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1992 Ranked #14,159

Chaos Arena

A two-player fantasy battle game has mages command warbands, use spells, and kill the rival wizard. Dice and chaos cards alter the conditions of combat, forcing tactics to change as the duel develops.

Customizable Games Dice Fantasy Players: Two-Player Only Games

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.4/5

Rating

6.64

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

CHAOS ARENA is a two player fantasy board game of SKILL, CARNAGE and SHEER BLOODY CHAOS where you take on the roll of MAGICK USERS in an all out duel to the death within the DECAYING and DEMON infested walls OF the CHAOS ARENA, floating FIVE THOUSAND FEET in THE fetid air.

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CHAOS ARENA is a two player fantasy board game of SKILL, CARNAGE and SHEER BLOODY CHAOS where you take on the roll of MAGICK USERS in an all out duel to the death within the DECAYING and DEMON infested walls OF the CHAOS ARENA, floating FIVE THOUSAND FEET in THE fetid air. As a MAGE you are aided by a WARBAND of MERCENARIES and SLAVES to help you DESTROY YOUR ENEMY! To win you must simply... KILL THE OTHER WIZARD! Chaos Arena is a tactical simulation of armed conflict (war) made within the great tradition of classic two player beat-em-up board games like chess and hnefatafl, but set in fantasy world (quite possibly a disc). Chaos Arena has, unlike the static and linear chess, a random factor added to it. This takes the form of dice, chaos cards and a choice of spells to alter the flow of the game. Because during conflict - just as in life - nothing is static and linear. And so, while playing, you'll have to learn to change your tactics to suit the altered conditions of the game as it progresses.

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Steve Sic Evans van der Harten Misja van Laatum

Artists

2
Steve Sic Evans van der Harten Misja van Laatum

Publishers

1
Chaos in Motion

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