Kingdom Death: Monster

Should this hit the table?

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Moderate level of player interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to others' strategies and turns, but cooperation is not a major focus.

Teach 2.8

Teaching signal

Replay 4.2

High replayability

Interaction 3.8

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.3

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.2

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of player interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to others' strategies and turns, but cooperation is not a major focus.

Replay value

Kingdom Death: Monster has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, expansions available, strategic depth, and scalability. The game offers different experiences each time it is played, with the presence of impactful expansions adding new content and gameplay elements. There is room for players to improve their strategy over time, and the game adapts well to different player counts. While it may not be the easiest game to learn, it offers a rewarding and engaging experience for those willing to invest the time.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Kingdom Death: Monster is 4.33 out of 10. The game has a low randomness impact, with random elements playing a minimal role in determining the outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning, resulting in a high strategic mitigation rating. The game is heavily dependent on player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role. Overall, Kingdom Death: Monster offers a balanced mix of luck and strategy.

Overview

What ABG knows about this game

Kingdom Death: Monster is a fully cooperative tabletop hobby game experience. Set in a unique nightmarish world devoid of most natural resources, you control a settlement at the dawn of its existence. Fight monsters, craft weapons and gear, and develop your settlement to ensure your survival from generation to generation. Campaign System Embark alone or with up to 3 friends (5 with game variant) on a 5-30-lantern-year campaign, with each year consisting of a cycle of hunt, showdown, and settlement phases. The settlement phase is an intricate civilization building game in which you spend very limited resources to build buildings, research new technologies, train your warriors, and set up your strategy for survival. During the hunt, you'll encounter a series of stories in a "choose your own adventure" style journey through various events and encounters. Finally, when you meet the monster you're pursuing, you'll engage it in an a massive arena-style battle where only one party is going to survive. If your party lives, you'll be able to bring the spoils back home to use in expanding your settlement. Monster AI System Each of the 7 monsters included are controlled by their own pair of decks that scale to 3 levels of difficulty (except for the final encounter, which has only 1 level and it's HARD!). Every encounter, even with the same monster, is highly variable and no two showdowns will resolve the same way. Players will have to plan their gear and keep their minds sharp to prevail. Gear System In Kingdom Death: Monster, survivors will craft gear from resources earned from defeating monsters or found on their hunt. Each survivor has a 3x3 gear grid. Selection and arrangement of your gear cards is critical, as many provided bonuses and activate special rules when aligned correctly. Story Event System 40+ Story Events plus over 100 hunt encounters will shape and guide your campaign. Story Events detail important evolutions in your civilization, introduce new monsters, and provide rich detail for your campaign. Some will trigger automatically as you progress through the campaign, but most will be entirely based on choices players make. Story Events cover everything from setting up and fighting a monster to key events that happen within the overall story. Some are triggered directly from the timeline and others from choices you make in game.

Mechanism

5

Cooperative Game Critical Hits and Failures Dice Rolling Grid Movement Role Playing

Family

6

Components: Miniatures Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Game: Kingdom Death Monster Mechanism: Campaign Games Players: Games with Solitaire Rules Theme: Boss Battle

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Thematic

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