Insecta
BGG rank
BGG #15,278
BGG rating
6.3

Insecta

1992

Rules assistance for Insecta

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 1–7 players
  • 90–300 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.7/5

For 1 player

Rules assistant for Insecta

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Insecta is a board game released in 1992 for 1–7 players, 90–300 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Phil Eklund and Neal Sofge and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Role Playing.

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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

Questions and answers

Insecta supports 1–7 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.