence
	John Dean (value 2) — Recruit John Dean if his tile is available, then move initiative or momentum one step. Informants
	Alfred Baldwin (value 3) — Recruit Alfred Baldwin if his tile is available, then move initiative or momentum one step. Informants
	James McCord (value 4) — Recruit James McCord if his tile is available, then move initiative or momentum two steps. Informants
	Bob Haldeman (value 1) — Move each evidence token one step toward Nixon. Evidence
	Chuck Colson (value 1) — The Editor discards one random hand card; Nixon takes another turn. Card phase
	Gordon Liddy (value 2) — Return one face-up evidence token from the research track to the bag. Evidence
	Howard Hunt (value 1) — Move momentum two steps, then draw and immediately play one card. Card phase
To be added	21 remaining role-card faces — Distinct actions and values; a complete, verified deck-face inventory is still needed. Card phase
To be added	Initiative and end-of-round overview cards — Set the first player/draw count and summarize evaluation. Initiative
To be added	Editor momentum card — Records the Editor’s collected momentum and unlocks the listed rewards. Momentum
	Nixon momentum card — Records Nixon’s five momentum tokens and its immediate victory condition. Momentum
	The Day After — Once in a game, move one evidence token two steps. Change in History
	Meet the Press — Once in a game, move the momentum token two steps. Change in History

Tiles

Tokens & pieces

Icons

The base rulebook has no separate symbol glossary. Card colors, reaction labels and the momentum mark are explained in the rules and use Ludex’s text labels; no unique icon-face inventory is claimed.

The publisher presents this as a two-card What If promo and says it may be given only to the less experienced player. The BGG Store listing shows both card faces and describes the one-use effects and rematch condition. The community solitaire system uses the base components and is described on its own page.