King of Tokyo
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| Designer(s) | Richard Garfield[1] |
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| Publisher(s) | IELLO[1] |
| Players | 2 to 6[1] |
| Age range | 8+[1] |
| Playing time | 30 minutes[1] |
King of Tokyo is a tabletop game using custom dice, cards, and boards, designed by Richard Garfield (creator of Magic: The Gathering) and released in 2011.[1] A New York City-based edition, King of New York, was published in 2014.[2] A new version of the game was released in 2016, with all new artwork and characters, as well as mutant monsters, gigantic robots and other creatures.
Gameplay
Players choose one of six monsters (Alienoid, Cyber Bunny, Giga Zaur, Kraken, Meka Dragon, and The King) which comes with a scoring board. The winner is the first player to reach 20 points, or the only player to have any health.[3][4]
Players throw 6 dice, and may reroll some of them[3] as in the dice game Yahtzee.
Die faces are power, health, attack, 1, 2, and 3. With power dice, players collect power tokens to buy power cards with. With health dice, players outside Tokyo heal damage done to them. With attack dice, players outside Tokyo attack players in Tokyo, or players in Tokyo attack players outside. Three 1 dice score 1 point, three 2s score 2, and three 3s score 3. Any additional same-numbered die scores 1 additional point.[3]
Expansions
- 2012's Power Up! introduced 56 evolution cards, 7 tokens, and a new monster: Pandakaï.[5]
- 2013's Halloween collector pack includes 2 new monsters (Pumpkin Jack and Boogey Woogey) and their 16 evolution cards, 12 new costume power cards, promo card for King of New York, and 6 orange dice.[6][7]
Awards
- Golden geek
- Best Children's Game (2012)
- Best Family Board Game (2012)
- Best Party Game (2012)
- Ludoteca Ideale (2012)
- Nederlandse Spellenprijs: Best Family Game (2013)[1]
Honors
- Golden geek
- Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Nominee (2011)[8]
- Lucca Games Best Family Game Nominee (2011)[8]
- Lys Grand Public Finalist (2011)[8]
- As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee (2012)[8]
- Gouden Ludo Nominee (2012)[8]
- Boardgames Australia Awards Best International Game Nominee (2013)[8]
- Juego del Año Tico Nominee (2013)[8]
- Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Family Game Nominee (2013)[8]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "King of Tokyo". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ↑ "King of New York". Board Game Geek. Retrieved 2014-01-03
- 1 2 3 "King of Tokyo rules" (PDF). Iello. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ↑ Wells, John. "King of Tokyo- Review". Splitkick.com. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "King of Tokyo: Power Up!". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ↑ "King of Tokyo: Halloween". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ↑ "King of Tokyo: Holloween". Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "King of Tokyo". Retrieved 31 December 2013.