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Monsterjäger

Slap and catch!

Even in Schnipp Schnapp you had an advantage with quick reactions, and it’s the same with Monsterjäger. You do not kill two birds with a stone, but catch one monster, provided you have found - among all those monsters lying about - exactly the one and only monster that has been churned out by the Monster Mixer and have been fast enough to put your swatter on the monster and not on the arm of another player. And, to make things worse, the monster come from one clan and are very, very similar to each other.

Each player has a monster swatter with a suction cup; all monster cards are spread out face-up on the table. The active player has the Monster Mixer, presses its monster eye and the Mixer churns out a three-part monster, made up from head, body and legs, nicely awful! Now all search simultaneously among the cards for this monster - if you are first to spot it and to hit it with your swatter so that the card sticks to your swatter, you win the card. But take care! You can swat at cards already caught by other players, if the mixer has churned out this monster again. And remember, look closely and spot quickly, because the monster parts only differ in small details. If you are first to catch and hold five monsters, you win.

The rules for a fast and fun game are quickly explained. As, towards the end of the game, more and more monsters appear that already were caught by somebody, you must watch your own monsters closely to be first to hit them when they appear again as not to lose them.

A nice combination of close observation and quick reaction in this attractive new addition, and the winning condition can of course be varied.

Players: 2-4

Age: 5+

Time: 15+

Designer: not named

Artist: János Jantner

Price: ca. 21 Euro

Publisher: Schmidt Spiele 2019

Web:  www.schmidt-spiele.de

Genre: Reaction, spotting

Users: For children

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

New edition of Monstopia

Good practice for quick reactions

Needs quick spotting

Compares to:

Monstopia, Monster-Mix, Klatsch-Fix

Other editions:

Currently none, earlier Monster-Mix, Klatsch-Fix

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 1

Dexterity (green): 3

Action (dark green): 3