This was bourn from my frustration over "Monsters" playing for points and dancing about singing, "tee-he, tee-he, I won, I won..."; very unmonsterous! Monsters are for fighting, this isn't the Care Bear Parade!
I came up with this one day, tired of several players trying to attack and damage while other players sat on the sides healing and rolling for points. Usually the points would prevail. With some tweaks from the usual gaming crew it has become our default game for over a year now. We have found this variant extremely addicting, playable and amazingly well balanced.
RULES
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There are no points, you can only win by eliminating all other monsters!!!
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When entering Tokyo you get +1 Health
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When attacking from tokyo you get +1 Damage
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Number Modifiers work as before, but only apply to hearts or claws; Example: a roll of [2,2,2,2,heart,claw] would net either 4(3+1)damage + 1 health or 4(3+1) health + 1 damage, because the +3(2,2,2,2) can be applied to either the claw or heart. NOTE: you must have a natural claw or heart to apply number modifiers, so a roll of 3,3,3,3,3,3=NOTHING, but 3,3,3,3,3,claw=6 damage.
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Cards: Some cards will be zeroed out, like "National Guard", 2 Stars(health) and 2 damage, because now all stars count as health. Cards like "Nuclear Power Plant" 3 stars and 2 health will heal you +5. BTW, you're going to need healing, believe me. Also the card Evacuation Orders is extra dangerous, damaging everyone 5, so you'll need to be careful and wipe the board if needed.
That's it and even though I know your thinking, "That's crazy and can't work", it really does and is very enjoyable and surprisingly balanced. We have played also played this variant with the expansion pack and works great, but we require natural hearts to evolve.
Please try it and then decide!
Viking
I came up with this one day, tired of several players trying to attack and damage while other players sat on the sides healing and rolling for points. Usually the points would prevail. With some tweaks from the usual gaming crew it has become our default game for over a year now. We have found this variant extremely addicting, playable and amazingly well balanced.
RULES
There are no points, you can only win by eliminating all other monsters!!! When entering Tokyo you get +1 Health When attacking from tokyo you get +1 Damage Number Modifiers work as before, but only apply to hearts or claws; Example: a roll of [2,2,2,2,heart,claw] would net either 4(3+1)damage + 1 health or 4(3+1) health + 1 damage, because the +3(2,2,2,2) can be applied to either the claw or heart. NOTE: you must have a natural claw or heart to apply number modifiers, so a roll of 3,3,3,3,3,3=NOTHING, but 3,3,3,3,3,claw=6 damage. Cards: Some cards will be zeroed out, like "National Guard", 2 Stars(health) and 2 damage, because now all stars count as health. Cards like "Nuclear Power Plant" 3 stars and 2 health will heal you +5. BTW, you're going to need healing, believe me. Also the card Evacuation Orders is extra dangerous, damaging everyone 5, so you'll need to be careful and wipe the board if needed. That's it and even though I know your thinking, "That's crazy and can't work", it really does and is very enjoyable and surprisingly balanced. We have played also played this variant with the expansion pack and works great, but we require natural hearts to evolve.
Please try it and then decide!
Viking