Such a fun game. Break it out every Halloween and the kids love it.

I've had great times playing both Horrified and Horrified: American Monsters--the first feels like a smoother play. I have recently passed Horrified on to my little sister--she's a video gamer who I believe will love board gaming if introduced to the right games! Fingers crossed.

This is our favourite family game. Simple enough for my kid to play yet still enjoyable for us grizzly jaded gamers.

I have this it's great ! Only cost about 20 pounds and their jaws game is fantasic we love that even more and that was 15 pound on amazon on sale. Great buys!

I've litterally just picked this game up to play with my family over the spooky season, really looking forward to playing it 😊

I myself painted the plastic monster pieces to their original color looks, Frankstein with green skin, Dracula with a black cape, Creature from Black Lagoon with green skin also, Mummy I did white and dirty looking bandages, etc. I like to get another set of the monsters and do Black & White with the effect you see on tv

Rules clarification. On board game geek the designer clarified that the player characters that can teleport, cannot teleport a villager with them. It really changes the game up. But of course they can teleport the items that they carry just not a villager from place to place.

Horrified was one of my first boardgames! a great gateway game for people!

Looks great! Nice balance of of simplicity and more layers with the monsters. :)

We had a ton of fun with this one as a group. Prospero Hall has quietly made a few really great, inexpensive family-friendly games based on IPs (Jaws, Goonies, Back to the Future).

@chrisw942

Жыл бұрын

I love Back To The Future: Back In Time, and recently received Jaws as a gift--Prospero Hall's affordable, fun, light-hearted games are always a winner at the table.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

These are all such great gifting games.

I found and bought this on Facebook market used for 10 dollars and it’s in good condition and finally will be able to play it soon.

I totally agree, the game is a superbly polished product. I really appreciate the nice details, like the (slightly tweaked) introduction from Frankenstein that is written on the back of the board, greeting players upon opening the box. I also really like the 4 clever illustrations on the sides of the box's lid or that the cover illustration forms the shape of a skull. And as classic as the theme is, the game itself is very modern in terms of having a very diverse and balanced cast. In fine detail, it even breaks overly traditional colour-coding (the pink character is male, while the blue character is female). The Mummy's curse can also strike any character (though it's quite creepy with the young courier). There's much more to praise, like the by you aforementioned well-written rulebook or that the setup instructions can be found on the back of any monster's sheet. The game also plays and flows very quickly. I disagree though that the monsters should be standees too -- I usually prefer standees over miniatures, but since the monsters are the stars of the game, they should stand out as such, so it makes sense to present them in a more three-dimensional way. Especially since it's a family game, these little toys needed to be the way they are, in my opinion. Regarding the difficulty: I like the game's modular difficulty, but the overall biggest downside of the game is that each defeated monster significantly drops the overall difficulty. It's too bad that there is no weaker (but still streamlined) replacement effect when an already defeated monster would have taken an action. And I know what you mean by wishing for an expansion or slightly more complexity, but I personally discarded that thought very quickly and just appreciate the game for what it is. Every time I finish playing the game and put it back on my shelf, I always think what a neat little game it indeed is. The fact that this game is only available in English and Polish (which came 3 whole years later) is to me surprising, but at the same time not, as Universal's classic monsters may be an integral part of popculture, but I feel like their relevance in modern popculture is slowly fading away outside of the US ... and the fact that Universal's attempt of bringing back their "Dark Universe" failed miserably surely did not help. Anyway: Great game and a solid part of my collection.

Funko put out a series of Universal miniatures a few years ago which are a fun replacement for the plastic monsters in the game.

It reminds me a lot of Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu. I love it! Thanks for the video.

Great video! I saw the Greek monsters one in target and think I’m gonna get that one as theme I like more

@TheDungeonDive

11 күн бұрын

There are a few different themes out now! I want to try some of the others. Fun games!

Great review! This is really a perfect game for groups new to 'modern' board gaming!

This game is always in my bag when I visit friends. It pleases beginners because it's simple. Experienced gamers play because although it's not difficult, it fills in a little time as the social situation might demand (such as waiting for late comers, or splitting up the players).

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Totally!

100% agree this is a great game I play with my kids. It has cool monsters and some interesting effects.

Pretty sure the text that greets you when you open the box is straight from the beginning of Frankenstein, delivered by Van Sloan.

@TheDungeonDive

6 ай бұрын

Awesome! I just picked up a really nice new illustrated edition of Frankenstein and I'm going to read it soon.

@Steve-Fiction

6 ай бұрын

@@TheDungeonDive That sounds awesome! I really want to read that too at some point. I should've specified that the dialogue is from the movie ;)

@TheDungeonDive

6 ай бұрын

Ah, well maybe it's in the book as well? :)

Just played this for the first time at a board game cafe with a couple friends and had a great time...glad to see you covering it.

I absolutely love this game. The flexibility of it is fantastic! I love how many fan made creatures are on board game kicked it work right in to the original game. It is so much fun and so diverse plus it’s such a great gateway game.

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

Oh nice! I'll have to check those out. Which do you recommend?

@JBearwa

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDungeonDive well I did a fan creature of the hunchback of Notre Dame that I really like 😊 however there are several that are fantastic from Dracula‘s daughter, or one that give you suggestions to do like one of the icons you have to use to defeat Dracula needs to be a steak or garlic. One excellent posted fan made monster set just released is a revamp of the seven different characters with brand new missions. One of them is Frankenstein versus the Wolfman, another one is the bride who wants to create a child. And that just came out not long ago on their posted files. So check out their files and see you what looks interesting!

Thx! I played the Alien version of it, but it was really too easy! This one has the perfect level of difficulty for me and its easy to scale it ! Your right its a fun getaway games! Playing solo or with family its always a lot of halloween fun! I think I prefer the Americans monster, but thats just me haha! Thx again!

I prefer this to the sequel, both are amazing games. I've played the two more than 20 times with friends and family. Great game!

Great video! …have you tried the American Horrified ?

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

I have not.

@JBearwa

Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy the American monsters however my favorite is the original. American monsters has a lot of fun in the box and I like the 50s 60s vibe of the town.

Have you played any of the variation of characters that are on bgg?

@TheDungeonDive

Жыл бұрын

I have not. Just found out about them!

Just OK for me. Nothing special, 7/10.