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10 library points
2 to 4 players | |
120 to 180 minutes | |
Ages 14 and up | |
Difficulty 3.8 / 5 |
Command your armies and battle for the Herakon Cluster in Forbidden Stars, a Warhammer 40,000 board game of interplanetary conquest for two to four players!
Forbidden Stars puts you in command of massive armies battling to claim the Herakon Cluster at any cost. In every game, you and your opponents build up your forces, expand your strategic options, and clash on the field of glorious battle. You’ll deliver orders to your troops on a strategic level and command your armies through tense tactical battles as you fight to claim your objectives. The first player to capture his objective tokens is the victor, but your opponents will undoubtedly defend them against you. You’ll need all your strategic skill to outwit and outmaneuver your opponents and claim the Herakon Cluster!
Four distinct factions await your command in Forbidden Stars. You may take command of the noble Ultramarines, using cunning tactics to battle for the glory of the Emperor and the Imperium. You may rise to become a warlord of the vicious World Eaters Warband and bathe the Herakon Cluster in blood for Khorne. You may lead the fast riding Evil Sunz Orks and overwhelm your opponents with the weight of numbers. Finally, you may join the seers and warriors of the Craftworld Iyanden Eldar and use your massive power to fight for the survival of the Eldar race.
No matter which faction you command, you command your armies by delivering new orders to your forces every round. At the beginning of each round, you and your opponents take turns secretly assigning an order to any system, meaning that you know where your opponents plan to make their move, but not necessarily what they have in mind. Every turn, you’ll need all your cunning to command your forces and triumph over your foes.
To achieve ultimate victory, you’ll use four different types of orders to command your forces. Each of these orders expands your influence and brings you closer to victory, and choosing the perfect time and place to use an order defines the greatest generals in Forbidden Stars. Orders are assigned to systems, but your opponents can play over your orders, forming a stack of order tokens at the center of a system. The position of your order in the stack is crucial to determining when your order resolves, so if you want to outmaneuver your opponents, you’ll first need to outthink your opponent as you plan your attack.
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