Lead one of four ant colonies. Protect the queen, reproduce, explore the undiscovered world, fight, and lead your colony to victory! In addition, this is not just a board game about the wonderful world of ants, in front of you the world’s first board game is made using paper from leaves!
War of Ants is designed to keep you immersed in the world of insects every time, which with each addition will only get more and more. The game’s map of hexes is laid out in a closed format, creating in each game, a new variation of the insect world.
Choose a favorite species among leafhoppers, reapers, wood ants, and garden ants. Destroy dangerous insects that you meet on the map. Conquest more and more territories, improve your anthill, look for hexes on the map that suit your ant species, and build improvements there.
Map: 39 hexes.
Wooden figures of ants: 80 pcs.
Wooden figures of territory control: 60 pcs.
Player cards: 4 pcs.
Instruction cards: 4 pcs.
Scale of moves: 1 pc.
Bonus cards: 80 pcs.
Starting player chip: 1 pcs.
Food chip per 1 unit: 40 pcs.
Food chip for 5 units: 15 pcs.
Field Improvement Chip: 20 pcs.
Insect chip: 18 pcs.
Filler chip: 3 pcs.
Dice: 1 pc.
Golden hexes
Bonus hexes allow you to receive bonus cards or food of your choice. Bonus cards are very valuable, but you may even have to pay with the lives of your ants if you want to have them under your control. Are you ready for that?
Bonus cards
Bonus cards can be obtained by controlling or purchasing gold hexes. When playing the standard map there are 29 units. Among them you will find cards of exploration, sabotage, recruitment and other great bonuses that will help you win this game.
Junk
Mmm, this gift of bipedal creatures is something incredible! I could have sworn that the one who controls it was one step closer to victory!
Event cards
In each round one card is played, which allows you to sink into the events of a real ant colony. Don’t expect any favors from the world of ants, the closer you get to the end of the game, the harder it gets. Also, although the game is designed for 9 rounds, the event cards are 11. So that each time the game is unpredictable and you do not know what events will be played in this game.
Green hexes
The plant hexes on the map are of four types. Each type corresponds to a specific type of ant. Grain fields are for harvesters, forest fields are for wood ants, garden fields are for garden ants, and tall grass is for leaf cutter ants. By controlling them you can build there unique, only your kind of ant improvements. This will increase the food gain and allow you to get a victory point for controlling them.
The Battle Cards
The game has 28 cards, 7 for each player, their task is to add to the battles - dynamics, unpredictability and flexibility.
Water hexes
Among the map you will find water hexes, their increased initial rate of return compared to normal plant hexes is tricky. Who knows what the game has for you...
Creature cards
This 11-card deck will contribute its own filling card and further immerse you in the world of insects.
Red hexes
The game is designed for 2-4 players, so if there are less than four of you, do not worry, this beautiful hex will replace the place of the missing player.
Maximum immersion!
The large map will present you with a lot of impressions from the game and will allow you to fully immerse yourself in this huge world of ants. It is designed for a big quantity of rounds, which means there will be more events, moves, opportunities and unpredictability that we love so much. The huge world will give faster development, large-scale colony wars and more dangers on the hidden map. Big World, so beloved by our testers, makes the game even more strategic and intense. Which in the end will give the feeling of a well spent time with friends. Enjoy!
Become a part of board game history!
As you can see the game is interesting and multifaceted. But “War of Ants” is not just a game about ants, we have prepared a few more for you! This is part of the history of tabletop games! After all, it will be made partially on leaf paper. For the first time ever! And you can help make this history come true and become the owner of a limited edition of our game with a tag for backers.
Map: 59 hexes.
Wooden figures of ants: 100 pcs.
Wooden figures of territory control: 100 pcs.
Player cards: 4 pcs.
Instruction cards: 4 pcs.
Scale of moves: 1 pc.
Bonus cards: 58 pcs.
Event cards: 12 pcs.
Battle Cards: 28 pcs.
Creature Cards: 20 pcs.
Starting player chip: 1 pcs.
Food chip per 1 unit: 60 pcs.
Food chip for 5 units: 30 pcs.
Field improvement chip: 36 pcs.
Ant hill improvement chip: 8 pcs.
Filler chip: 3 pcs.
Dice: 1 pc.
Become a part of board game history!
As you can see the game is interesting and multifaceted. But “War of Ants” is not just a game about ants, we have prepared a few more for you! This is part of the history of tabletop games! After all, it will be made partially on leaf paper. For the first time ever! And you can help make this history come true and become the owner of a limited edition of our game with a tag for backers.
Dive into the world of ants and conquer it! War of Ants is coming (coming soon 🙂 23.10.2023)!
