''Mega-Mania'' is a

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published by

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in 1987 as an expansion for '' Block Mania'' based on the ''

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Gameplay

Based on the two-player game ''Block Mania'' set in the ''Judge Dredd'' universe, ''Mega-Mania'' is an expansion that includes two additional blocks, allowing play for up to four players. In the game, residents of different city blocks must cause as much harm as possible to each other before the Judges arrive to restore order. Weapons include spray paint, guns, flamethrowers and heavy lasers. The winner is the player whose block is the least damaged at the end of the game. Designer Richard Halliwell in ''

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'' #93 stated that "''Mega-mania'' ..points up the fascinating possibilities of the endgame as the players gang up against the overall leader and possible victory can change hands several times over quite a small number of turns."

Publication history

Games Workshop published the two-player combat game ''Block Mania'' in 1987. This was quickly followed the same year by the expansion ''Mega-Mania'', designed by Richard Halliwell, with artwork by Dave Andrews, Chris Baker, Colin Dixon, and

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. A further expansion with more rules and tiles titled ''Block Mania: Happy Hour'' was published in the October 1987 edition of ''White Dwarf''.

Reception

In the December 1987 edition of ''

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'' (Issue #42), Pierre Lejoeux liked ''Block Mania'' but highly recommended the ''Mega-Mania'' expansion, reasoning that "If a war between two blocks is already so destructive, how much more between four blocks?"

References

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