How to Play

Space Hulk: Death Angel – The Card Game

1-6 players 30-60 min 7.0 Board Game Geek Rating

Space Marines battle through a derelict ship infested with alien Genestealers in this cooperative Warhammer 40K adventure. Players control two-Marine teams, secretly selecting action cards each round—Support, Attack, or Move—then revealing simultaneously. Actions resolve before Genestealers counterattack based on swarm size. Victory requires surviving waves of aliens while advancing through location cards until the ship is cleared.

Published 2010

Space Hulk: Death Angel – The Card Game

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

1
Form marine teams
Each player takes control of one or more teams of marines
2
Create blip decks
Set up left and right blip decks using the numbers indicated on the location card
3
Place terrain cards
For each terrain icon on the current location card, count the icon position from top or bottom of formation based on arrow direction, then place the corresponding terrain card on the indicated side
4
Follow location abilities
Resolve any "Upon entering" ability listed on the location card
5
Prepare action cards
Each team has action cards that will be used during play

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Choose actions secretly
All players simultaneously choose one action card for each team they control
2
Determine event card drawer
The player who played the lowest numbered action card draws the event card
3
Resolve actions in order
Execute each chosen action in ascending numerical order based on action type:
4
Place support token
Put one support token from the supply on any marine of your choice
5
Roll for each marine
Each marine on the action card team rolls the die
6
Check for skull result
If a skull is rolled, choose a genestealer in range and facing to discard
7
Use support token optionally
If no skull rolled but marine has a support token, discard it to reroll
8
Switch positions
Each marine of the action card team may switch position with any adjacent marine
9
Flip facing
Any marine of the action card team may flip their facing direction
10
Activate terrain
Activate any terrain that a team marine is facing, has the "activate" keyword, and hasn't been activated this round
11
Process swarms in Z-pattern
Resolve each swarm from left to right, top to bottom
12
Roll attack die
Roll die and subtract 1 if swarm includes a Brood Lord
13
Determine marine survival
If result is higher than number of cards in swarm, marine survives
14
Use support token for defense
If marine has support token and is facing the swarm, discard token to survive; otherwise marine dies
15
Merge swarms
Combine swarms that share the same position and side
16
Check travel
If any blip deck is empty, advance to new location
17
Resolve spawning
For spawn boxes, refer to setup card triangle icons for genestealer numbers, then place genestealers from blip decks onto matching terrain
18
Move genestealers
For move box, swarms with depicted icons move based on arrow type:
19
Discard marine
Remove the marine from position "X"
20
Close formation gap
Determine where fewer marines exist (above or below position X)
21
Shift remaining units
Move marines/terrain/swarms toward the gap while keeping swarms separated
22
Reveal new location
Place top card of location deck face up on current location
23
Discard old terrain
Remove terrain cards but keep swarms in place
24
Set up new terrain
Place terrain cards based on new location icons
25
Create new blip decks
Discard old blip decks and create new ones per location card numbers
26
Resolve entry abilities
Follow any "Upon entering" ability on the new location card

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
Survive all locations
Progress through the location deck by depleting blip decks
2
Complete final objective
Successfully travel through all locations while keeping at least one marine alive
3
Avoid total party kill
The game is lost if all marines die before completing the mission

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