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Insecta

Insecta 1992

Design Phil Eklund , Neal Sofge Art Phil Eklund Publisher Fat Messiah Games
6.3 /10
BGG rating
#15272
BGG rank
2.7
Weight
1–7
Players
1
Best at
90–300
Minutes
12
Age
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Expansions & Promos

4 on record
Insecta: Desert Hive 2000 Insecta: Trilobite 1998 Insecta: Rainforest 1997 Insecta: Expansion Kit 1993

About the Game

Insecta is a game of bug-to-bug conflict and combat. Players design a mutant bug team and with them attempt to escape from "The Hive," filled with real-world arthropods and controlled by an adversarial "Hivemaster" player (somewhat akin to a dungeonmaster). The game comes with 16 mutant bug displays (6 are "starting" displays, the others are swapped in as the bugs mutate), design cards, mapsheets, minature bugs and counters.

A limited reissue of the game, The Mutant Kit, was published in 2000 without rubber bugs or Hive cards, creating a modular game system that could be combined with other expansions.

Expanded by:

Insecta: Rainforest Insecta: Trilobite Insecta: Desert Hive

Filed Under

Categories
Animals Educational Fighting Horror Science Fiction
Mechanics
Cooperative Game Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Role Playing Simulation Variable Player Powers
Family
Insecta
Also known as
Insecta Mutant Kit
BGG ratings
140 · geek rating 5.54
BGG data
refreshed Sep 7, 2026

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