Space Crusade (Board Game)
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| Designer(s) | Steven Baker | |
| Manufacturer | Milton Bradley and Games Workshop | |
| Released | 1990 | |
| Scale | 28mm | |
| Players | 2–4 | |
| Game time | Varies | |
Space Crusade was a board game produced by Milton Bradley in conjunction with Games Workshop and was first published in 1990. While produced in the UK and available in some other countries including Australia and New Zealand, it was never sold in North America. In Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands, it is known as Star Quest. In the game, Space Marine squads struggle variously against Orks, Chaos Space Marines, Chaos Androids and Genestealers within a space hulk.
Gameplay
Space Crusade is similar to Space Hulk, which was released only a little earlier in 1989. One of the players takes control of the alien faction, which includes Chaos and Ork units in addition to the Genestealers from Space Hulk. Another 1–3 players can then choose one of three five-man Space Marine squads representing Blood Angels, Ultramarines and Imperial Fists. The Space Marines are allied against the aliens, but also try to complete the mission objective before the other Marine squads.[1]
Expansions
- Space Crusade - Mission Dreadnought
- Space Crusade - Eldar Attack
- White Dwarf 134 (UK) featured rules for playing Space Marine Terminators, Space Marine Scouts, a mob of Ork Boyz lead by a Nob, Tyranid Warriors, and Genestealer Hybrids [3]
- White Dwarf 145 (UK) featured rules for a five-part narrative campaign to capture the rogue Tech Priest Hermiatus, as well as rules for playing Space Marine Librarians [4]
Images
Chaos Dreadnought from the Mission Dreadnought expansion
Trivia
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The Chaos Android miniatures in Space Crusade were the inspiration for Necron Warriors models.[2]
See also
- Tabletop Games
- Space Crusade (video game) - video game adaptation of the board game.
Sources
- 1: Space Crusade at Wikipedia (last accessed 18 June 2010)
- 2: Warhammer Community: Necrons Through the Ages (posted 08/07/2020) (saved archive, dated 21/02/2022, last accessed 01/03/2022)
- 3: White Dwarf 134 (UK), pgs. 4-11
- 4: White Dwarf 145 (UK), pgs. 10-25
