''Deathwing'' is an

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published by

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(GW) in 1990 for the board game ''

Space Hulk ''Space Hulk'' is a board game for two players by Games Workshop. It was released in 1989. The game is set in the fictional universe of ''Warhammer 40,000''. In the game, a "space hulk" is a mass of ancient, derelict space ships, asteroids, and ...

''.

Description

In the 1989 two-player board game ''Space Hulk'', one player takes the role of Space Marine Terminators, superhuman elite soldiers who have been sent to investigate a wrecked spaceship drifting in interstellar space; the other player takes the role of Tyranid Genestealers, an aggressive alien species that have made their home aboard the wreck. An expansion set, ''Deathwing'', introduces the Deathwing Company (First Company) of the Dark Angels Space Marines Chapter, including the Captain and the Librarian. The expansion includes: * New rules and additional Terminator weapons, greatly expanding the tactical possibilities for the Terminator player. * New rules allowing the Space Marine player to play the game solo. * Additional board sections that could be added to the original ''Space Hulk'' board. * Several new missions. ''Deathwing'' is not a complete game — a copy of ''Space Hulk'' is needed in order to play.

Publication history

In 1989, Games Workshop released the two-player board game ''Space Hulk''. The game proved popular and also won an

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for ''Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Boardgame of 1989''. and a series of extra scenarios and rules appeared in the magazines ''

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'' and ''Citadel Journal''. The earliest articles from ''White Dwarf'' were collected and published in 1990 as two separate expansion packs — ''Deathwing'' and '' Genestealer'' — and most of the later articles were published in 1991 as a book, ''Space Hulk Campaigns''. ''Deathwing'' was designed by Richard Halliwell and Jervis Johnson, with interior art by Tony Cottrell,

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, David Gallagher, and Richard Wright, and cover art by Chris Baker.

Reception

In the April 1991 edition of '' Dragon'' (Issue #168),

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complimented the original ''Space Hulk'' game for its "fast pace of play and lots of action and mayhem." About the new expansion, Rolston commented that "The ''Deathwing'' set contains some useful supplemental material and more scenarios."

Reviews

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References

{{reflist Board games introduced in 1990