Exterminate! (game)
Exterminate! was a tabletop roleplaying game published by Warlord Games as part of their Into the Time Vortex miniature series.
Exterminate! was released as a game playable in its own right featuring Daleks and Cybermen, but the game was created to be playable with the characters featured in 45 other releases in Into the Time Vortex which came with compatible character cards and miniatures.
Publisher's summary
Two of the Doctor's most ancient and relentless foes – the hateful Daleks and emotionless Cybermen – clash as they seek to to fulfil their own nefarious ends in this fast-paced tabletop miniatures game.
Amongst this titanic conflict, the Doctor protects the Time Vortex the only way he knows how – with ever-changing companions, the TARDIS, and a sonic device...
Take control of either the Daleks or the Cybermen. Pit your wits against your adversaries as you attempt to gather resources vital to your plans before they fall into the hands of your opponents. Build your force from a variety of options and recruit other factions to your cause – whatever it takes to ensure you have the advantage over your foes!
An eternity of adventures awaits you…
Summary
Exterminate! is a "scenario-driven skirmish wargame", in which two players play out skirmishes between two factions. The game came with two grid-based setting mats for gameplay and various obstacles to be placed on them. Players compete for "victory points", which are obtained in various ways epending on the scenario, often involving objective markers known as Vortex Nodes.
Each character in the game has an associated miniature figure and set of cards which dictate their possible actions and position in a faction. Players could also customize factions with the use of "Agents", individual characters brought into one's faction either from other factions or (in the expanded game) from certain Into the Time Vortex releases.
Guide to the Time Vortex
The Guide to the Time Vortex booklet explained how to play Exterminate! as a Dalek and Cyberman faction, as well as any of the other neutral factions obtained through purchase of sets in Into the Time Vortex.
The booklet explains the general setting for the game. The Children of Skaro, operating under Davros and the Supreme Dalek, are enacting a "Master Plan" to assemble a Time Destructor. Their Master Plan brings them on a series of missions throughout space to acquire certain components, resources, and the power of the Time Vortex. Beyond their own forces, Daleks have recruited willing allies and manipulated unsuspecting races into conflicts which will further their goal. Meanwhile, the Cybermen are waging their mission of total Cyberization across the universe, using their own forces, willing allies, and partially Cyber-converted humanoids. These opposing quests will bring the two species in conflict with each other.
The booklet included a set of 6 simple scenarios that acted as chapters of the Dalek's Master Plan.
Scenario 1: A Meeting of Metal
The conflict between the Daleks and Cybermen begins when both races seek crystals imbued with Vortex Energy which are in a crashed spaceship.
Scenario 2: Ship of Death
One of the factions prepares to launch a powerful starship with a stellar convertor that will turn the tides of the Dalek-Cyberman war in their favour. An opposing incursion force breaks into the ship to stop it being launched.
Scenario 3: Countdown to Oblivion
Two factions fight for Vortex Nodes on a mysterious abandoned ship filled with spatial anomalies and a mysterious countdown.
Scenario 4: The Gathering Storm
As forces begin assembling for the final showdown, a depleted faction tries to buy time for their side by launching a sacrificial attack on the winning side.
Scenario 5: Doomsday
The winning faction arrives at a place where the Time Vortex will give its secrets, however they realize they have been tricked by the Doctor and that they are actually on a planet stuck in no-space. Stuck at the end of the road, the factions battle once more.
Scenario 6: The Zone
Two factions fight for Vortex Crystals on the planet Mira Alpha.
Adventures
The Adventures booklet detailed how to play the game as the Doctor's faction. The Doctor's faction's role in the setting of Exterminate! is to interfere with the missions of the Daleks and the Cybermen, as well as any other faction the players chose to use in their scenarios.
The booklet included two scenarios for use with the Doctor's faction.
Scenario 1: If In Doubt… Run!
The Doctor's faction is separated from their TARDIS and being chased by another faction. They must run to escape.
Scenario 2: Time Junction
The Doctor and companions visit a planet where time was broken by the Great Time War. As the Doctor tries to fix time, they will fight another faction.
Characters
Base game
- The following characters had character cards included in the Exterminate! box.
Dalek faction
Cyberman faction
The Doctor's faction
Other factions
- Judoon
- Judoon leader
- Judoon enforcers
- Zygons
- Silence
Into the Time Vortex Expansions
- The following characters had cards released in other products in the Into the Time Vortex line.
Dalek faction
Cyberman faction
The Doctor's faction
Other factions
- Tetraps
- Clockwork Droids
- Sea Devils
- Ogrons
- Slitheen
- Vervoids
- Draconians
- Movellans
- Ice Warriors
- Dominators and Quarks
- Sontarans
- Jingo Linx, allied with Irongron
- Staal
- The Mire
- Autons
- Papal Mainframe
- Headless Monks
- Pyroviles
- Time Lords
- Rassilon the Redeemer
- Twelfth General
- Gallifreyan Guards
Agents
- Agents were individual characters who could be recruited by a faction.
- The Ghost
- Sim
- Yana
- Chantho
- Abzorbaloff
- Me
- Fisher King
- The Master
- Decayed Master
- Tremas Master
- Saxon Master
Non-playable characters
- Some characters integrated into the game as non-playable third parties who were threats to both players.
Crew
- Original Doctor Who Concept - BBC
- Game Design - Wayne P. Bollands, Ricard Fortun
- Rules Editors & Scenarios - Roger Gerrish, Mike Bradford
- Content & Graphic Design - Ulissa Razzini, Anna Bereza
- Miniature Design & Photography - Warlord Games
- Miniature Painting - Kirsten Williams
- Playtesters - William Ballands-Straw, Mike Bradford, Adam Cooper, Charlie Coult, Ricard Fortun, Roger Gerrish, Mal Green, Karl Tebbutt
Worldbuilding
- The Doctor is known as "The Goblin", "The Trickster", "The Oncoming Storm", "Lord of Death", and "Doctor Mysterio".
- The Time Destructor is also called the "Chaos Engine", "Hell Bringer", or "reality bomb".
- The Pathweb is partially telepathic.
Story notes
- The painting guide for the Cybermen miniatures in Guide to the Time Vortex refers to the Weapons-grade Cybermen as "Time War Cybermen".
- The descriptions of the Pathweb and Cyberiad in Guide to the Time Vortex essentially describe in-universe explanations for the dynamic of a single player controlling a team of Daleks or Cybermen, giving the implication that the player is playing as the Pathweb or Cyberiad.
Continuity
- The plot resembles TV: The Daleks' Master Plan [+]Loading...["The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)"].
- The reality bomb from TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"] is said to be the same as the Time Destructor from TV: The Daleks' Master Plan [+]Loading...["The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)"].
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