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Monster Maker box art
1988 Ranked #18,078

Monster Maker

A dungeon-race card game has explorers play corridor cards, fight monsters, reach distant markers, and return with treasures. Collected prizes provide points and aid deeper expeditions, so progress must survive repeated interruptions.

Card Game Fantasy Creatures: Monsters Series: Monster Maker (Arclight)

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

6.17

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 3.9/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In this game, similar in some ways to Mille Bornes, players attempt to play corridor cards to progress down into a dungeon. Monster cards are played to stop a players progress, while character cards can be played to combat them.

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In this game, similar in some ways to Mille Bornes, players attempt to play corridor cards to progress down into a dungeon. Monster cards are played to stop a players progress, while character cards can be played to combat them. By reaching the 100 distance mark and returning, treasures and prizes are collected, which can give victory points and also aid in exploring further dungeons. When prizes run out, whoever has the most valuable collection wins. Expanded by: Monster Maker: The Queen of Darkness (This is an unlicensed expansion)

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
3–5
Play time
30 min
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Ginichiro Suzuki

Artists

1
Kugatsuhime

Publishers

4
Alice Soft Arclight Games Galaxy Plan Inc. Sho-Kikaku