Big Monster
Big Monster is a smart drafting and tile laying board game for 2-6 players, with three game modes (completitive, team or 2-3 players)
Welcome to a colorful world inhabited by the most marvelous monsters !
Big Monster takes you to an unknown and exuberant planet where you will discover strange monsters and rare crystals, but also compete with other explorers to fulfill various missions.
Each turn, players pick a tile from their hand and connect it to their planet area symbolizing the discovery of the planet. Then each player has to quickly assign the remaining tiles to another player of its choice - choosing either to help his/her partner, or hinder an opponent.
This innovative draft playing creates a lot of interaction between the players and asks them to face some difficult choices.
Fun, tactic, with simple rules and easy to play, Big Monster is a game for family but also expert players
Number of players: 2 - 6
Game duration: 17 mn
Complexity: 2 / 5
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No download necessary - play directly from your web browser.
With your friends and thousands of players from the whole world.
Free.
Rules summary
Gameplay
- All players draw 2 explorers and discard one.
- The game consists of 2 rounds. Each round has 9 turns.
- At the start of the round, each player draws 10 tiles.
- On a turn, everyone adds a tile to their areas (cannot be rotated) and pass their hand to another player.
- If a mutant monster is connected to a mutagenic monster, it mutates and score more points.
- If a player cannot pass their hand, they take the dragon token. At the end of each round, the owner of the dragon loses 5 points.
- Afterwards, if anyone fufill the requirements for a medal, they gain it. All medals have 5 points, except desert (10) and penality (-10).
End of the Game
- The game ends after 2 rounds.
- At the end of the game, the player with the least number of deserts and runes receive the penality medal. On a tie, they all receive a medal.
- Proceed to scoring. Mutant monsters and dragons score points on them. Big monster scores 1 if incomplete, or 11 if complete.
- Swamp monsters scores 2 points for each swamp monster in the area. Grassland monsters and explorers score under conditions.
- Each green crystal scores 2 points, each pink crystal scores 5 points and each blue crystal scores 10 points.
- In individual mode, the player with the most points wins. In team mode, Only the lower score is kept. The team with a higher score wins.
- If there is a tie, compare big monster points (individual) or compare higher score.
Variants
Team Mode
- In team mode, there are team medals. Their conditions are based on the total contribution of all teammates. All teammates receive the medal.
- When scoring, only the lowest score is kept.
- If there is a tie, compare the highest score first, then the number of big monsters.
2 or 3 Players
- There is no drafting. Instead, on a turn, the first player reveals tiles equal to double the number of players.
- Starting from the first player, each player places a tile and discards one.
- The second player will be the first player on the next turn.