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




Mechanics

Cooperative Game Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Role Playing Simulation Variable Player Powers

Themes

Animals Fighting Horror Science Fiction

Publishers

Fat Messiah Games Sierra Madre Games

Designers

Neal Sofge Phil Eklund