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Knee Deep in Hexes

Knee Deep in Hexes

2024·Marcel Kraatz

Videos
10
Creators
6

Mainly reviews. Knee Deep in Hexes is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 6 reviews, 1 unboxings, and 3 other videos.

2 players
25 - 60 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

From BoardGameGeek

Knee Deep in Hexes is like deck building meets all your favorite 90's RTS games combined - but this time it's a board game. Knee Deep in Hexes is a 2-player strategy skirmisher. After the exodus from Earth, you fight on a distant desert planet for scarce resources, build extractors, factories and units - from fast construction vehicles to frightening Paloozas. Get knee-deep into intergalactic warfare: Choose your companions with their set of game-breaking skills, build your deck out of unique strategy cards and outsmart your enemy: Win by either destroying their headquarter or by sending their most valuable units to the scrapyard as quickly as possible. Each player chooses a faction first. Every faction consists of four companions - the General, who oversees the battlefield from the planetary orbit, the Commander, who draws on many years of experience in combat and adjusts tactics rapidly, the Tech, who supports the troops by steady innovations and the Trickster who is outsmarting the enemy. Each companion comes with a unique deck of action and war cards. Players can either use these predefined decks or, if they are advanced, engage in deckbuilding in search of ever unique combos. The same high variability applies to the map: Here you can either use a predefined casual variant for a quick match or build a world before the game starts by drafting planetary cards. We are already designing and playtesting new factions, companions and decks as well as worlds. In this action-packed game, you'll have very little time to secure your basic supplies - that is, build the first construction vehicles and build the first extractors to harvest materials and energy - before clashing with your opponent on the tight map. Play action cards during your turn to gain unique strategic advantages and take the initiative on the battlefield. Gather your tanks, carefully plan the use of your war cards, which will give you powerful bonuses in battle - and declare the war zone you want to attack. But beware, here comes the big twist: the battle in the war zone you declare will not take place directly at the end of your turn, but at the end of the turn of your opponent. Your enemies have a whole turn to react, to redeploy troops or to suddenly stab you in the back somewhere else. So be one hundred percent sure before you act! -description from the publisher

Knee Deep in Hexes

Which Knee Deep in Hexes video should I watch?

Knee Deep in Hexes has 10 videos from 6 creators: 6 reviews, 1 unboxing and 3 other videos. They date from 2022 to November 2025.

If you like it, try Ragnarocks, Air, Land, & Sea, Save: South Vietnam! or Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy, which share several of its mechanics.

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TDG Preview: Knee Deep in Hexes10:34

TDG Preview: Knee Deep in Hexes

The Discriminating Gamer

The Discriminating Gamer

Knee Deep in Hexes Review: We Shall Fight Them on the HexesReview13:58

Knee Deep in Hexes Review: We Shall Fight Them on the Hexes

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Knee Deep in Hexes - Live Play ThroughReview56:53

Knee Deep in Hexes - Live Play Through

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Knee Deep in Hexes - DT Preview with Mark StreedReview11:16

Knee Deep in Hexes - DT Preview with Mark Streed

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Knee Deep in Hexes: Preview. Skirmish that brings the best of 90s RTS vibes to the tabletop.13:19

Knee Deep in Hexes: Preview. Skirmish that brings the best of 90s RTS vibes to the tabletop.

Beastie Geeks

Beastie Geeks

Boardgame Heaven Special - Interview 111: Knee Deep In Hexes (Till5am)Interview4:50

Boardgame Heaven Special - Interview 111: Knee Deep In Hexes (Till5am)

Board Game Heaven

Board Game Heaven

Board Game Heaven How To Play & Review 261: Knee Deep in Hexes (Till5AM) - Fast Tactical Strategy!Review45:32

Board Game Heaven How To Play & Review 261: Knee Deep in Hexes (Till5AM) - Fast Tactical Strategy!

Board Game Heaven

Board Game Heaven

Preview: Knee Deep in Hexes - der Taktik Skirmisher - möge der bessere Kommandant siegen!Review32:00

Preview: Knee Deep in Hexes - der Taktik Skirmisher - möge der bessere Kommandant siegen!

Herr der Spiele

Herr der Spiele

Board Game Heaven Unboxing 229: Knee Deep In Hexes (Till5AM)Unboxing13:55

Board Game Heaven Unboxing 229: Knee Deep In Hexes (Till5AM)

Board Game Heaven

Board Game Heaven

Jetzt (2024) als #KneeDeepInHexes auf Kickstarter: Starcraft / Command&Conquer als Brettspiel!Review20:29

Jetzt (2024) als #KneeDeepInHexes auf Kickstarter: Starcraft / Command&Conquer als Brettspiel!

Spiele Baron

Spiele Baron

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About Knee Deep in Hexes

From BoardGameGeek:

Knee Deep in Hexes is like deck building meets all your favorite 90's RTS games combined - but this time it's a board game. Knee Deep in Hexes is a 2-player strategy skirmisher. After the exodus from Earth, you fight on a distant desert planet for scarce resources, build extractors, factories and units - from fast construction vehicles to frightening Paloozas. Get knee-deep into intergalactic warfare: Choose your companions with their set of game-breaking skills, build your deck out of unique strategy cards and outsmart your enemy: Win by either destroying their headquarter or by sending their most valuable units to the scrapyard as quickly as possible. Each player chooses a faction first. Every faction consists of four companions - the General, who oversees the battlefield from the planetary orbit, the Commander, who draws on many years of experience in combat and adjusts tactics rapidly, the Tech, who supports the troops by steady innovations and the Trickster who is outsmarting the enemy. Each companion comes with a unique deck of action and war cards. Players can either use these predefined decks or, if they are advanced, engage in deckbuilding in search of ever unique combos. The same high variability applies to the map: Here you can either use a predefined casual variant for a quick match or build a world before the game starts by drafting planetary cards. We are already designing and playtesting new factions, companions and decks as well as worlds. In this action-packed game, you'll have very little time to secure your basic supplies - that is, build the first construction vehicles and build the first extractors to harvest materials and energy - before clashing with your opponent on the tight map. Play action cards during your turn to gain unique strategic advantages and take the initiative on the battlefield. Gather your tanks, carefully plan the use of your war cards, which will give you powerful bonuses in battle - and declare the war zone you want to attack. But beware, here comes the big twist: the battle in the war zone you declare will not take place directly at the end of your turn, but at the end of the turn of your opponent. Your enemies have a whole turn to react, to redeploy troops or to suddenly stab you in the back somewhere else. So be one hundred percent sure before you act! -description from the publisher

Designer

Marcel Kraatz

Publisher

till5am

Categories

Abstract StrategyScience FictionWargame

Mechanics

Area Majority / InfluenceCombat ResolutionHex GridArea Movement
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