Space Hulk
From the depths of space an ancient vessel drifts slowly towards the Imperium of Mankind - a space hulk. Within its confines, untold thousands of Genestealers slowly emerge from hibernation. The Space Marines must enter the cramped corridors and tomb-like chambers of the ancient ship to defeat this alien menace.
Space Hulk is a board game for two players, recreating the battles fought between the Space Marines and Genestealers. One player commands the Space Marines as they carry out deadly missions in the ancient Space Hulk, and the other commands the horde of Genestealers opposing them. Space Hulk's fast-paced rules simulate the tense atmosphere of a mission deep inside the cramped confines of a derelict space hulk, where split-second decisions are needed for victory.
This boxed game contains: a 23-page Rulebook, a 47-page Mission book and 35 finely-detailed, plastic Citadel miniatures, including: 11 Space Marine Terminators, one Space Marine Terminator Librarian, 22 Genestealers, and one Broodlord.
Also included are: 105 gaming counters, 24 corridors, 10 rooms, eight crossroads, eight T-junctions, six corner sections, four dead ends, four end pieces, 20 doors with plastic stands, one mission status display, and three plastic mission objectives, including: a dead Space Marine on throne, a Blood Angels artefact and a Cyber-Altered Task Unit. Plus a sand timer and five bone-coloured dice unique to this game.
Availability: This product is available for pre-order and will be released on the 5th of September.
I want to be excited for Space Hulk, given the game play and the way people remember it so fondly. Unfortunately the entry price seems rather steep for a game that comes with figures that are already practically mass produced by GW and look like they might be made out of an even cheaper more rigid plastic.
I still have 99% of my Space Hulk stuff for the 90's. If I ever get the yearnin' I'll just break that out. No need for me to plunk down $120+ for a game I already have!
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And on a related note, I've noticed GW got a little more strict on fan sites with Space Hulk related content. Not all, but some sites had to take down their space hulk related goodies. What's more irksome, GW themselves had had some DIY space hulk articles on their own site for a while if I understood correctly, though those now seem gone
What's kind of disturbing is that a lot of folks on Board game geek web site have been uploading photos of the space hulk game with their small children, almost as if the game is now their second [or third] child. Space Hulk | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
What's kind of disturbing is that a lot of folks on Board game geek web site have been uploading photos of the space hulk game with their small children, almost as if the game is now their second [or third] child. Space Hulk | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
I'm pretty sure that's not the intension. Nor are there "a lot" of these photos.
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Played a game with my (typically non-gaming) wife. She took the Marines and I took the 'stealers. She won with minimal tactical assistance on my side. Lots of fun =)
*shakes one clawed fist* I'll get you yet Space Marines!
I hope it will be successful, so they are going to revive more of their older games... especially Warhammer Quest and Necromunda would be two of my favorites.
Bye
Thanee
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Well, the minis are cool, but the 'stealers do have issues with scale creep. Even if you clipped away enough of the integral bases to get them to fit on a 1” slotta base just about all the minis some overhang issues on 1" round bases. Genestealers in W40K are supposed to be on 25mm bases, except for Genestealer Brood lords, whose basing standard is 40mm base (smidge over 1.5”). But the damn things are grabbing all over the place so 40mm bases would not look that bad at all
In recent editions Space marine Terminators do officially deploy on 40MM bases, so their size is par for the course.
But the board game's spaces look like 1.25" squares, so if the figs get 40mm bases, they won’t fit well on the game board.
Also, some of the GS models seem to have the lower arm of the Stealer disappear into the warp. If the limbs were supposed to be lost to battle damage and had stumps or something, that would be o.k., but they look like the sculptor just took the limb off to make it easier to cast and hoped no one would notice. :/
Genestealer models look great to me. And the game board squares are plenty big enough to deal with a little overhang if it happens. Sounds like picking nits to me.
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J/K, I'm building a mostly proxy Tyranid army because one of my friends is often bemoaning not having enough people to play 40K with. I gave one of our other friends a small space wolves army, but that guy is rarely around.
60+ kruthik adults for 'gaunts
30+ star wars shyraks gargoyle unit 1
30+ mage Knight monster wasps gargoyle unit 2
50+ Genestealers [44 ~ New Spacehulk, 8-10 ~ Other GW products]
3 DDM chuuls converted slightly for Lictors
1 Starship troopers Overseer bug for a Flying tyrant.
Maybe scratchbuild some spore mines for a fast atatch chioce. Got some Heroclix Brood to convert for warriors, raveners and other things, though I'm not sure what to use for a canifex. I'm not big on the idea of canifexi, but I'll probably need some since the friend has a goodly amount of tanks :P
As said elsewhere, the minis alone are worth the box price (though I can only guess how much shipping you must pay for such a heavy box).
My best friend has the online moniker of "Genesteeler". Guess what I'm doing tonight?
Astonishingly, there was no shipping charge. AU$165 for the box, no extra shipping cost (from GW's Australian outlet). au $165 is the price at game stores.
I've posted a pictorial report if you're interested. Urgh. My marines got completely chomped in the first mission - appropriately entitled "Suicide Mission"!
What's more irksome, GW themselves had had some DIY space hulk articles on their own site for a while if I understood correctly, though those now seem gone 
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