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Rules assistance for Labyrinth: The Forever War, 2015-?
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1–2 players
- Complexity 3.6/5
Rules assistant for Labyrinth: The Forever War, 2015-?
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Labyrinth: The Forever War, 2015-? is an expansion for Labyrinth: The Awakening, 2010 – ? released in 2020 for 1–2 players. It was designed by Trevor Bender and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and Dice Rolling.
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About the game
Labyrinth: The Forever War, 2015 - ? is a 1-2 player card-driven boardgame simulating at the strategic level the ongoing bid by Islamist extremists to impose their brand of religious rule on the Muslim world. It continues where Labyrinth: The Awakening, 2010 - ? left off and adds new event cards and rules to cover the last five years of history. Since publication of Labyrinth and its first expansion, fans of the game have expressed a desire to update it based on more recent events, and a variety of event card ideas and variants have been freely shared online. This second expansion to the Labyrinth game series fulfills that continuing interest by providing up-to-date event cards and allows the game to continue to serve as an effective strategic level model of the ongoing struggles in the Muslim world.
Questions and answers
Labyrinth: The Forever War, 2015-? supports 1–2 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.
Labyrinth: The Forever War, 2015-? has a complexity rating of 3.6 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Labyrinth: The Forever War, 2015-? belongs to these categories: Wargame, Political, and Modern Warfare. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and 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 credited designers of Labyrinth: The Forever War, 2015-? are: Trevor Bender. 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 Labyrinth: The Forever War, 2015-? as an expansion for Labyrinth: The Awakening, 2010 – ?. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Labyrinth: The Awakening, 2010 – ? to use it. Check that your edition of Labyrinth: The Awakening, 2010 – ? is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.