Carnival of Monsters

2019 · Fantasy

Carnival of Monsters

Players compete as aspiring monstrologists who travel to exotic lands, draft Land cards to discover strange creatures, and add captured Monsters to their menageries. Staff cards and a small stipend let players hire helpers and fund expeditions, while Secret Goal cards steer individual strategies. Play proceeds over four Seasons of card drafting and tableau-building, with points scored for displayed Monsters, completed Goals, and collected Crowns.

Players
2–5 best 4
Playing time
45 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.2 / 5
7.3 on Ludoyafrom $25.93Card GameSet CollectionDice RollingClosed Drafting

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342
Plays logged
323
Players
45m 12s
Average play
58
In collections
9
On wishlists

7.3/10

from 51 Ludoya reviews

  • Garfield4.0

    It's ok. But the game plays you. And I won just because I got the right companions at the start. I won with 150 to 100 to the second place. It's just too random and luck based what season it is and which cards you get. I had 5 companions and the card showed up which gave me 3 VPs for every companion... And then you have to roll dice for keeping the monsters. If someone is lucky he doesn't have to pay anything and if someone has bad luck he has to take 2 loands (-10VPs) and also has to spend the received money to keep the monster. Double penalty. [c] Theme: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Gameplay: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Drafting, collect monsters --> Interaction: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Only which cards you want to remove so another doesn't get it --> Artwork: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very nice --> Luck: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Random cards, dice rolling --> Strategy: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Very little --> Components: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok, nothing special --> Play duration: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Perfect (60min) --> Easy to teach: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Quite easy (20min) --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]Not read --> Setup time: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> No downtime: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Almost no downtime --> Replay value: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Random cards --> [/c]

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  • Toni Cutillas7.9

    - Base -

    First impressions · 1 play

  • SrCornelius7.5

    Local-(319)

    First impressions · 1 play

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