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DOOM

Hi everybody! I'm doing my first review on a recently published board game:  DOOM . This game was created by Jonathan Ying and published by Fantasy Flight Games. It is based on a really old video game (Or at least, really old to me!😉 ). I first played this game around Christmas, and I really enjoyed it. DOOM is a board game for 2-5 players set on Mars, (and Hell!) where 1 player takes on the role of the invader, controlling hordes of demons, and the others become marines, defending the Martian bases against said demons. There are 12 missions in the box, split evenly over 2 campaigns. In each mission, the marines have to complete a certain objective in order to win. The invader can win by simply killing the marines a lot. When a marine dies, he will respawn. This game uses the same map/tile movement as many other games, such as Imperial Assault and Descent: Journeys into the dark (which I may review someday). However, DOOM does not have the same 2-action hero syste