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Alien vs Predator: The Hunt Begins from Prodos Games - Board game system analysis

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Alien vs Predator: The Hunt Begins is a boardgame from Prodos Games, set in the universe of Alien & Predator universe (the setting of the Alien, Predator and Prometheus movies).

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Wargame: Alien vs Predator

Current edition: Alien vs Predator (2015-2016-)

Rules: Alien vs Predator

Previous editions: none

Setting: Alien & Predator universe

Company: Prodos Games

Designer: Grzegorz Oleksy, Jaroslaw (Jarek) Ewertowski

Players: 1-3, Powers: Various, Different, Units:

Turn structure: , Movement:

Playing time: 60-120 min, depending on the scenario, Play style: Competitive, Theme: Combat, Language dependency: Rulebook, cards, army lists

Features: Competitive, Miniatures, Random effects (dice)

Wargame system analysis

Wargame system analysis

This is the basis for the system analysis documents of the Games Nexus.

You can find the definitions of the phrases I use in the analysis documents for the wargame systems.

Players of the game	The player - Player skills required - Number of players - Powers - Unit abilities - Choosing units - Deployment
Playing area	Playing area needed - Playing area variety - Playing area size - Playing area openness - Playing area features - Ground scale - Heights
Playing pieces	Basic unit - Playing pieces represent - Playing piece ratio - Playing piece type - Unit detail - Other pieces
Play styles	Abstractness - Cooperativeness - Immersion
Rule system	Randomness - Random effects - Randomness distribution - Risk management - Resource management
Turn structure	- Victory conditions

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