We played it! 🤩 Took us a little while because we were sort of expecting it to be complicated so decided to save it for new year's, and it turned out not to be so scary 😅 The short playtime for each game is actually really neat.
Monsters are super cute of course (even when they don't have the "cute" personality~) and the physical cards are really cool. So many pretty designs! It's nice to have the rules and example setup on cards too.
Once we figured out how to play, the game itself was fun too! The scoring cards are great for replay value. I think we both appreciated that in practice the maths never got too intense amidst all the other variables, similar to some regular card games.
It was also neat that there were just enough cards for one game. Took us a moment to parse out from the rules tho ("skip drawing if you just committed your third monster" sounded more like some exception than something that's meant to end the game every time) so we'd've really benefitted from a straight "every game lasts three rounds and ends with scoring" I think.
I don't think we every figured out "who can wear the most hats on their head" so we just alternated taking turns, still feel really thick about that one. Maybe it was a straight up joke but since the game is about accessories I'm still not 100% sure lol
Also really liked that every card type was distinguishable when lying face-down. Whole deck just feels so neat!! 😍
I did notice neither of us every found a reason to attach accessories by personality but maybe there are relevant scoring cards that we've managed not to get so far?
We might have to play more to figure that last one out, but we're happy to do so either way as again it was very enjoyable to play. Really well done 💜💜💜
Thank you for these kind words, and thank you both for playing! I'm glad it wasn't as tough to learn as you expected. We tried really hard to bring together short playtime, tricky choices, and fun visuals into as small a package as possible.
I can see why that phrase regarding skipping drawing could be confusing. That was one I deliberated on the wording of quite a bit. The difficult part is that without explicitly saying you should skip drawing, players would likely end up in a state where they're asking "wait there are no more cards left to draw, did we do something wrong?" Space is so limited on the rules cards, but maybe I could find some place to clearly say something like what you suggest, because that is indeed a good suggestion!
The way accessories are attached can vary pretty drastically based on which scoring cards are in play. It sounds like you got a mix where they weren't all that relevant. :)
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We played it! 🤩 Took us a little while because we were sort of expecting it to be complicated so decided to save it for new year's, and it turned out not to be so scary 😅 The short playtime for each game is actually really neat.
Monsters are super cute of course (even when they don't have the "cute" personality~) and the physical cards are really cool. So many pretty designs! It's nice to have the rules and example setup on cards too.
Once we figured out how to play, the game itself was fun too! The scoring cards are great for replay value. I think we both appreciated that in practice the maths never got too intense amidst all the other variables, similar to some regular card games.
It was also neat that there were just enough cards for one game. Took us a moment to parse out from the rules tho ("skip drawing if you just committed your third monster" sounded more like some exception than something that's meant to end the game every time) so we'd've really benefitted from a straight "every game lasts three rounds and ends with scoring" I think.
I don't think we every figured out "who can wear the most hats on their head" so we just alternated taking turns, still feel really thick about that one. Maybe it was a straight up joke but since the game is about accessories I'm still not 100% sure lol
Also really liked that every card type was distinguishable when lying face-down. Whole deck just feels so neat!! 😍
I did notice neither of us every found a reason to attach accessories by personality but maybe there are relevant scoring cards that we've managed not to get so far?
We might have to play more to figure that last one out, but we're happy to do so either way as again it was very enjoyable to play. Really well done 💜💜💜
Thank you for these kind words, and thank you both for playing! I'm glad it wasn't as tough to learn as you expected. We tried really hard to bring together short playtime, tricky choices, and fun visuals into as small a package as possible.
I can see why that phrase regarding skipping drawing could be confusing. That was one I deliberated on the wording of quite a bit. The difficult part is that without explicitly saying you should skip drawing, players would likely end up in a state where they're asking "wait there are no more cards left to draw, did we do something wrong?" Space is so limited on the rules cards, but maybe I could find some place to clearly say something like what you suggest, because that is indeed a good suggestion!
The way accessories are attached can vary pretty drastically based on which scoring cards are in play. It sounds like you got a mix where they weren't all that relevant. :)
Thanks again for playing!
~Chris
Oh, yeah, size of the cards is something to consider too. Well, I'm excited to play some more and try out different scoring cards then! 🤩
Oh, also! The thing about wearing the most hats is just supposed to be silly. No particular inside joke or deeper meaning :P ~Chris
Suspected as much but it's good to have it absolutely confirmed lol, thanks!