Tyranid Attack is a modular board game published in 1993 by miniature hobby company

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, set in the gothic sci-fi

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universe. Tyranid Attack is a re-publication of the 1990 game Advanced Space Crusade without the license from

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Gameplay

The premise of the game is that a number of

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scout squads are raiding a biological space ship to sabotage delicate "organs" of the ship. The game uses plastic 28mm

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as play pieces, and has modular board pieces to represent the innards of the Hive ship. The player controlling the alien

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sends waves of warriors to repel/eat the raiding marine scouts.

Reception

Chris McDonough reviewed ''Tyranid Attack'' in '' White Wolf'' #36 (1993), rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that "I must say that I'm a sucker for games like these as nothing gives me a bigger charge than battling hordes of creatures streaming down the halls of a ship in a last-ditch stand for survival. And as far as action goes, this game delivers. It is fast-paced and exciting. It just needs to rely a little less on luck, a little more on strategy and contain a few more scenarios. Still, I guess that's what supplements are for."

References

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