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Amoeba Wars

by Willis P. Carpenter, Garrett J. Donner, Michael S. Steer · The Avalon Hill Game Co

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Players2–6
Time150m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age12+

About the game

What is Amoeba Wars?

In "Amoeba Wars", players play remnants of a fallen Galactic civilization returning to its Home Sector, which had been overrun by Giant Space Amoebas. Starting from corners of a hexagon grid game-board, players direct fleets of ships to capture solar systems and push back Amoeba infestations and renegade doomsday machines (relics of the empire), trying to control the central solar systems and retake Saestor, the old homeworld, at the center of the board.

How it plays

Mechanics

Dice RollingGrid MovementHand ManagementHexagon GridMovement PointsSimulationVariable Player Powers

On the shelf

Categories

Science FictionWargame

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