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Monstrolicious

#4888BGG ↗

1998 · 2-2 players · 20min · weight 1.33 · 1,035 ratings

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Bayes
5.79
Users rated
1,035
Owned
1,735
Wishing
140

At a glance — v4 wide

Controlled-vocabulary primitives + 8-axis MDA aesthetic vector. Vocab v2.

Core loop (micro)

Play a card face-down to a perch; if a higher card is already there or played, the lower is discarded; most total value of perches wins.

MDA aesthetic vector (0–3)
Sensation
0
Fantasy
1
Narrative
0
Challenge
2
Fellowship
2
Discovery
0
Expression
1
Submission
1
Mechanic-interaction primitives (3)
  • [3]simultaneous_action_selection— “players simultaneously play cards to perches face-down then resolve — structure of Monstrolicious
  • [2]region_majority— “player controlling greatest total value of perches wins the game — perch-value majority
  • [2]hand_management_under_draw— “players have cards numbered 1-12 and a jaguar with special rules — fixed hand forces commitment
discovery_score: -0.409

Sources (1)

Inputs to rules-card synthesis. Click any pill with ↗ to open the original source.

LLM memory0.10

BGG tags

Mechanisms (1)
Categories (3)
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