The Thing: The Boardgame Star Wars

The Thing: The Boardgame Star WarsThe Thing is a game that mixes different mechanisms to create an experience that is as faithful as possible to that of the original film. It is a "hidden role" game, in which one player is initially the Thing and the others players are humans. The purpose of the Thing is to infect others, to prevent the survivors from escaping from the base (which can happen three different ways), or to try to escape with them by behaving as a human. In addition to

you make a cup-testing to check the taste of your coffee and score points accordingly

you get to choose new abilities with each level

Chaplains rouse Space Marines to war with their litanies of faith

wanderers who left the regimented lives of the craftworlds behind them

and all players program their moves simultaneously by spending those dice

hangs in the balance

You’ll start your games with a choice of Leaders who

collect strange fruits

and choose the correct apprentices to manage your plan

and you will try to outwit your opponents

His rules are available to download for free from the Warhammer Community website

along with 3 Drones