Mindbug: Battlefruit Galaxy cover
2025BGG rank #5,184

Mindbug: Battlefruit Galaxy

by Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, Marvin Hegen, Christian Kudahl · Nerdlab Games

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Players2
Time15–25m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age8+

About the game

What is Mindbug: Battlefruit Galaxy?

Mindbug: Battlefruit Galaxy is a stand-alone game of Mindbug about Plum Marines protecting the Galaxy from the invasion of Eggplant Space Whales and Celery Sandworms. Activate the Octonite energy of your Scifi fruits and crush your opponent with their crazy abilities in a galactical food fight. Being a stand-alone game, Mindbug: Battlefruit Galaxy can be played on its own, or mixed with any other Mindbug set. This new set introduces Octonite abilities allowing you to use your Octonite counters to activate extremely powerful abilities. It also introduces the Charge mechanic allowing you to distribute your Octonite counters on any creature(s). Discover insane card combos and spend your Octonite on the right creatures to win. In Mindbug, you summon hybrid creatures and send them to battle against your opponent. But be careful: your opponent may use one of their Mindbugs to take control of it.

How it plays

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Categories

Card GameFightingScience Fiction

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