2022 · Horror

Monsters on Board

Players are rival monster lords racing to collect Spook Juice by scaring the townspeople of Startleton in the week before a big monster mixer. The game plays over six rounds of dice-drafting: players draft monster dice (Monster Lords) arriving in Fearmobiles, then assign them to the Order of Spider Jack to gain actions and, later, Spook Juice when Spider Jack is summoned. Each monster die has a scariness value that determines how much Spook Juice it generates but trades off with the number and strength of actions. Drafting also moves matching Grunt miniatures through the town to frighten citizens and earn bonus actions and end-game Spook Juice. Players also draft Arch Monsters and Ghosts and score additional Spook Juice for fulfilling Prophecy cards, terrorizing the town, and appeasing Arch Monsters; the most Spook Juice wins.

groupPlayers

1–4 best 3

schedulePlaying time

45–60 min

cakeAge

12+

psychologyComplexity

2.8 / 5