Entry #2 - Monsters of the Big House

by GrimFinger

Admin Note: Word Count = 830

They did the crime. Now, they're doing time. They're the worst monsters of society, and it's your job to keep them behind bars. Beat them. Abuse them. Just don't lose them.

Equipment:

• 1 Prison game board
• 39 inmate tokens
• 30 prison guard tokens
• 7 d6 die
• 1 deck of Prison Cell inmate cards
• 1 deck of Big House cards

Set-up:

1. Place inmate tokens on prison cell spaces.
2. Shuffle inmate deck and place face down on playing table.

Movement:

1. Players roll one dice each, and the highest roll player goes first. To break a tie, players who tied roll again. Repeat as necessary.
2. Players start their prison guard token on the bright green "Change of Shift" space. Movement of prison guard units is determined by rolling 1d6 die. At the end of the current player's turn, play proceeds in a clockwise direction.

Event Squares:

Lock Down - All inmate tokens out of their cells, but which have not escaped nor been executed, are immediately returned to the nearest cells, when the current guard player lands by exact count on a yellow Lock Down space.

Execute Inmate - When the current guard player lands by exact count on the red Execute Inmate space, that player may remove one inmate token from a Death Row cell and removes it from play permanently. The current guard player also draws an inmate card, to determine which inmate was put to death, and places it face up on the table in front of them.

Prison Riot - When the guard current player lands by exact count on a Prison Riot space, that player then rolls 1d6 die, again, to determine how many inmates are rioting. Then, from 1 to 6 inmates of the inmate player's choice have their tokens moved out of their cells directly in front of their cells. Inmates are recaptured by guard tokens passing them or by landing by exact count on spaces occupied by inmate tokens. A recepatured inmate has their token placed back into a cell. Prison riots occur by inmates in the same colored cell block, not across different cell blocks. Death row inmates are not able to participate in prison riots. It is possible to have multiple prison riots occur, before order is restored from a previous riot.

Draw Card - When the current player lands by exact count on a Draw Card space, that player then draws one card from the Big House deck, and then follows instructions on that card.

Arrows - A player may only turn and follow an arrow space, if they land by exact count on that starting tip of the arrow. Otherwise, that player continues moving their prison guard token in the general direction around the prison hall.

Jail Break - When an inmate token lands on a Jail Break space by exact count, then all future movement by that inmate token is to proceed along the light red spaces until recaptured, killed, or they escape. Inmate tokens always have a maximum movement rate of 1 space per turn. The inmate player rolls 1d6 dice at the beginning of any turn where inmate tokens are out of their cells. The number rolled determines how many inmate tokens that the inmate player may move during their turn of play.

Escape - If an inmate token reaches an Escape space, either by exact count or by simple movement, then that inmate is considered to have escaped for good. An inmate card is then drawn and placed face up in front of the inmate player. Death row inmates cannot escape from their cells on Death Row.

Prison Guards:

Each prison guard player has a maximum of 10 prison guard tokens that they may use over the course of the game. Prison guard players may only have a maximum of 1 prison guard token in play on the board at any given time. As prison guards are killed or taken hostage, prison guard players bring a new prison guard token into play.

Prison guards roll 2d6 die at the beginning of their turn, to determine how far they may move their prison guard token.

Prison guards may forfeit their die roll on their turn, and use a weapon card to kill an inmate. Different weapons have different ranges. The inmate token is removed from player, and the current guard player draws an inmate card and places it face down in front of them.

Winning the Game:

Method 1

1. Any prison guard player who executes three Death Row inmates by landing by exact count on the Execute Inmate space is immediately declared the winner of the game.

Method 2

1. Prison guard player(s) and the inmate player count their points up at game end, and the highest score wins. The reward on the inmate cards is the score.

Scoring:

Cards that count toward scoring purposes is listed on each card. Not all cards are used for scoring purposes.

Entry #4 - Team Killdozer: Emergence of the Crystalmongers

by kiwasabi

Admin Note: Word Count = 910

Throughout all of humanity's existence, a species of intelligent creatures known as the Crystalmongers has lived beneath the earth's surface. Humanity's oil drilling and nuclear waste has disturbed the habitat of the Crystalmongers, which has caused them to become very hostile. The final strike against the Crystalmongers' patience came when the humans started mining for the giant crystals that the Crystalmongers' economy relies upon. The Crystalmongers have decided that their species' only chance for survival is to invade the surface of the earth and extinguish the human race.

Object of the Game:

The players are in control of a team of paranoid gun nuts who have built their own makeshift tanks that they call Killdozers. Each player controls his own Killdozer. The players must cooperate together in order to gather and share power-ups with each other and destroy all of the invading Crystalmongers. After 12 turns, the Crystalmonger Overlord will emerge. Once the players have destroyed the Crystalmonger Overlord, the players have won the game.

Components:

game board, dice (2), Killdozer stat cards (4), Killdozer player pawns (4), numbered Crystalmonger enemy pawns (31), Crystalmonger stat board (1), vehicle power-up cards (16)

Setup:

Each player rolls 2 dice. The player with the highest roll gets first choice on a Killdozer and gets to go first. The player with the second highest roll gets second choice on a Killdozer and gets to go second, and so on.

Place each player's Killdozer at its designated starting position. Each Killdozer has a printed number between 1-4; place the Killdozer's player pawn on the starting square by the outer edge of the board that corresponds to its number.

Place all of the vehicle power-up cards in a face down stack and shuffle them. Randomly place one vehicle power-up card face up at each square designated "power-up".

There are 3 numbered enemy spawn points on the game board. Starting at the beginning of the game and every third enemy turn thereafter, a new wave of Crystalmonger enemies will spawn. Divide up each wave of enemies and place an equal amount of each type (small, medium, or large) of enemy at each spawn point. These enemies can be placed on any square adjacent to the chosen spawn point.

Enemy waves:

• Wave 1: Game Start: 3 small enemies
• Wave 2: Enemy Turn 3: 3 medium enemies and 3 small enemies
• Wave 3: Enemy Turn 6: 3 large enemies, 3 medium enemies, and 3 small enemies
• Wave 4: Enemy Turn 9: 6 large enemies and 6 medium enemies
• Wave 5: Enemy Turn 12: Crystalmonger Overlord (Place at spawn point #1)

Gameplay:

Player Turn:

After setup is complete, each player takes a turn in the order determined in the setup phase.

During each player's turn, each player can perform any 2 of the following actions:

A) Attack: The player may spend an action to attempt to damage a target enemy in an adjacent square. The attack sequence takes place in the following order: 1) Determine the player's starting attack value (printed next to "attack" on their Killdozer stat card) 2) The player rolls 1 die and adds that number to his starting attack value (Example: 2 die roll result + 6 starting attack = 8 attack) 3) Compare the player's combined attack total against the enemy's defense. If the player's combined attack value is equal to or greater than the enemy's defense value, then the player damages the enemy and the enemy takes damage equal to the "damage" number on the player's Killdozer stat card (when a player or enemy is "damaged", reduce the health on that player or enemy's stat card by the amount of damage inflicted)

B) Move: The player may spend an action to move his/her Killdozer an amount of squares equal to or less than the number printed by "Movement" on his/her Killdozer stat card (Note: Diagonal movement from one corner of a square to another shall not be allowed). The player may also pick-up, drop, or exchange vehicle power-ups with another Killdozer during a movement action. This does not cost an extra action.

C) Equip: The player may spend an action to "equip" a vehicle power-up that is in the player's inventory. Equipping a vehicle power-up makes it so that the text printed on the vehicle power-up card can be used.

Enemy Turn:

After all players have completed their turns, the enemy's turn will take place.

The enemy characters shall be controlled by players who shall follow this pre-determined set of rules: 1) Move each enemy character towards the nearest Killdozer 2) Attack nearest Killdozer if the enemy is able to move to an adjacent square 3) If the enemy has a left-over action after attacking the Killdozer, move the enemy as far away as possible from all Killdozers

Enemy Attack: Enemy attacks work identical to player attacks except for the following exception: 1 die shall be rolled for the player who is being attacked. The enemy character who is attacking does not get to roll a die. If the enemy's attack is equal to or greater than the Killdozer's defense + 1 die roll, then the enemy damages the Killdozer. (Note: Enemy characters have higher attack and defense than player characters in order to compensate for not getting a die roll)

Game End:

Once the players destroy the Crystalmonger Overlord, they win the game. However, if the players fail to destroy the Crystalmonger Overlord before all of their Killdozers are destroyed, they lose the game.

Entry #6 - DNeigh

by Suhreman

Admin Note: Word Count = 980

The Kings push for discovery of new science has angered the local towns and villages. The strangest things happen at night, while townsfolk and livestock come up missing every morning. The villagers are beginning to riot and fight back.

Components

• 81 DNA upgrades
• Resource tokens Sheep(white), Pig(pink), Cow(black), Wolf(yellow), Horse(brown) and Corpse(red)
• Day/Night token
• Villager token
• 1 Assistant for each player
• Monster tokens
• Hostile Villager Cards

Using your one and only Assistant you will travel around the board counter clockwise gathering sheep, pigs and cows at the markets. Also along the way the Assistant may stop in his Laboratory, Graveyard, Build, and Research, Always skipping past the Fields. Once you’ve gathered the resources to create your first monster move your Assistant to the Laboratory location. It only takes one animal type to create your very first level 1 monster. Extract the DNA from your chosen animal type and place it on the 1 in your first Lab. This locks in the main strand of DNA for future DNA upgrades.

When your Assistant stops at the Research location there will be 9 randomly drawn DNA upgrades to choose from. You may take 1 or 2 or remove the bottom row and repopulate a new top row to choose from. There are 81 DNA upgrades that should be placed in a bag at the beginning of the game. Each DNA upgrade needs 3 animal types before you can inject it into your monster. The rule is the middle strand of a DNA upgrade must match that of your locked in DNA you used to create your level 1 monster. There are 9 monster types (abilities), each type has 3 upgrades a level 2, level 3 and a level 4. Each level the ability gets stronger and more helpful towards manipulating the game in your favor. The rule is that you must start with a level 2 of a monster type and then move to level 3, 4 ect… But you may also mix and match monster types give you a multi-type monster with many abilities. The rules also apply that the middle strand must match that of your original DNA, so not all monster type will be able to pair up.

Once you have your monster he may only come out at night. The game is tracked in turns moving from day to night day to night until the end of the game… Once nightfall has arrived you bring out your monsters to help you gather resources faster. Monsters do not travel around the board like the assistants, Monsters have a place and take mechanic, once a monster leaves the lab you must make an Out of Control Roll (OOC). If you succeed continue placing your monster and take the action for ththe location and bring your monster back to your lab. If you fail you’re going to have to make a Roaming Monster roll. This roll will determine where your OOC monster wandered off to cause havoc. Once at the new location take the negative action for an OOC monster in that location. For example, OOC monsters in the field kills Villagers and populates the grave yard with fresh corpses, OOC monsters in Markets closes them until the monsters move away, OOC monsters in the Laboratory randomly attacks a players lab including yourself eating useful resources, OCC monsters in the Graveyard destroy one fresh corpse. After taking this OCC action your monster stays out on the board and does not come back to the lab. At the beginning of your next turn you must make a Regain Control Roll to bring him home. Otherwise he moves to a new random location and wreaks more havoc. The Rule is the Lower the level the monster the easier to lose control, but the easier to regain. Same applies to higher levels the higher the harder to lose but harder to regain. The Fields are the only place to get wolves and horses. Your monsters are the only ones that can get them. If your monster is under your control and in the field Roll 1d6 and 1, 2, 3 take a wolf or 4, 5, 6 take a horse. Remember OOC monsters in the fields kill villagers and populated the graveyard so it’s not always a bad thing. The only other way to populate the Grave yard is to have an OOC monster in the same location as an Assistant. The monster eats any Assistants including your own and populates the graveyard with fresh corpses. On the players turn who just lost their Assistant just hire a new one for free and place it on the Laboratory location.

To get more monsters you will have to expand your Lab by stopping your Assistant at the Build location, Every 2 visits expands your lab. Each lab can hold 1 monster and has a Cage that holds 4 animals. So if your cages are filling up you have to expand.

The Villager Hostility Track surrounds the game board which is also the Day/Night track. Whenever someone creates or upgrades a monster the Villager token moves one space. Whenever a monster leaves the lab move the Villager token one space. When the token reaches every 6th space draws one card from the Hostile Villager Deck and takes its action. These cards are global effects that effect game play and player’s labs.

The game ends when the villagers get to a predetermined location the Hostile track. The player with the biggest monsters (most points) wins. Add your monsters levels to figure out his total, so a level 3 is 6 victory points. Here’s the catch, to be able to score your monster he must be under your control.

Entry #8 - Monster Island

by dannorder

Components

Game board: The playing area is shaped like a hexagon divided into six triangular regions that are 15 hexes along each side. The center space and six hexes of each region are marked as normally impassible.

Human pieces: There are 30 pieces representing human victims.

Monster pieces: Pieces come in two sizes (covering roughly half a hex and a full hex) and in different colors (green, red, yellow, black, grey and white). The pieces connect to each other (like puzzle pieces, tinker toys or Lego blocks, depending upon manufacturing) to build the body of a monster as the game progresses. There are also a number of pieces of special shape representing extra body parts that can connect to the monster bodies to grant abilities. Some of these include tail/neck pieces and limbs (to increase reach); claws, jaws and stingers (to cause extra damage); tentacles (to hold onto human prey until another part is free to attack); spinnerets (to shoot webs); ovipositors (to drop eggs); antennae (to control human pieces); and projectors (to shoot fire or radiation).

Deck of growth cards: The deck contains 45 cards representing the various special add on pieces that can be grown during play. They are each rated by power level, with 15 of level 1, 12 of level 2, 9 of level 3, 6 of level 4 and 3 of level 5.

Six-sided die

Game set up

Players pick a color, choose starting locations, then determine order of play.

The players split up the human pieces evenly between them and take turns adding them to any space on the board that isn't blocked, within three hexes of the edge of the board, within a triangular region that already has five pieces.

The deck is shuffled and each player receives four points of monster body tokens (large sized ones count as two points, small as one) and three cards to start. They connect their pieces as desired, holding back as many as they like for future building/healing purposes, and place the monster in play with one piece of the monster on their starting position (any connecting pieces will be in the appropriate connected spaces). One piece of the monster is marked as the head. The head is the only part that can eat humans, and that piece can never be killed.

Game turns

1. Draw a card: If the player has fewer than five cards in his or her hand, a card is drawn. If the deck is empty, reshuffle and immediately use the discard pile as a new deck.

2. Pick a new piece: A player gets a new 1-point (small) monster body piece per turn for his or her build/heal pile.

3. Choose whether to grow: If the player chooses to make the monster grow, the rest of the turn is forfeited. Any number of pieces in the build/heal pile can be added to the monster body at this time. Additionally cards can be played. To play any card during a turn requires first discarding one or more otehr cards in your hand. The total level of the discarded cards added together must equal or exceed the level of the card placed in play.

4. Move: The whole of the monster can be moved up to two spaces in any direction, provided that no part of the monster's body lands on/passes through any impassable hex. Flexible parts (necks, tails or limbs) can be positioned so parts at their ends end up in any valid space, which do no count toward the two spaces. Parts that land on/move through hexes with human pieces kill them, to be eaten later.

5. Fight: Every body part capable of attacking picks a valid target hex with a monster or human in it to attack (most attacks require adjacent hexes). Any human is automatically killed (or grabbed, grabbed humans move with monsters). Any targeted monster piece is destroyed if the total attack value exceeds its piece size (1 or 2). Any destroyed piece can instead be immediately replaced with a piece in that players build/heal pile. If the monster is reduced to just the head, you get all humans that monster killed.

6. Eat a human: If there is a human piece immediately in front of your head piece, it can be "eaten" and added to your pile. No more than one piece can be eaten a turn. You can use special parts to restrict the movement of human pieces so that they are in positions to be eaten in later turns.

7. Discard: Place a card in your hand in the discard pile if you so desire.

Winning the game

The first player to have 15 human pieces wins.