Editing Lost Patrol (section)

===Gameplay===
One player takes control of a group of [[Scout|Space Marine Scouts]] (the eponymous lost patrol) trapped on a jungle [[Death World]]. His goal is to find the Marines' dropship and get the fuck off that hellhole. The second player controls the [[Genestealer|"local fauna"]]. His goal is to cackle maniacally while the Scouts drop like flies.

The game is played on a modular map consisting of hex tiles that is continually expanded as the Scouts move along. It is so ridiculously unbalanced that even finding the dropship is considered a major victory for the Marines. Consider [[Space Hulk]]: goddamn ''[[Terminator]]s'' have a hard time against [[genestealer]]s. According to Thornton himself, [[Dwarf Fortress|this is intentional and part of the fun]]. The only way to make Lost Patrol "fair" is to take turns at playing the marines and see who gets eaten faster.