Description:
Everyone has heard of Richard GARFIELD, designer of the famous collectible card game Magic : the Gathering, as well as Roborally and the Great Dalmuti. With KING OF TOKYO, Richard Garfield offers us a crazy game for 2 to 6 players in which you will be able to play mutant monsters, gigantic robots and other monstrous creatures, all of whom are happily whacking each other in a joyous atmosphere in order to become the one and only King of Tokyo.
When it is your turn to play, you throw six dice. Each die bears the following six symbols: 1, 2 or 3 Points of Destruction, Energy, Healing and Whack. In three successive throws, you are going to choose whether to keep or discard each die in order to come up with combinations that will enable you to win destruction points, hoard energy, restore your health or whack other players into understanding Tokyo is YOUR territory.
The fiercest player will be crowned King of Tokyo… and will end up facing all the other monsters alone!
Top this off with special cards that you can purchase with energy and that have a permanent or temporary effect, such as the growing of a second head which grants you an additional dice, body armor, nova death ray, and more… and you hold one of the most explosive games of the year!
In order to win the game, one must either destroy Tokyo by accumulating 20 destruction points, or be the only surviving monster once the fighting has ended.
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WaterSilver
May 9, 2013 at 1:57 PM (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Klapocius: It works exactly like Tokyo. If you attack and both spots are empty, you go to Tokyo. If you attack and only Tokyo Bay is empty, you attack the person in Tokyo. They can choose to leave. If they do, you go to Tokyo, if not, you go to Tokyo Bay. If you attack (and are outside), and both Tokyo and Tokyo Bay are occupied you deal damage to both. They each have the choice to leave. If only one chooses to leave, you take their spot. If both choose to leave, you go to Tokyo and Tokyo Bay is opened up again.
If you are in Tokyo or Tokyo Bay and attack, you hit everyone outside, as normal. Hope that helps. :)
WaterSilver
May 9, 2013 at 1:26 PM (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Amazing game overall. Probably one of the best to introduce new players, or a game for people who aren’t hardcore gamers. Easy for anyone to learn and play!
Klapocius
April 30, 2013 at 6:03 PM (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I played it once and instantly fell in love with the game, si I bought it and now bring it with me whenever I go to see some friends. The game is simple (seriously, just throw some dices), but you wtill need to choose when to yield or when to stay in tokyo and manage your energy points to buy the right abilities.
The extension adds another dimension (Gameplay dimension, not an actual one) and gives a boost to the game (not like it needed a boost, but it is still awesome).
One thing, though, is that I never understood how to play at 5 or more (the tokyo bay part), so can someone explain it to me?
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