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2017 Ranked #8,009

Shadow War: Armageddon

A squad-level miniatures skirmish game has players lead kill teams through battles in hive cities. Campaign progression and modular terrain support ongoing conflicts between varied factions.

Miniatures Science Fiction Modular Board Role Playing

Players

2-4

Play time

30-120 min

Age

?+

Complexity

3.33/5

Rating

7.39

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

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?

A Warhammer 40,000 skirmish game that adapts the rules from Games Workshop's classic Necromunda, Shadow War: Armageddon is a squad level skirmish game with a baked in campaign system set in the hive cities of War Zone: Armageddon.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Role Playing

Make decisions or communicate from the perspective of an assigned character.
Modular Board

Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
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A Warhammer 40,000 skirmish game that adapts the rules from Games Workshop's classic Necromunda, Shadow War: Armageddon is a squad level skirmish game with a baked in campaign system set in the hive cities of War Zone: Armageddon. The box includes modular terrain, templates, and dice along with miniatures for Blood Angels Scouts and Ork Boyz. The set includes rules for Space Marine Scout kill teams, Ork Boyz kill teams and Astra Militarum kill teams. Rules for the following additional factions are supplied online and in the stand-alone rulebook: Chaos Space Marines Dark Eldar Wych Cults Craftworld Eldar Genestealer Cult Hybrids Grey Knights Harlequin Troupes Necrons Skitarii Rangers Tau Pathfinders Tyranid Warriors Adepta Sororitas Inquisition

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Category

3
Miniatures Science Fiction Wargame

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Modular Board Role Playing

Family

1
Setting: Warhammer 40,000 Wargames

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
30–120 min
Complexity
3.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Publishers

1
Games Workshop Ltd.