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Year
2020
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Description
It is the End Times, and the hordes of Hell are invading our world. Destroy the Hellgate & save our world!
Planet Apocalypse is a cooperative game. The players battle and kill demons as a team. The game is primarily a battle game, but also has a tower-defense element, and a roleplaying element as you build up your heroes over time.
It has large high-quality plastic figures, scaled to 28mm so they can be used in other games.
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Cooperative play with strong teamwork dynamics
- Satisfying engine-building and upgrade options
- Lots of variety through upgrades, maps, and lords
- Excellent table presence and visually striking minis
Cons
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Thematic elements
- demon invasion and cooperative defense with epic boss battles
- end-of-time invasion where hordes of demons invade our world; players defend their home by destroying the hell gate; multiple maps such as dragon back, guts moon base, washington dc, and vaticans
- arcade-inspired demon waves culminating in a boss battle
Comparison games
- minnie's
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- boss battler — Hell time is the boss battle phase triggered by lord advancement or other conditions.
- boss_battle — Hell time is the boss battle phase triggered by lord advancement or other conditions.
- Cooperative Game — Players cooperate to defend against waves of demons and ultimately fight and destroy the demon world boss.
- cooperative_play — Players cooperate to defend against waves of demons and ultimately fight and destroy the demon world boss.
- courage_tokens — Killing demons earns courage tokens, which act as the game’s currency for upgrades and advancement.
- demon_spawns — Demon spawns are determined by dice; starting with four dice, increases up to twelve, spawning more demons for matching symbols.
- Dice rolling — Players roll dice to perform actions during their turns, with demon spawns influenced by dice results.
- dice_rolling — Players roll dice to perform actions during their turns, with demon spawns influenced by dice results.
- doom_track — A doom track progresses between cycles; advancing to certain points increases pressure and can trigger events.
- engine building — Upgrade purchases to tailor each player's strategy via technology trees and additional capabilities.
- engine_building — Upgrade purchases to tailor each player's strategy via technology trees and additional capabilities.
- healing_and_upgrades — Healing health and buying upgrades to improve capabilities are core tools players use to survive.
- map_variants — Multiple maps with slight rule variations and different lords, adding variety to play.
- trooper_recruitment — During the theme phase players recruit troopers to help fight, absorb damage, and heal.
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- incredible table presence i mean look at the size of these
- the rules and steps actually not that complex pretty smooth
- feels well balanced
- the engine building part is satisfying
- there are a lot of ways to upgrade two better and more dice
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