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Tyranid hive war tokens
Tyranid hive war tokens
Tyranid hive war tokens
Lurking lictors!

Hive War (1995)

Players
2
Best: 2, 2+
Playing time
0–0 min
Age
12+
6.89
Average rating
33
Ratings
3.40/5
Weight
Designer:Andy Chambers
Artist:John Blanche, David Gallagher, Mark Gibbons, Wayne England
Publisher:Games Workshop Ltd.
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Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 9, Luck 9, Interaction 5, Complexity 6.8, Theme 7
Strategy9.0
Luck9.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity6.8
Theme7.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

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.

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