The Color Monster

Should this hit the table?

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The Color Monster has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players need to be aware of and react to others' strategies frequently. However, there is not a strong emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.3

Low interaction

Scaling 4.4

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.5

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

The Color Monster has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players need to be aware of and react to others' strategies frequently. However, there is not a strong emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Replay value

The Color Monster has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, expansions available, strategic depth, scalability, and moderate easiness to learn. The game offers different experiences each time it is played, with multiple paths to victory and variable setups. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing the replay value. The game provides room for players to improve their strategy over time, with deep strategic possibilities. It adapts well to different player counts without compromising its appeal or balance. While it may take some time to learn, it is still manageable for most players. Overall, The Color Monster offers a fresh and engaging experience with high replayability.

Luck profile

The Color Monster has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. While there is some room for players to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions, luck still plays a significant role. The game has a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with neither element dominating the outcome.

Overview

What ABG knows about this game

Players in The Color Monster collaborate to help the Monster figure out his emotions. In turns, they roll the die that allows them to move the Monster around the board. When the Monster goes to a space with an emotion token, the player can pick it up and look for the right jar. The jars are all placed on shelves with their colors hidden. If the player chooses the jar which matches the color of the emotion, then they can place the emotion token into the jar. Otherwise, the jar goes back to the shelf as it was. In order to pick up an emotion token, players have to explain a memory or a situation in which they feel like the emotion they are picking up (Happiness, Sadness, Anger, Fear or Calm). The players can lose the game if the Monster gets too confused and they flip over too many mixed emotion jars, or win the game when the emotions are all placed in their correct jars. —description from the publisher

Mechanism

4

Cooperative Game Dice Rolling Memory Storytelling

Family

3

Components: Dice with Icons Creatures: Monsters Theme: Psychology

Type

1

Children's

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