DVS Games

Endless Monsters Upon Japan!

Style:	silly and fun satire
Players:	two
Minimum Age:	probably six or seven
Time:	ten to twenty minutes
Components:	2 playing boards, 36 monster tokens, numbered tokens, city size tokens
Similar Games:	none, but it is a parody of the many games about collectable monsters

Dr. Manzanita of Kyushu, mad scientist and seeker of fame, knew a good idea when one came to mind. And this new idea was more than good, it was magnificent!

There was a distinct trend in Japanese children’s games for the past several years. The nation's youth imagined a strange delight: collectable monsters that loved to fight each other. This was a trendy and profitable theme, ripe for a mad scientist such as himself to make a reality.

His machine...no, machine was too small a word...his monstrous apparatus was now complete. It was a shame that his rival, Dr. Stinkweed of Sapporo, had stolen a draft of his plans. But Dr. Stinkweed must be weeks behind in construction. Now all that stands between Dr. Manzanita and eternal fame is the pull of a large, metal lever!

The lever is pulled. Oh, the noise! What is all this smoke? A roaring, too! A monster is successfully made -- success! A beautiful, red, rubbery monster that is already leaving the warehouse and climbing on other buildings! But what is smoking? Oh no, the apparatus is defective and will not turn off!

Meanwhile, in Sopporo, Dr. Stinkweed is encountering the same problem. An unending stream of monsters rumbles across Japan from its northern and southern ends.

Being fierce rivals, the two mad scientists decide to make the best of the situation. Dr. Manzanita decides fame must go hand-in-hand with infamy and orders his monsters to destroy Tokyo. The plot of so many fictional stories will come true!

Dr. Stinkweed vows not to be outdone. But he cherishes Tokyo and picks Hiroshima as his target city.

Soon the two evil geniuses see each other's monsters as the world's news coverage is attracted to the crisis they have generated. A colossal battle of colorful, growing monsters begins!

In Endless Monsters Upon Japan! you direct an unstoppable stream of monsters from your home city towards either Tokyo or Hiroshima. One player seeks to reduce the major cities of northern Japan to rubble; the other is against southern Japan.
The monsters are very active, and cause little trouble if allowed to run from city to city. But if delayed at a city they stomp about in frustration and cause great damage. True to the ideals of collectable monster games, the monsters enjoy fighting each other and grow in size with each victory. Moreover, the theme of collectable monster games also led the mad scientists to create three colors of monsters, each of which has an advantage against another.
The game is easy to learn and quick to play. Two playing boards are included: a chart makes learning the game simpler, while a map of Japan is prettier to use. There are numerous strategies, some of which will be discovered quickly by an adult player and others of which are more subtle.

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