Insecta (1995)

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Board Game Rank: 3674

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Designer	Phil Eklund Neal Sofge
Artist	Phil Eklund
Publisher	Fat Messiah Games Sierra Madre Games
Year Published	1995
# of Players	1 − 7
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 1 players Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Wargames (5 voters) [vote]
Category	Animals Fighting
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
Expansion	Insecta Expansion Kit Insecta: Desert Hive Insecta: Rainforest Insecta: Trilobite
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Primary Name	Insecta
Alternate Names	Insecta Mutant Kit
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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.

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Insecta Mutant Kit

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Fat Messiah Second edition core rules in ziplock

Publisher: Fat Messiah Games

Artist: Phil Eklund

Year: 2001

Product Code: FMG-3050

Size: 11.10 x 8.70 x 0.20 inches

0.56 pounds

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Insecta

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Second Edition in ziplock bag

Publisher: Fat Messiah Games, Sierra Madre Games

Artist: Phil Eklund

Year: 1995

Product Code: FMG-3010

Size: 11.10 x 8.70 x 0.80 inches

0.99 pounds

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Insecta

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First Edition in white mailer box

Publisher: Sierra Madre Games

Artist: Phil Eklund

Size: Avalon Hill Bookcase

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6	General Any chance we will be seeing this and its expansions in the future?	2011-10-14	gabrielward	5
3	News Walking cactus: missing link between worms and spiders	2011-02-26	heli	0
17	Sessions Mary and Merlin on Honeymoon!	2010-08-26	Taibi	0
11	Sessions Beatle and Sting take on the Hive	2010-05-30	Rutan	3
7	Sessions Beetle Battle III - Curly loses his mind	2010-05-06	porkbelly	7
11	Sessions Beetle Battle - Part Deux	2010-04-25	porkbelly	4
11	Sessions Beetle Battle	2010-04-24	porkbelly	9
2	Rules Entagled Limbs	2010-04-22	clig76	5
9	Sessions First Game (Solo)	2010-04-21	clig76	6
3	Rules Some Hex / Close Combat	2010-04-21	clig76	3

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1	Insecta: Trilobite News Any chance of a reprint?	2011-01-05	mozart827	0
3	Insecta: Trilobite General Anyone still play this?	2010-04-21	clig76	3
8	Insecta: Rainforest Sessions A bug and his friend	2007-01-15	loquitur	12
14	Insecta: Rainforest Reviews The Rainforest Hive game	2007-01-15	loquitur	2

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	Recommendations

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Insecta: Trilobite	Shapeshifters

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An overview of the bugs crawling in the hive of Insecta: Second Edition.

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2007-02-01

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Board Game Rank:	3674
War Game Rank:	1113
Num Ratings:	114
Average Rating:	6.20
Standard Deviation:	1.60
Num Views:	21612
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.7
Fans:	3

Personal Comments:	76
Users Owning:	318
Users Wanting:	15
Users Trading:	21 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	0
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	51
Plays This Month:	0

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Insecta Expansion Kit

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	1
Average Rating	8.00
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	6
Prev. Owned	0
For Trade	1
Want in Trade	2

Wishlist	7
Comments	0
Year Published	1993

Insecta: Desert Hive

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	4
Average Rating	7.56
Average Weight	3.00

Num Owned	24
Prev. Owned	0
For Trade	1
Want in Trade	11

Wishlist	18
Comments	3
Year Published	2000

Insecta: Rainforest

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	25
Average Rating	6.80
Average Weight	2.60

Num Owned	156
Prev. Owned	11
For Trade	9
Want in Trade	4

Wishlist	12
Comments	20
Year Published	1997

Insecta: Trilobite

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	13
Average Rating	6.94
Average Weight	2.33

Num Owned	99
Prev. Owned	8
For Trade	4
Want in Trade	5

Wishlist	11
Comments	12
Year Published	1998

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