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2025
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Description
As spring dawns, the great thaw begins. Deep beneath the sprouting meadow grasses the queen stirs in her nest and the colony comes to life. Soldiers venture forth, battling centipedes while clashing with opposing colonies for territory. Workers dig an ever-expanding network of tunnels in their tireless search for food. The first larvae hatch and it is clear this generation will be different: the young colonies rapidly evolve into a multitude of new forms. The ants march out to claim the meadow as their own!
March of the Ants: Second Edition is a revised and upgraded version of the original base game from 2015 featuring:
New artwork and graphic design
Revised and updated Mechanics
New Resting cards and Great Tunnel Battles
Wooden Ant Meeples
Same quick playtime that delivers a rich 4X feel in under 90 minutes.
March of the Ants puts players in control of an ant nest, competing for success with rival nests. You will explore the unknown reaches of the Meadow, evolve your ants to create new species, and vie for control of the Great Tunnel. March of the Ants is an open-ended strategy game with many paths to victory. As your nest grows and your ants evolve, you must carefully craft your strategy to emerge victorious.
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Getting Games Discussion at 37:36
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Grant Lyon News at 17:04 sentiment: positive
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Positive
Pros
- Plays quickly for a 4X game
- Streamlined mechanics
- New artwork and components
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Thematic elements
- Ants competing for resources and territory
- Meadow
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — You're going to be putting out workers uh to control areas of the board.
- Combat — great tunnel battles.
- Deck Building — New resting cards
- Resource Management — You're going to be moving workers around to gain resources.
- Tile Placement — you are going to be uh putting out tiles and exploring new places.
- worker movement — You're going to be moving workers around to gain resources.
- Worker Placement — You will be doing worker placement.
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- I feel like retail releases always start winding down a little bit before the holidays.
- So, I only have 10 new additions here for you this month, but they are 10 great games that um, you know, I think a lot of people will be excited about.
- I'm going to be doing
- This is my monthly video on the best new editions of board games coming to retail.
- Weird City Games is releasing March of the Ants Evolved Edition.
- it's the same uh, you know, 4x type of feel in 90 minutes.
- a lot of times 4X games are big big big long affairs. And this is one that plays pretty quickly, which I like.
- Wise Wizard Games is releasing Star Realms 10th anniversary edition.
- It's one of the most beloved deck building games out there.
- If you are a fan of Star Realms and you want to celebrate 10 years of it, then check out this anniversary box.
- If you are in the Bay Area, I will be doing my Green Team Wins on uh the show on the road for the very first time.
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- "March of the Ants is a civilization game in which each player will grow an ant colony."
- "Now, this game is played in four rounds, each with four phases."
- "And that's March of the Ants Evolved Edition."
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kovray Rules Teach at 1:57 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- deep evolved-ants mechanic with strategic depth
- clear multi-phase structure with distinct actions
- varied card types (events, colony goals, evolutions) that create variety
- two-player variant and epic mode options
Cons
- high complexity and long setup
- potentially heavy rules and table presence
- reliant on card draws and puzzle-like decisions may cause downtime
Thematic elements
- ant colony development, evolution, and warfare
- Meadow and underground tunnel system in a fictional ant civilization
- procedural, rules-driven with modular evolutions
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — battles occur in contested locations and great tunnels; strong emphasis on control sites and spoils
- area control / contested hex battles — battles occur in contested locations and great tunnels; strong emphasis on control sites and spoils
- Deck-building / card play — play evolution, event, colony gold, and colony goals cards to affect actions and endgame scoring
- evolution / body segments — ant bodies (head, thorax, abdomen) each granting bonuses and new reactions
- Hexagon Grid — set up hex tiles, wormholes, centipede, and rest tiles; expansion of the meadow
- infrastructure / hex placement — set up hex tiles, wormholes, centipede, and rest tiles; expansion of the meadow
- Resource Management — manage food, larvae, and cards; feeding mechanics impact end-of-game scoring
- Variable Phase Order — four-phase round structure with distinct actions and scoring steps
- worker, soldier, queen, slumber phases — four-phase round structure with distinct actions and scoring steps
- wormholes and centipede mechanics — worms and centipede interactions introduce movement and battle modifiers
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- "March of the Ants is a civilization game in which each player will grow an ant colony."
- "Now, this game is played in four rounds, each with four phases."
- "And that's March of the Ants Evolved Edition."
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