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Showdown between The Sadist and the Famished
Nexus Arena Combat System – 3 player set up mid game
Barge Beast unleashed

NEXUS: Arena Combat System (2023)

Players
2–4
Best: 4
Playing time
60–60 min
Age
17+
8.21
Average rating
86
Ratings
3.22/5
Weight
#13391
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Jason Goike, J. Scott Rumptz
Artist:Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe, Chenthooran Nambiarooran, Danny Cruz, Helge C. Balzer, Pedro Sena, Michael Rechlin, Dongjun Lu, Stephen Oakley
Publisher:D-Verse Publishing, LLC
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 6.4, Theme 7
Strategy5.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity6.4
Theme7.0

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

Science FictionFightingMiniaturesMature / AdultAction PointsBetting and BluffingVariable Player PowersRole PlayingPaper-and-PencilDice RollingGrid Movement

Overview

NEXUS: Arena Combat System is a brutal and irreverent story-driven arena combat game that takes place on poorly maintained space barges. Packed with rabid and bloodthirsty fans, these barges feature an array of deadly hazards that are designed to indiscriminately kill or injure both combatants. These hazards range from floor saws that tear across the arena floors to pits that are home to monstrosities just looking for something to eat. Full of beautifully illustrated and amusingly inappropriate cards and lore, each match leaves you with a story to tell and laughs to be had by all.

NEXUS puts classic tabletop gaming tools like dice, pen, and paper to good use; to pit genetically engineered champions against one another in visceral combat. Players will experience a rush as their dice rolls determine the fate of their hapless champions.

The skirmish mode, while easily picked up by even the most novice of players, has just the right amount of depth, complexity, and self-generating narrative to make each match exhilarating. Dive even deeper with RPG legacy features and build your wealth and influence allowing for countless upgrades and bribes.

—description from the designer

Expansions

NEXUS: Legacy Edition Rulebook
NEXUS: Unsanctioned Expansion
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