Watch “Tabletop Grudge Match: Infection at Outpost 31 vs The Thing,” a board game review for The Thing: The Boardgame from NinjaGeek Games on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by NinjaGeek Games on YouTube:
The Thing is a classic horror movie that has been adapted into a hidden role game with traitor mechanics. But, which one replicates the film better?
In Tabletop Grudge Match we compare both games with regards to components, game mechanics and table talk in a head to head battle.
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Mainly unboxings and reviews. The Thing: The Boardgame is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 15 reviews, 11 how-to-play guides, 15 recorded sessions, 16 unboxings, and 7 other videos.
1 - 8 players
60 - 90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About The Thing: The Boardgame, from BoardGameGeek:
The Thing is a game that mixes different mechanisms to create an experience that is as faithful as possible to that of the original film. It is a "hidden role" game, in which one player is initially the Thing and the others players are humans. The purpose of the Thing is to infect others, to prevent the survivors from escaping from the base (which can happen three different ways), or to try to escape with them by behaving as a human.
In addition to these elements, players also have to manage Outpost 31. On the map are the same rooms as seen in the film, and each of these rooms allows players to perform a different action. Human players have to feed themselves and keep the boiler and the generator on to avoid being in the cold and dark. The Thing will try to sabotage these places to make life difficult for humans...or not, trying to camouflage itself among the humans and infect them when the perfect opportunity presents itself.
The goal of the game designers was to bring the same personal emotions and paranoia that the protagonists of the film experienced to the gaming table.