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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Kriegaffe appears in all his giant Nazi-gorilla vastness, with the infamous “Monkey With A Gun” appearing as an encounter as well.
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''Hellboy: The Board Game'' is a tabletop game developed by Mantic Games featuring characters and storylines from the ''Franchise/{{Hellboy}}'' universe. Released in 2019, ''Hellboy'' features two to four players each selecting an agent from the B.P.R.D. and undertaking casefiles that feature numerous fights with minions, gathering of clues and battling with bosses from throughout the Hellboy canon.

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''Hellboy: The Board Game'' is a tabletop game developed by Mantic Games Creator/ManticGames featuring characters and storylines from the ''Franchise/{{Hellboy}}'' universe. Released in 2019, ''Hellboy'' features two to four players each selecting an agent from the B.P.R.D. and undertaking casefiles that feature numerous fights with minions, gathering of clues and battling with bosses from throughout the Hellboy canon.

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* BigBadassWolf: Werewolves appear as enemies in the "B.P.R.D. Archives" expansion. Making things a bit fairer for the agents, a giant wolf is available as a backup agent in the "Darkness Calls" expansion.


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* SavageWolves: Werewolves appear as enemies in the "B.P.R.D. Archives" expansion. Making things a bit fairer for the agents, a [[CanisMajor giant wolf]] is available as a backup agent in the "Darkness Calls" expansion.

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Several expansion packs for the game have been created based on Hellboy storylines such as "The Conqueror Worm", "Hellboy in Mexico", "Darkness Calls" and "The Wild Hunt."

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The base campaign of the game is based on characters and elements from the early Hellboy stories, roughly between "Seed of Destruction" and "Box Full of Evil," as well as short stories such as "Pancakes", "Nature of the Beast", "The Iron Shoes" and more. Several expansion packs for the game have been created based on Hellboy storylines such as "The Conqueror Worm", "Hellboy in Mexico", "Darkness Calls" and "The Wild Hunt."


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* ExplosiveBreeder: Frog Swarms can spawn in areas surrounding agents and will keep multiplying at the end of every turn if they aren't dealt with. While they don't actively hurt agents their presence impedes and can completely halt a squad's advancement if left unchecked.
* FragileSpeedster: Pancakes Hellboy has all the tenacity and guile as his older counterpart, with none of the brickhouse build or booming right-hook that keeps him from being swarmed by enemies.


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* TheSmartGuy: Trevor Bruttenholm acts as this when used as a field agent. He's nearly useless in a firefight but his ability to investigate items that will prove useful in defeating the final boss is second to none.

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* AscendedExtra: Several backup agents such as Kate Corrigan, Trevor Bruttenholm and Pancakes Hellboy were upgraded to full-on agent status as stretch goals for the Kickstarter campaign.

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* AscendedExtra: Several backup Certain B.P.R.D. agents such who died in their first appearance in the comics [[spoiler:such as Kate Corrigan, Trevor Bruttenholm Scott Clark and Pancakes Hellboy were upgraded Bud Waller]] appear both as Backup Agents and main Field Agents thanks to full-on agent status as stretch goals for the a Kickstarter campaign.stretch goal, allowing them to take part in as many missions as desired alongside main characters such as Hellboy and Abe.


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* PromotedToPlayable: Several backup agents such as Kate Corrigan, Trevor Bruttenholm and Pancakes Hellboy were upgraded to full-on agent status as stretch goals for the Kickstarter campaign.
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Core agents players can pick between include Hellboy, Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman and Johann Kraus, with a number of B.P.R.D. agents like Roger the Homunculus and Kate Corrigan, supernatural allies such as Lobster Johnson and even alternate forms of Hellboy such as his demonic and childhood selves (naturally titled, "Pancakes Hellboy" in the latter case) being available in the base game and through expansion packs.

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Core agents players can pick between include Hellboy, Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman and Johann Kraus, with a number of B.P.R.D. agents like Roger the Homunculus and Kate Corrigan, supernatural allies such as Lobster Johnson and "The Visitor" and even alternate forms of Hellboy such as his demonic and childhood selves (naturally titled, "Pancakes Hellboy" in the latter case) being available in the base game and through expansion packs.
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Several expansion packs for the game have been created based on Hellboy storylines such as "The Conqueror Worm", "Hellboy in Mexico", "Darkness Calls" and "The Wild Hunt."


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* AscendedExtra: Several backup agents such as Kate Corrigan, Trevor Bruttenholm and Pancakes Hellboy were upgraded to full-on agent status as stretch goals for the Kickstarter campaign.


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* BigBadassWolf: Werewolves appear as enemies in the "B.P.R.D. Archives" expansion. Making things a bit fairer for the agents, a giant wolf is available as a backup agent in the "Darkness Calls" expansion.


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* HandCannon: Hellboy is a terrible shot, but when it does hit it packs a wallop.


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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Camaztoz, the main boss of the "Hellboy in Mexico" expansion, is a gigantic, muscle-bound ''lucha libre'' vampire.

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''Hellboy: The Board Game'' is a tabletop game developed by Mantic Games featuring characters and storylines from the ''Franchise/{{Hellboy}}'' universe. Released in 2019, ''Hellboy'' features two to four players selecting an agent from the B.P.R.D. and undertaking casefiles that feature numerous fights with minions, gathering of clues and battling with bosses from throughout the Hellboy canon.

Initial agents that can be chosen from the core game include Hellboy, Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman and Herman Schultz, with numerous agents such as Roger the Homunculus and Lobster Johnson being added through expansion packs.

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''Hellboy: The Board Game'' is a tabletop game developed by Mantic Games featuring characters and storylines from the ''Franchise/{{Hellboy}}'' universe. Released in 2019, ''Hellboy'' features two to four players each selecting an agent from the B.P.R.D. and undertaking casefiles that feature numerous fights with minions, gathering of clues and battling with bosses from throughout the Hellboy canon.

Initial Core agents that players can be chosen from the core game pick between include Hellboy, Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman and Herman Schultz, Johann Kraus, with numerous a number of B.P.R.D. agents such as like Roger the Homunculus and Kate Corrigan, supernatural allies such as Lobster Johnson and even alternate forms of Hellboy such as his demonic and childhood selves (naturally titled, "Pancakes Hellboy" in the latter case) being added available in the base game and through expansion packs.



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* MegatonPunch: Hellboy’s “Big Right Hook” delivers an enormous amount of damage (if it makes contact) by spending twice the amount of action cubes.

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* MegatonPunch: Hellboy’s “Big Right Hook” delivers an enormous amount of damage (if it makes contact) by spending twice the amount of action cubes.cubes.
* TheWildHunt: An expansion based on the titular storyline features a new "Enraged Hellboy" agent with Alice Monaghan as a backup agent and several monsters (including giants) as enemies.

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* Ghostapo: Nazis appear as minions in the “Conqueror Worm” expansion.

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* Ghostapo: {{Ghostapo}}: Nazis appear as minions in the “Conqueror Worm” expansion.


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* MaskedLuchador: The “Hellboy In Mexico” expansion features the big red guy donning a luchador uniform along with the three wrestlers from the original story joining as agents.
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* EldritchAbomination: The “Tentacle Monster” lives up to its name by being a mass of tendrils jutting out through the floor. The Conqueror Worm also counts from its eponymous expansion.


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* Ghostapo: Nazis appear as minions in the “Conqueror Worm” expansion.


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* HandOfGlory: Appears as a requisition card.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Kriegaffe appears in all his giant Nazi-gorilla vastness, with the infamous “Monkey With A Gun” appearing as an encounter as well.
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* FrogMen: The frog monsters are primary enemies in several casefiles.
* GiantMook: The Giant Frog Monster, Kriegaffe and more appear as bosses in confrontations or as random encounters, depending on the scenario.

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* KillItWithFire: Liz is naturally capable of setting enemies, scenery and environments on fire, with the potential to damage allies as well.

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* AssistCharacter: Agents can choose to spend resources on “Backup Agents” at the beginning of each case and either leave them in the wings until they take time or have them active in the field depending on which skill they bring to the table given the circumstances.
* KillItWithFire: Liz is naturally capable of setting enemies, scenery and environments on fire, with the potential to damage allies as well.well.
* MegatonPunch: Hellboy’s “Big Right Hook” delivers an enormous amount of damage (if it makes contact) by spending twice the amount of action cubes.
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''Hellboy: The Board Game'' is a tabletop game developed by Mantic Games featuring characters and storylines from the ''Franchise/{{Hellboy}}'' universe.

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''Hellboy: The Board Game'' is a tabletop game developed by Mantic Games featuring characters and storylines from the ''Franchise/{{Hellboy}}'' universe. Released in 2019, ''Hellboy'' features two to four players selecting an agent from the B.P.R.D. and undertaking casefiles that feature numerous fights with minions, gathering of clues and battling with bosses from throughout the Hellboy canon.

Initial agents that can be chosen from the core game include Hellboy, Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman and Herman Schultz, with numerous agents such as Roger the Homunculus and Lobster Johnson being added through expansion packs.

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* KillItWithFire: Liz is naturally capable of setting enemies, scenery and environments on fire, with the potential to damage allies as well.
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''Hellboy: The Board Game'' is a tabletop game developed by Mantic Games featuring characters and storylines from the ''Franchise/{{Hellboy}}'' universe.

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