X-Bugs – Games 100

X-Bugs was listed in GAMES Magazine's "The Games 100" for 2004.

Designed by Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello * Edited by Steve Jackson

X-Bugs is a unique new game, combining luck, skill, and strategy. Your armies are microscopic mutated monsters. The battlefield is any tabletop.

Each bug is represented by a plastic chip. Flip the chips to attack . . . practice helps! Each type of bug has a special power to attack or defend . . . each army has a different winning strategy! It's quick to play . . . eat the enemy bugs, destroy his bases, and win!

Originating from Italy, this game has Steve Jackson's personal recommendation. "This is too much fun. It's a great design. The die-rolling gives randomness, the flipping requires skill, and there's a lot of room for strategy, especially in multiplayer games. I want to play again!"

Each set comes in two color versions. Any set is a complete two-player game (playing time is less than an hour), but with both versions you can play a 4-player game, or just a two-player game of Flyborgs vs. Flyborgs (or whatever). And all X-Bugs sets can be combined for bigger games!

X-BUGS and all imagery © and ™ Nexus Editrice srl.

Resources


X-Bugs Set 1

X-Bugs Set 2

The alien Flyborgs are part machine, part bug. The flag-waving USArthropods have emerged from our Earth laboratories to stop the invaders!

For two players; playing time is less than an hour.

AND . . . these armies come in two versions. Set 1 has yellow Flyborgs and blue USArthropod chips. Set 2 has purple Flyborgs and white USArthropods. With both sets, you can play a 4-player game, or fight a war between two armies of the same type.

Set 1: Boxed game, with 6 large dice, rules, and lots of chips and stickers.
Suggested Retail Price $24.95 * Stock number 1403
ISBN 1-55634-693-X
Out Of PrintClick here for dealer info

Set 2: Boxed game, with 6 large dice, rules, and lots of chips and stickers.
Suggested Retail Price $24.95 * Stock number 1404
ISBN 1-55634-549-6
Out Of PrintClick here for dealer info


X-Bugs Set 3

X-Bugs Set 4

The Chitinians are a hungry swarm from outer space. The heroic Sovietoptera have come from Russia to protect the motherland! It's alien appetites versus Red ants . . .

For two players; playing time is less than an hour.

AND . . . these armies also come in two versions. Set 3 has red Chitinians and green Sovietoptera chips. Set 4 has black Chitinians and light green Sovietoptera. With both sets, you can play a 4-player game, or fight a war between two armies of the same type.

And you can fight either of these armies against the original X-Bugs sets, the Flyborgs and USArthropods . . . or play a mass battle!

Set 3: Boxed game, with 6 large dice, rules, and lots of chips and stickers.
Suggested Retail Price $24.95 * Stock number 1405
ISBN 1-55634-550-X
Out Of PrintClick here for dealer info

Set 4: Boxed game, with 6 large dice, rules, and lots of chips and stickers.
Suggested Retail Price $24.95 * Stock number 1406
ISBN 1-55634-694-8
Out Of PrintClick here for dealer info


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