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2015 Ranked #8,431

Terrible Monster

A two-player battle card game has opponents play attacks and counters to reduce each other’s lives. Limited hands and counter tokens make each exchange a tactical decision over when to escalate.

Card Game Fantasy Hand Management Players: Two-Player Only Games

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.64/5

Rating

6.51

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Terrible Monster is a battle card game for two players.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hand Management

Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
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Terrible Monster is a battle card game for two players. Each player starts with four lives, two counter tokens, and a hand of five cards from the deck of 16 cards, with players taking turns to draw a card and play up to two cards against each other, possibly countering or re-countering them. The first player to defeat the other player wins.

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Category

3
Card Game Fantasy Fighting

Mechanism

1
Hand Management

Family

2
Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
10 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Shun Taguchi

Artists

3
Amelicart (?????) Isabel Bollmann Aya Taguchi

Publishers

1
Studio GG

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