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Space Hulk is a board game by Games Workshop which has been released in 3 editions. Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, the game takes place on a Space Hulk and pits a boarding force of Space Marine Terminators against a brood of Genestealers.

Contents 1 Storyline 2 Major Characters 3 Editions 3.1 1. Edition 3.1.1 Expansions 3.2 2. Edition 3.3 3. Edition 4 See also 5 Sources 6 External links

Storyline

Near the Secoris system in the year 996.M40, the entire Blood Angels chapter was reduced to fifty marines after attempting to board a massive space hulk. Six hundred years later, Rogue Trader Borrak Vorra spotted a space hulk drifting near the Blood Angels fortress monastery on Baal. Seeing a chance to regain their honor, Lord Dante immediately dispatched the Blood Angels' First Company, under the command of Captain Michaelus Raphael. With a force of eighty Terminators plus support staff, Captain Raphael quickly located a dormant nest of genestealers, and moved to eradicate them. With a mix of cunning and sheer, brutal force, the Blood Angels manage to first isolate, and then eradicate the entire genestealer population through the use of poison gas.¹

Space Hulk allows players to take control of either the Space Marines or Tyranids, and play through a series of twelve missions that reenact the heroic actions of eleven Terminators and one Librarian.¹

The DeathWing expansion recounts a crucial period in the history of the Dark Angels' Deathwing chapter as they attempt to save their homeworld. The Genestealer expansion describes the heroic battles against a Genestealer patriarch and his retinue. Neither the Deathwing or Genestealer scenarios are situated in an actual Hulk.

Major Characters

• Captain Michaelus Raphael
• Librarian Calistarius
• Sergeant Lorenzo
• Sergeant Gideon
• Brother Valencio
• Brother Goriel
• Brother Zael
• Brother Deino
• Brother Noctis
• Brother Omnio
• Brother Scipio
• Brother Leon
• Brother Claudio

Editions

1. Edition

• 1989 Space Hulk (1. Edition)

Expansions

• 1990 Deathwing (Expansion box)
• 1990 Genestealer (Expansion box)
• 1991 Space Hulk Campaigns (Expansion book with additional missions and rules)

2. Edition

• 1996 Space Hulk (2. Edition) (with revised rules, miniatures and additional material)

3. Edition

• 2009 Space Hulk (3. Edition) (with revised rules, miniatures and additional material)

See also

• Space Crusade (Board Game)
• Advanced Space Crusade (Board Game)
• Tyranid Attack (Board Game)
• Ultra Marines (Board Game)

Sources

• ¹:Space Hulk Mission Book (3rd Edition), (pgs. 3-33)

External links

• Wikipedia's Space Hulk article