Alien vs Predator: The Hunt Begins, or AvP: The Hunt Begins, stylized as AVP: The Hunt Begins, is a 2015 board game published by Prodos Games.
Publisher's summary[]
Alien vs Predator: The Hunt Begins is a dynamic, tactical board game for one or more players that allows you to take control of one of three Forces: Alien Xenomorphs, Predator or Human Colonial Marines and face off against each other on a derelict spacecraft called the USCSS Theseus.
From Alien Xenomorphs skulking in the shadows, waiting for the moment of weakness to pounce on and capture new hosts for the brood, to the well-trained Colonial Marines who are geared up with state-of-the-art equipment and finally to a mysterious race of brutal extra-terrestrial Hunters that the humans call Predators, each Force offers a unique set of skills to provide their own diversity to the gameplay. There’s no shortage of terror and excitement in Alien vs Predator!
Alien vs Predator offers many challenging game types, which can be played by one or more players and a main campaign consisting of 10 Missions joined together into a narrative story depicting dramatic events taking place on board the USCSS Theseus, this game provides hours of suspense and action! Alien vs Predator can also offer two sets of rules (Basic and Advanced) which offer beginners a chance to jump into the action easily but allows for depth and growth for experienced gamers alike!
The game is a "sandbox" game so fully modable, and with future addons will open the game world up even further!
Each 32mm miniature is masterfully crafted and is part of an expanding range of miniatures to collect for your games of Alien vs Predator! Miniatures are supplied unpainted and assembly may be required.
Gameplay[]
The Boxed Game AvP – The Hunt Begins is a self-contained gaming experience, a fusion of mission and narrative driven Board Game and Table Top War Game. A family game where 1 or more players can sit down and play through their own narrative and develop their own characters and objectives over many inter-linked games. Or players can sit down and play a ‘free for all’ with games like ‘Survival’, ‘Last human/Alien/Predator standing’, ‘capture the objective’ etc. filling an hour or two of your evening or raining Sunday afternoon. Aliens vs. Predator: Unleashed is a version of the game.
Figures[]
AvP: The Hunt Begins includes:
Models: - 10 Infant Aliens - 5 Stalker Aliens - 3 Predators - 5 Colonial Marines
Dice: 3 D20 Dice
Cards: - 2 Alien Stat Cards - 3 Predator Stat Cards - 5 Colonial Marine Stat Card - 20 Environmental Cards - 20 Mission Cards - 60 Strategy Cards (20 for each Faction)
Board game Tiles: - 28 Straight Corridors - 8 Crossroads - 8 T-Shape - 8 L-Shape - 8 Dead-end - 6 Air Vent Tiles - 7 Rooms (Lab, Escape Capsule, Armoury, Bridge, Hibernation Room, Engine Room and Predator Pod)
Other Peripherals: - 149 Wound, Ping!, Activated, Sentry, Hide and Objective Tokens - 20 Door Pieces
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