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2011 Ranked #8,664

Monster Trap

A team dexterity game has players coordinate two sliders to guide monsters into a central trap before Grandma arrives. One controls each direction, so communication and synchronized movement decide who catches the most.

Children's Action / Dexterity Children's Game Team-Based Game Creatures: Monsters

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

1.16/5

Rating

6.13

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The monsters are loose again! Well, that's actually not a bad thing because they make living in this mansion really fun!

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The monsters are loose again! Well, that's actually not a bad thing because they make living in this mansion really fun! But right now Grandma Frieda is standing outside the front door and she is terribly frightened of monsters. You must catch them all and hide them from Grandma before she sees them! In Monster Trap, players use the sliders to push the monster as quickly as possible to the middle of the mansion and into the monster trap! You will have to work together on teams to do this: one player controls the monster's lateral movements, the other the longitudinal movements. Whoever has pushed the most monsters into the trap by the end of the game is the best monster catcher — and wins the game.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
3–4
Play time
20 min
Age
6+
Complexity
1.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Markus Brand Inka Brand

Artists

1
Michael Menzel

Publishers

5
999 Games Competo / Marektoy IELLO KOSMOS Red Glove

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