Colonial Marines: Bug Hunt is an intense cooperative combat game for 1-8 players. Each player portrays a grunt from a squad of colonial space marines that find themselves in repeated close encounters with classic sci-fi/horror xenomorphs. Missions range from simple get-out-alive or search-and-rescue, to elaborate multi-scenario campaigns. Each player has a pool of colored dice based on his grunt's skills and attributes. He gains access to more dice and more colors as he levels-up. Players choose and roll dice from their pool, then take actions as allowed by those rolls. The xenomorphs move and attack automatically, triggered by those same dice. Play is simultaneous and in real-time, so the pace of the action can be intense and proceeds as quickly as players can roll and apply results! Cards to buff each grunt add a dizzying variety of perks, special abilities, and hi-tech gear. But the hidden beauty of Colonial Marines: Bug Hunt is its innovative dice combat system that brings true wargame tactics to a genre dominated by entries that are rich in theme but light on strategy. —description from the designer

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