2023Steve Margetson, Sherwin Matthews
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1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight

2023Mat Hart, Sherwin Matthews, Jamie Perkins
Mainly reviews and unboxings. Monster Hunter World: The Board Game is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 22 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 12 recorded sessions, 21 unboxings, and 11 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Inspired by the video game Monster Hunter World: Ancient Forest brings three ‘M's and four ‘C's to your tabletop: massive monster minis in a cooperative, choose-your-own-adventure-style combat campaign! Become a hunter of the Fifth Fleet to track down and slay the fearsome monsters roaming the New World. Protect basecamp and craft new equipment with the loot collected from your fallen foes, so you can take on bigger and badder beasts! Gather your party of 1-4 hunters* and venture out on quests made up of three phases. The choose-your-own-adventure element gives players five unique ways to approach each monster before engaging in combat. Enter dynamic and dangerous combat where positioning and teamwork are vital to success. Leap away from devastating attacks and strike when the opportunity presents. It's vital you manage the threat, juggling which of your party members is drawing the monster's attention at any given moment. Where you strike matters, too. Earn the loot you need for the weapons you want by targeting different areas of a monster and wearing it down over time. Use your player board to track your health, stamina, and equipment. Just like in the video game, your weapon is essentially your hunter class, with a unique deck of cards and upgrades you can swap out by crafting to gain newer (and more powerful!) bonuses and attacks. Combat is controlled by cards which you'll use to create combos, meaning you'll string together attacks at the cost of stamina. Keep an eye on your stamina to balance your offensive and defensive moves, or you might find yourself caught out and crushed by a massive monster attack! Monster Hunter World includes a solo mode, where you can control a pair of hunters and quest to your heart's content.
Monster Hunter World: The Board Game has 72 videos from 41 creators: 22 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 12 playthroughs, 21 unboxings and 11 other videos. They date from 2021 to May 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play: Monster Hunter World The Board Game" by CynicallyAwesome, which runs 32 min. For a quicker teach, "Monster Hunter World Boardgame Ancient Forest Review" by Tabletop Duo runs 10 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Monster Hunter World: The Board Game Review - Can Steamforged Pull It Off?" by BoardGameCo. 18 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Monster Hunter World: The Board Game - Playthrough" by BoardGameCo, one of 12 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Resident Evil: The Board Game, Bardsung, Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game and Resident Evil 3: The Board Game, also by Sherwin Matthews. It appears in convention videos from GAMA Expo 2023.
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2023Steve Margetson, Sherwin Matthews
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
2022Mat Hart, Sherwin Matthews, Fraser McFetridge
1 - 5 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
2020Sherwin Matthews
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
2021Sherwin Matthews
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Inspired by the video game Monster Hunter World: Ancient Forest brings three ‘M's and four ‘C's to your tabletop: massive monster minis in a cooperative, choose-your-own-adventure-style combat campaign! Become a hunter of the Fifth Fleet to track down and slay the fearsome monsters roaming the New World. Protect basecamp and craft new equipment with the loot collected from your fallen foes, so you can take on bigger and badder beasts! Gather your party of 1-4 hunters* and venture out on quests made up of three phases. The choose-your-own-adventure element gives players five unique ways to approach each monster before engaging in combat. Enter dynamic and dangerous combat where positioning and teamwork are vital to success. Leap away from devastating attacks and strike when the opportunity presents. It's vital you manage the threat, juggling which of your party members is drawing the monster's attention at any given moment. Where you strike matters, too. Earn the loot you need for the weapons you want by targeting different areas of a monster and wearing it down over time. Use your player board to track your health, stamina, and equipment. Just like in the video game, your weapon is essentially your hunter class, with a unique deck of cards and upgrades you can swap out by crafting to gain newer (and more powerful!) bonuses and attacks. Combat is controlled by cards which you'll use to create combos, meaning you'll string together attacks at the cost of stamina. Keep an eye on your stamina to balance your offensive and defensive moves, or you might find yourself caught out and crushed by a massive monster attack! Monster Hunter World includes a solo mode, where you can control a pair of hunters and quest to your heart's content.
Designers
Mat Hart, Sherwin Matthews, Jamie Perkins
Artists
Russ Charles, Thomas Lishman, Doug Telford, Holly Woolford
Publisher
Steamforged Games Ltd.
Categories
Mechanics