IELLO: King of Tokyo, New Edition, Strategy Board Game, Space Penguin Included in the Box, For 2 to 6 Players, 30 Minute Play Time, For Ages 8 and Up

King of Tokyo base game is easy enough for family with kids 8+, but with enough strategy to keep adults brains fully engaged. Add the game features of Costume Cards and Power Up Evolution Cards, separately or together, and King of Tokyo goes from cute and silly to brutal and demanding! Set up time is just a few minutes. The rules can be a little tricky for the first game or two, then become second nature. My girlfriend and I are in our sixties, and this game makes us feel like kids! Crazy fun for three to six players, but two can have a blast when each player has two monsters. I love:*The price!*Spacious box with molded insert that stores everything neatly.*The artwork.*The clever and useful dice rolling tray.*The mix-and-match game mechanics.*Extra room in box if you buy Monster Pack expansions (which I'm sure I will).*Monster packs (purchased separately) that add new game mechanics and a new monster in every pack.

We just got this game and dove right in. I absolutely love King of Tokyo and have all the games and expansions, plus some. So when I saw this, I had to pre-order it. This is a two player game that involves a tug of war aspect where you are pushing and pulling two icons "Fame and Destruction" towards your goal. There are several ways to win/lose the game. The game has a smaller form factor that can be easily taken on the go. The game heavily relies on the special cards available and energy gathering. These duels are meant to take about 20-30 minutes per session. Our first game took almost 2 hours, this included reading the instructions, going back to certain special rules and my wife is very strategic and took quite a bit of time during the dice rolls and card purchase selections. When cards were purchased and introduced, we had a long battle take place with moving the icons back and forth. My wife ended up finally beating me, by pulling the fame icon into her winning circle. I'll get her next time! There are also some interesting buff tokens that you place and re-arrange on the board when indicated. Lots of variation and replayability with this game. It also comes with some stickers that you use when you complete certain challenges in the game. We managed to unlock two of these on our first game. Thanks to Richard Garfield and IELLO games for another great entry into the Kaiju Monster Battle Arena known as King of Tokyo! We love it!

Our friends had this game and we played it with them. We immediately fell in love with it and had to get our own copy of it. It's easy to learn and fun to play, with a few different tactics you can use to try to win. Everyone we play it with tells us they can't wait to play it again. We have played this so many times and we don't get bored. It takes about 20-25 minutes to play with 3-5 people. It's much faster (and honestly not as fun) with only two people.It only takes a few minutes to learn how to play, as well. Compared to many of the more complicated games we play, this is a nice change.

Really fun game with good flavor. It just seems really well balanced and in my experience very well received by most people. Easy to understand but game play doesn't feel shallow. Has what I consider a good mix of random and strategy where you make decisions to try to skew thing in your favor based on what you are randomly presented with. You still make decisions that matter but the game isn't anywhere near a straight contest of skill. A veteran/adult could technically have a significant advantage against the first game of an unadvised beginner/child but the learner curve is very low and the gap should vanish reasonably well (and possibly in less than a game for an adult). It's also extremely easy to give beginners minors tips as you go (e.g. that buyable card is strong) in a way that doesn't diminish their participation or make their first game feel like a learning tutorial.It feels like it has a good game length too, enough time to build up your character some but not drawn out too long if someone gets knocked out early. It's quick enough to reasonable play a couple games in a sitting too so someone just doesn't get stuck with a single game of bad luck for the evening. Also the king of the hill targeting rules make it hard to gang up on anyone who doesn't want to be which is always nice for the style of game. You can still get opportunities to prod at individuals in limited ways outside that targeting so you don't feel overly restricted by it either.I have only played with the Power Up expansion included technically. It does effect the game play a decent amount and it's hard to mentally predict some of the nuanced changes but I can't imagine it is necessary to make this game as great as it is.

this game is a great spin off for king of tokyo, it has the same mechanics plus some additional new ones that make the game a bit more robust and challenging, i lost the first time and learned that you need to think more strategically. if you love king of tokyo you will love this.