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2021 Ranked #18,647

Box Monster

This cooperative tactile search game has players reach into a monster box and pull out matching objects before time runs out. Partners must find the same item simultaneously, while three missed missions end the game.

Action / Dexterity Children's Game Set Collection Cooperative Game

Players

2-4

Play time

10-20 min

Age

6+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

6.41

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A silly monster lives in my house! Box monster eats everything in my room.

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A silly monster lives in my house! Box monster eats everything in my room. A piece of pizza, my teddy bear and even grandma's false teeth! Then he has always stomach problem, of course. Help him to take out from his mouths the bad things he ate. Game Play Put all stuff tokens in the box and shake it. Shuffle the stuff cards and place the deck on the top of the box with hour glass and 3 life tokens. reveal the top of the stuff card and check the stuffs on it. Players put their hand in the same time inside the Box monster through the holes on 4 sides of the box. They have limited time to find the things by their shape. 2 Players always need to take out the same thing at the same time from the Box Monster to clear the mission. When they success, reveal the next card and turn the hourglass. If they failed to find the stuffs in time, they lose 1 life token. When they lose 3 life tokens, the game is over. When they finish all stuff cards, win the game. —description from the publisher

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
10–20 min
Age
6+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Romain Caterdjian

Artists

1
Marie Cardouat

Publishers

1
Mandoo Games

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