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What exactly is space hulk?

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You can find the Space Hulk rules floating around the aether, just waiting for a psychically-attuned cogitator to realize them on parchment.

Space Hulk is also why Litko Aerosystems makes a pile selling its Space Corridor sets.

Nurglitch wrote:You can find the Space Hulk rules floating around the aether, just waiting for a psychically-attuned cogitator to realize them on parchment.

Space Hulk is also why Litko Aerosystems makes a pile selling its Space Corridor sets.

yes but what if I need an Industrial Tower system could you direct me to where I could find such a thing.

gunner762 wrote:What exactly is space hulk?

Wait 'til tomorrow and you'll find out.

Spacehulk was/is/will be a board game heavily inspired by Aliens, Where one side plays as a squad of Terminators (canonically, I believe they were Blood Angels) and the other plays genesteallers. Initially the genstealers were represented by blip counters and when you got closer the blib could be a false reading, a genestealer or multiple genestealers.

The board was made up of cardboard rooms and corridors which were connected to make different lay outs.

There have been two editions so far, and if the rumor mill is accurate, a third approaching. The first edition had two expansiuons 'Genestealer' & 'Deathwing' which gave rules for Librarians and Genstealer hybrids amongst other things.

There was a fairly fun little Space Hulk FPS game for DOS in the early 90s. This was ported to the Playstation , and updated enough that it got ported back to DOS/Windows as a sequele, Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels.

And unlike GW, everything you have just been told is not a lie, merely a hazy remembering

I still cant belive the mystery box is space hulk. I was hoping for something Badass

Space Hulk is badass. Particularly if they include the timer for the SM turns, and it getting shorter if your Sgt. dies, representing the loss of his superior tactical acument. First edition SH is still one of the best boardgaming experiences out there.

It doesnt sound badass to the untrained eye, but trust me, its amazing. You can waste days playing games of space hulk. Its right up there with monopoly when it comes to amazing board games.

1st edition space hulk was awesome. The game balance was perfect - with well matched players it would often come down to a single command point at the end.
1st edition expansions were patchy. There was good material but it threw the balance out. Some of the psychic powers in particular were ridiculous.
2nd edition was slightly tweaked 1st ed. without expanisions. It was good but they'd made it easier for the marines. (playing marines was harder to learn than playing genestealers so they dumbed down the marines a bit)
3rd edition is an unknown. They've included the broodlood, librarian and a variety of termie weapons so presumably it's more complex than basic spacehulk. Whether they've managed to include those extra complexities while keeping the game balance intact remains to be seen.