Insecta

1992 · BGG

Avg rating

6.25

Bayes rating

5.54

Weight

2.74 (Medium)

Players

1-7

Playtime

5 hr

Ratings count

139

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Description

Insecta is a game of bug-to-bug conflict and combat. Players design a mutant bug team and with them attempt to escape from "The Hive," filled with real-world arthropods and controlled by an adversarial "Hivemaster" player (somewhat akin to a dungeonmaster). The game comes with 16 mutant bug displays (6 are "starting" displays, the others are swapped in as the bugs mutate), design cards, mapsheets, minature bugs and counters. A limited reissue of the game, The Mutant Kit, was published in 2000 without rubber bugs or Hive cards, creating a modular game system that could be combined with other expansions. Expanded by: Insecta: Rainforest Insecta: Trilobite Insecta: Desert Hive

Play mode

Cooperative

How it plays

Area control & tactical conflict Dice rolling Resource & economic management

Game type

Roleplaying game Family / kids game Wargame

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What it’s about

Science fiction & space Horror & the supernatural Nature, animals & the environment

Publishers

Fat Messiah Games Sierra Madre Games

Designers

Neal Sofge Phil Eklund