King of Tokyo

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King of Tokyo
Designer(s) Richard Garfield[1]
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 and released in 2011.[1]

Gameplay

King of Tokyo

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.[2][3]

Players throw 6 dice, and may rethrow some of them[2] like in the dice game Yahtzee.

Dice options include power, health, attack, 1, 2, and 3. With power dice, players collect power tokens to buy power cards with. With health dice, players can heal damage done to them. With attack dice, players outside Tokyo can attack players in Tokyo, or players in Tokyo can attack players outside. Three 1 dies score 1 point, three 2s score 2, and three 3s score 3. If a players ends with more than 3 of the same numbered dies, they score additional points per same numbered die.[2]

Expansions

  • 2012's Power Up! introduced evolution cards and a new monster: Pandakaï.[4]
  • 2013's Halloween collector pack includes 2 new monsters{Pumpkin Jack and Boogey Woogey) and their evolution cards, and 12 new costume power cards.[5][6]

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
    • Best Party Board Game Nominee (2011)[7]
    • Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee (2012)[7]
    • Best Children's Board Game Nominee (2012)[7]
    • Best Family Board Game Nominee (2012)[7]
    • Best Party Board Game Nominee (2012)[7]
    • Best Thematic Board Game Nominee (2012)[7]
  • Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Nominee (2011)[7]
  • Lucca Games Best Family Game Nominee (2011)[7]
  • Lys Grand Public Finalist (2011)[7]
  • As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee (2012)[7]
  • Gouden Ludo Nominee (2012)[7]
  • Boardgames Australia Awards Best International Game Nominee (2013)[7]
  • Juego del Año Tico Nominee (2013)[7]
  • Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Family Game Nominee (2013)[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "King of Tokyo". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2013-10-31. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "King of Tokyo rules" (PDF). Iello. Retrieved 2013-10-31. 
  3. ↑ Wells, John. "King of Tokyo- Review". Splitkick.com. Retrieved 31 December 2013. 
  4. ↑ "King of Tokyo: Power Up!". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2013-10-31. 
  5. ↑ "King of Tokyo: Halloween". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2013-10-31. 
  6. ↑ "King of Tokyo: Holloween". Retrieved 31 December 2013. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 "King of Tokyo". Retrieved 31 December 2013. 

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