2022Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, Ian Moss
- Videos
- 146
- Creators
- 106
2 - 5 players45 - 125 minHeavy weight

2015Tim Eisner, Ryan Swisher
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. March of the Ants is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 11 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, and 3 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
As spring dawns the great thaw begins. Deep beneath the lush 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. In March of the Ants, you create the shared Meadow board by sending your ants to explore it, revealing and strategically placing two dozen unique tiles like Fern, Pebble, and Nest of Centipedes. Populate new territory by breeding larvae and marching your ants onto collection sites. Will you engage competing colonies in battle, seeking to claim the land for yourself? Or will you establish peaceful, symbiotic relationships and share the spoils? All of this must be done while carefully managing the resources in your underground nest. Forage for Event Cards like Strange Appetite, Cold Snap, and Fungal Outbreak to impact the entire board – or just one unlucky opponent. Mutate your colony with special Evolution Cards like the Trap Jaw head, Weaver thorax, and Leaf Cutter abdomen. What weird and wondrous path will your colony's evolution take: advanced Workers, fearsome Soldiers, or a fertile Queen? Emerge triumphant by scoring Colony Points as your ants explore and control the Meadow. Search for Colony Goals like Epic Stores, Followers of the Eyeless, and Extensive Tunnels to plan your route to victory. March of the Ants takes strategy underground…literally!
March of the Ants has 24 videos from 18 creators: 11 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs and 3 other videos. They date from 2014 to August 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "March of the Ants: Rules Overview and 1st Round Playthrough" by Ben Eisner, which runs 26 min. For a quicker teach, "Playthrough round 2 part two and Round 3 part one" by Weird City Games runs 10 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "March of the Ants review with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower. 10 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "March of the Ants Co Op 1" by Mystic Eye Games, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Wonderland's War, Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef, Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders and Canopy, also by Tim Eisner.
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2022Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, Ian Moss
2 - 5 players45 - 125 minHeavy weight
2020Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
2024Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner
1 - 4 players60 - 120 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
As spring dawns the great thaw begins. Deep beneath the lush 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. In March of the Ants, you create the shared Meadow board by sending your ants to explore it, revealing and strategically placing two dozen unique tiles like Fern, Pebble, and Nest of Centipedes. Populate new territory by breeding larvae and marching your ants onto collection sites. Will you engage competing colonies in battle, seeking to claim the land for yourself? Or will you establish peaceful, symbiotic relationships and share the spoils? All of this must be done while carefully managing the resources in your underground nest. Forage for Event Cards like Strange Appetite, Cold Snap, and Fungal Outbreak to impact the entire board – or just one unlucky opponent. Mutate your colony with special Evolution Cards like the Trap Jaw head, Weaver thorax, and Leaf Cutter abdomen. What weird and wondrous path will your colony's evolution take: advanced Workers, fearsome Soldiers, or a fertile Queen? Emerge triumphant by scoring Colony Points as your ants explore and control the Meadow. Search for Colony Goals like Epic Stores, Followers of the Eyeless, and Extensive Tunnels to plan your route to victory. March of the Ants takes strategy underground…literally!
Designers
Tim Eisner, Ryan Swisher
Artists
Tim Eisner, Ryan Swisher, Peter Wocken
Publisher
Weird City Games
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Mechanics