- BGG rating
- 9.0
Expansion for Heroscape Marvel: The Conflict Begins
Heroscape: Rising Tide – Knight Primus Adelbern and Ordo Borealis Army Expansion
2025
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Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- 30 min
- 14+
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Heroscape: Rising Tide – Knight Primus Adelbern and Ordo Borealis Army Expansion is an expansion for Heroscape Marvel: The Conflict Begins released in 2025 for 2 players, 30 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Craig Van Ness, Alex Davy, and Sarah Rowan and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, and Three Dimensional Movement.
About the game
Heroscape: Rising Tide - Knight Primus Adelbern and Ordo Borealis Army Expansion includes four new, highly detailed, and fully assembled unpainted (or Painted if you get the Premium Painted) Heroscape figures: Knight Primus Adelbern and 3 members of the Ordo Borealis Squad. These ursine fighters are a formidable addition to any army, especially when paired with Knight Irene and the Frostclaw Paladins from the Heroscape: Age of Annihilation Master Set. Choose your scenario, build your battlefield, select your army, and fight to win! This Army Expansion is fully compatible with all previous and upcoming Heroscape content. —description from the publisher
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Renegade Game Studios
Questions and answers
Heroscape: Rising Tide – Knight Primus Adelbern and Ordo Borealis Army Expansion 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 Heroscape: Rising Tide – Knight Primus Adelbern and Ordo Borealis Army Expansion is 30 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.
The catalogue lists Heroscape: Rising Tide – Knight Primus Adelbern and Ordo Borealis Army Expansion for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Heroscape: Rising Tide – Knight Primus Adelbern and Ordo Borealis Army Expansion belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Animals, and Wargame. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, and Three Dimensional Movement. 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 credited designers of Heroscape: Rising Tide – Knight Primus Adelbern and Ordo Borealis Army Expansion are: Craig Van Ness, Alex Davy, and Sarah Rowan. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Heroscape: Rising Tide – Knight Primus Adelbern and Ordo Borealis Army Expansion as an expansion for Heroscape Marvel: The Conflict Begins. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Heroscape Marvel: The Conflict Begins to use it. Check that your edition of Heroscape Marvel: The Conflict Begins is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.