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Hive War

Hive War

Games Workshop Ltd. · 1995Expansion
212+ yrs3.4/5 complexity6.8 BGG106CouplesStrategy
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How do you play Hive War?

This is the Tyranid expansion to the Space Marine Game. The supplement contains a 72-page soft-bound rule-book with 16 colour pages and colour covers.

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Hive War box art
official art · Games Workshop Ltd.

This is the Tyranid expansion to the Space Marine Game.

The supplement contains a 72-page soft-bound rule-book with 16 colour pages and colour covers. Contents include:

Rulebook 82 swarm cards 24 mycetic spore chits 24 hive mind cards 45 instinct counters 22 wound markers 12 spore mine markers 50 spore markers 1 energy pulse template 6 tragón bio-shock templates 1 pyro-acid spray template

Rules are given for building an epic tyranid force and for the new tyranid troop types (carnifex, zoanthrope, haruspex, dactylis, gargoyle, lictor, hormagaunt, termagants, genestealers, trygon, exocrine, tyranid warriors, biovore, dominatrix, harridan and hive tyrants) plus the bio-titans (hierophant and hierodule). A force's organisation is represented by a collection of hexagonal tiles.

Expands

Space Marine
game anatomy
Complexity3.4 / 5
BGG rating6.8 / 10
Vibe
CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Players
2
Recommended age
12+ yrs
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Hive War is played by 2 players.
Q5What age is Hive War for?
Hive War is recommended from age 12.
Q6How complex is Hive War?
Hive War has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.4 out of 5.
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