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How the hell they could think single sided standees are acceptable? We'r not playing Stratego here, buddy... Great explanation though, thank you.

I ordered this game because Rahdo loved it. I’m glad to hear you also like it. Thanks for the video.

I was hoping this would be as fun as Pendragon's The Thing Boardgame. The empty board is a bit of a downer, and an erratic rulebook is always something I steer away from since it results in arguments on game night lol. So far, Pendragon's The Thing and Legendary Big Trouble In Little China are two fantastic boardgames which really bring John Carpenter's movies to life--I love playing them!❤

Thank you for this review of Maps of Misterra :-)

Thank you for the review of this game!

Hi Marco, from the Netherlands here. Watching your video’s for years now. Have to say I respect your broadening of scope, moving away from only the wargames. But I really miss your reviews of the wargame, they have grown scarce now… Well, all things change. All best over there, Harry

i just saw this come up and i was really interested to find out they made a game of this,as i had a vague memory i thought i recall seeing something on a video that somebody was maybe making a game based on the movie. idk if its worth getting though now. lol thanks for reviewing and showing Marco!

Definitely picking this up, your videos are very well done

I think the audience for this game is more for big fans of the film vs casual fans. It's the theme of being in and reliving the movie with different outcomes that's the draw. The movie is a complete story that the game is specifically based on, therfore it wasn't intended to have new discoveries or a broader scope of story outside the movie.

With this review one game exits the shopping list! 😊

Monikers really is a great game. I've also played it at 3 players and it works quite well too.

What about difficulty and dying?

I’m huge fan of this movie but decided to pass as I didn’t like the gameplay.

If there's 6 8 or 10 12 carnage entrance places, u could randomly roll dice 4 entry,,,??? To make solo possible !! ? 🪶🪶👍

Oh man, disappointing. I was hoping it would be good. Long wait and alot of $

Hah! I distinctly remember thinking awhile back, "they should make a game about that movie".

How did you get yours already??

Thank you for this video! I would love to see more videos about games you played once and why they didn't work for you. That can be a very useful warning about things to look out for, even for people who like the game. I find it very unthematic and game-ruining when a social deduction game allows a player to change sides if they think the other side is winning, if the other side is so abhorrent and antithetical to their starting side. No one in The Thing (the film) would say "looks like the alien is probably taking over the base, so I'm going to do everything I can to get infected". Yet some games make that the smart decision to win the game. It's plainly a failure of game design to allow that in.

Marco, do you like any other hidden traitor games, like BSG?

I need to know more about the game, but I think it would work if any player that was contaminated treats it as a loss and only the player that started as the alien treats it as a win (and maybe that player’s gets a better degree of victory the more players they convert).

the thing Infection at outpost 31 is the one to get :) its way better

If they are revisiting the original game, this would have been a great opportunity to fix the fact that being the king of the hill in a game that is ostensibly about that just isn't that great. Going into Tokyo is usually something players try to avoid. Change the numbers to the building icons from KoNY, and make them only score points when you're in Tokyo. Sitting around rolling numbers and not fighting really highlights the Yahtzee roots of the game.

I enjoy this one. It allowed me to introduce worker-placement to my dino-loving kid, and is one I'd recommend to people who are beginner gamers but who are want to learn some new mechanics. Love the dino art on the cards, too!

We agreed that this was a really good my-first-worker-placement game. We haven't utilized global objectives all that much - they tend to only become viable at the very end of the game and even then, publishing a holotype seems to be worth more points. I can't see the game ever ending due to filling two cards, especially at lower player counts. I almost think the Global Objectives should be scaled to player counts, as something requiring 9 of a type is really unlikely to be fulfilled in a 2P game (so, have different objective cards for 2P, 3P, etc.). It may be that we just got really high objectives in our two games.

Can you mix in the Origins cards with the regular King of Tokyo deck?

I can’t wait to play more of this again!

Are these even real birds? But cool game

ever heard of LIFEFORM BOARDGAME?...

i have an idea, what about nxt time u make more spaces somehow i the hallways or corridors for the players to move essentially slowing them down while the alien moves normally there and ash has one fewer step than the players, lets say if u divided those long corridors into three spaces f .ex...

i think the moral tracker should work as a "shield" slowly getting weaker and depleted and instead of automatically ending the game the players either gets automatically killed separately or individually NEXT time the alien lands on them OR the player has to roll a dice and only survives on a six or on a five and six 😬🙊🙀👽🐈👻

poor daughter...😮😬😬

That must have been quite cathartic. Never thought there would be a day when I'd own more board games than Marco, but that is the case for now. I hope you got a sizeable tax deduction when you gave away a small fortune in board games. Noble effort regardless, the collection should bring many lots of joy.

Thanks for your review! Really glad you like them and I worked extremely hard on the publishing quality so appreciate you noticing that. Your comments about the swinginess and inherent difficulty in the game system are absolutely fair and I'd probably do that differently if I were to rewrite it now but I loved hearing your optimistic take on it!

Cool art.

Yep - "courtisan" is a French noun that translates to "courtier" in English. Whereas"courtesan" is an English noun for a woman whose favours are negotiable :) And this is not the first time a French publisher has made this particular translation mistake when publishing a game in English. The previous time was about 30 years ago, though.

I started with the third book in the series as it was chosen for a gamebook-reading club. I enjoyed it but thought I had probably missed something by not having reading the previous books. I do plan to read the whole series.

I played this at the UK Games Expo and liked it. Very clean rules. Although also a bit Splendor-y in that (despite some face down cards) it could get kinda math-y if you really want to win.

Thanks for the review Marco! I hadn't heard of this one before! I must check it out

They misspelled 'courtesan', but actually that word originally meant a courtier.

As someone who owns hundreds of game books (including the ones in this review), I just want to let you know that I appreciate you reviewing game books on this channel. Many board gamers would enjoy the game book medium if they were knowledgeable of its breadth. Reviewing them in this manner helps to educate board gamers thereof. Thanks!

Bon , now is the music on the cards playable , like 🐬

Ashville!? Wonderful!

Just played for the first time and it took about 7 hours.

Can the miniatures be removed from their clear bases with the sticks on?

Marco…..have you ever considered inventing a game? I’m sure with your intellectual knowledge, expertise and interest you might come up with the historical wargames of wargames? I’d certainly be interested in any game you produced.

“You’re saying it wrong.”

"It’s not a true monster game-it’s a semi-monster game about a monster event!" Great review Marco.

I can’t get past the “friendship bracelet” activity for keeping track of status. Too bad

Just bought the retail version and am kicking myself for not doing the KS. Great game and great review. Curious, what is the brand of your game shelf? I’m looking for the wider shelves like yours has.

Hello! Philipp here, the creator of Aces & Armor. If you have any questions about the game, I am happy to help and answer. I have worked on this game for many years and have put all of my heart into it. Please note that this is a miniature board game for a fun skirmish in under 2 hours, not a classical wargame. I just want to make sure I set the right expectations. This is not a historical consim game like many (great) hex & counter games.