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Not this nicely for most of us, but nicely, nonetheless.īut for a game that is as straightforward as Space Marine Adventures is, it can also get pretty tense. *Reassuringly pats new gamer’s knee* ‘We’ll talk about building terrain later.’ The miniatures will paint up nicely as these cards illustrate. If you think these are cool, check out all of these cool sets’.

By the way, they mostly need to roll a five to hurt your bad self. It’s like Games Workshop said ‘we’ll start you off simple roll a three or more and you get to remove a bad guy. It’s a great way to get people started down the dark path of miniatures gaming. And there’s no way around it-Space Marines look awesome and will likely enthrall those new to the hobby. Space Marine Adventures has a few snippets of flavor text sprinkled throughout the rulebook, including some of the propaganda-like sayings of the Space Marines so the theme is strong with this one. Chaos cultists ready to be target practice. Space Marines ready to kick butt and deactivate a bomb. Failure occurs when all three Space Marines have fallen, or 20 turns have elapsed and the archeotech ANNIHILATUS class device detonates. The game ends either when you save the day by disabling the bomb and at least one Marine returns to the elevator. One cultist has two health points, one hits on rolls of 4 or greater, and the third gets to attack multiple marines on the same tile.Īfter each cultists’ turn, the d20 timer die ticks down one number.

While most of the cultists are functionally the same, there are three with different powers and there are cards to explain them. After each turn, any cultists that have been wiped from the universe reappear at the unsealed tunnels or ends of corridors like the cockroaches they are. Granted it’s a genetically altered indoctrinated dealer of death kind of snowflake but they’re unique and that makes each one special.Ĭultists activate by drawing a card from a deck and performing the actions listed which are typically move, shoot, some combination of those, or a few other special cases. And each marine has a special ability that makes them a unique snowflake. Each marine can take 3 wounds before becoming incapacitated.

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Interacting can be sealing a tunnel which has you placing a Space Marine branded sewer cover token on the open shaft, collecting the deactivation codes (you get a token as if the Marine jotted the code down on a scratchpad), or deactivating the Doomsday device, which is sort of why you’re there.Įach team of marines is also equipped with six war gear cards that give one-time special abilities. Do you think the Cultists avoid walking on the logos tagged on the floor out of respect? Each card is for all the enemies that turn. The marines hit their target on a three or greater. You can move to an adjacent tile for one move action and shooting requires a roll of a d6. Tick-tock boys the pressure is on! Gameplay Overview:Īfter setting up your random map of hex tiles you’ll start with all your marines on the starting tile and the cultists distributed to the tunnels and open corridors.Įach marine can take up to three actions which are typically – move, shoot, or interact with their environment. In this game, you play as Space Marines who need to seal off sewer tunnels, fight cultists, and deactivate a doomsday device before the whole area is destroyed.

Space Marine Adventures Doomsday Countdown is the latest installment to be an entry point into the Games Workshop Warhammer 40,000 universe as a fast-playing cooperative adventure game. Those savages have turned away from the Emperor’s light and cannot be saved.” “Correction, the mission has changed to seek and destroy. It was something that challenged all thoughts of a peaceful redemption for these heretics living under Vantine Hive. The flimsy gate closes on us, and the elevator starts to descend into the foul-smelling tunnels under the smog-filled air of Garatus. We’re expecting some resistance, but we expect them to see the error of their ways and rejoin the Imperium of Man.” “We’re at the elevator shaft leading to the lair of the Chaos cultists. “We’re ready to enter the tunnels under Vantine Hive,” Brother-Sergeant Artellus called into his radio.

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