
- BGG rank
- BGG #716
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Blood Bowl: Living Rulebook
- 2 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 3.2/5
- 2004

Rules assistance for Halo Flashpoint: Rise of the Banished
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

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Halo Flashpoint: Rise of the Banished is an expansion for Halo: Flashpoint released in 2025 for 2 players and 60–120 minutes per game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling.
Introducing Brutes into the game. Generally, expanding the weapons, items, keywords, approved terrain, and models to the Halo Flashpoint game. Limited release version of Atriox is included in preorders.
Halo Flashpoint: Rise of the Banished supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for Halo Flashpoint: Rise of the Banished is 60–120 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
Halo Flashpoint: Rise of the Banished belongs to these categories: Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The catalogue lists Halo Flashpoint: Rise of the Banished as an expansion for Halo: Flashpoint. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Halo: Flashpoint to use it. Check that your edition of Halo: Flashpoint is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.