2019Aron West
- Videos
- 1
- Creators
- 1
Unboxings
2 - 5 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
Monster Pit
2023Nick Seddon, Aron West
- Videos
- 18
- Creators
- 13
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Monster Pit is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 1 other video.
1 - 5 players
60 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
Monster Pit features tableau building, dice drafting, and hand management in a fully co-operative, fantasy adventure game. During the game, loyal Captains must rally their forces to defend the Citadel against the emerging threat of a creature from the deep. Think Gandalf rallying the forces of Minas Tirith in Return of the King. This is not a tower defense game, but blends several mechanisms including dice drafting (there are custom dice and rolls can be mitigated), tableau building (the player boards are extra large to organize the various cards), and worker placement (in terms of the various buildings your Captain will visit). Your Captain's tableau will include soldiers, wizards, heroes, mounts, and wyverns. Some of these characters are for offensive purposes (attacking the Monster etc) and some for defensive purposes (building your resources including your dice pool). During the game player will also complete quests for the King, buy items from the Town Hall, ride a Mount, fight creatures in the streets of the Citadel, upgrade their Captain at the Armoury, visit the Dwarven Grotto for gold, and find helpful trinkets in the Fountain. The game supports "true solo" (a solo player need only control one Captain), fully co-op multiplayer against the Monster, one vs one (one player controls the Captain, the other player controls the Monster), or one player (controlling the Monster) vs up to four Captains. All play modes feature long or short variants. There are five monsters included in the game (Dragon, Enchantress, Behemoth, Vampire Queen, and Orc War Chief) both featuring "A" and "B" sides for greater challenge and variation. The game engine can be further adjusted with Difficulty Tokens. -description from the publisher
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Which Monster Pit video should I watch?
Monster Pit has 18 videos from 13 creators: 7 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 4 playthroughs, 2 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2022 to November 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "Monster Pit 🧌🏰- How to Play Board Game" by Meeple University, which runs 23 min. For a quicker teach, "Monster Pit - Combat Explanation with Designer" by Elzra Games runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Monster Pit Review: You're The Captain Now!" by The Dice Tower. 7 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Monster Pit - 3 Captain vs Enchantress Full Playthrough" by Elzra Games, one of 4 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Catacombs (Third Edition): The Ice Box, Catacombs & Castles (Second Edition): Big Box, Catacombs: Red Box and Catacombs: Black Box, also by Aron West. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2023.
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Elzra Games
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2023Aron West
- Videos
- 1
- Creators
- 1
Unboxings
2 - 8 players30 - 60 min
About Monster Pit
From BoardGameGeek:
Monster Pit features tableau building, dice drafting, and hand management in a fully co-operative, fantasy adventure game. During the game, loyal Captains must rally their forces to defend the Citadel against the emerging threat of a creature from the deep. Think Gandalf rallying the forces of Minas Tirith in Return of the King. This is not a tower defense game, but blends several mechanisms including dice drafting (there are custom dice and rolls can be mitigated), tableau building (the player boards are extra large to organize the various cards), and worker placement (in terms of the various buildings your Captain will visit). Your Captain's tableau will include soldiers, wizards, heroes, mounts, and wyverns. Some of these characters are for offensive purposes (attacking the Monster etc) and some for defensive purposes (building your resources including your dice pool). During the game player will also complete quests for the King, buy items from the Town Hall, ride a Mount, fight creatures in the streets of the Citadel, upgrade their Captain at the Armoury, visit the Dwarven Grotto for gold, and find helpful trinkets in the Fountain. The game supports "true solo" (a solo player need only control one Captain), fully co-op multiplayer against the Monster, one vs one (one player controls the Captain, the other player controls the Monster), or one player (controlling the Monster) vs up to four Captains. All play modes feature long or short variants. There are five monsters included in the game (Dragon, Enchantress, Behemoth, Vampire Queen, and Orc War Chief) both featuring "A" and "B" sides for greater challenge and variation. The game engine can be further adjusted with Difficulty Tokens. -description from the publisher
Designers
Nick Seddon, Aron West
Artists
Carly A-F, Kwanchai Moriya
Publisher
Elzra
Mechanics