Tom, Roy, and Zee discuss their thoughts on this new game in the series.
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Appreciate the playthrough and review. I was excited but this looks WAY too random for a coop. I’m gonna pass.
I've enjoyed King of Tokyo, and have been able to play it with my non-gamer friends.. I also really tend to enjoy co-op games. But given a choice of playing this with friends or King of Tokyo, I think I would choose King of Tokyo every single time. King of Tokyo's beauty is in its quick nature and its simplicity. And like with King of New York, I find that the added complexity and length would probably not make it any more fun.
Hmmm, seems like a co-op game with so much die rolling would be pretty swingy as far as difficulty would be concerned.
I like the concept, especially if you look at it as an intro game to those boss battlers at like a third of the price tag.
I like King of Tokyo, but love cooperative games. I want to watch a playthrough and maybe homebrew some components to see whether this is worth investing in. Thanks for the video, DT.
The one thing that keeps me from playing King of Tokyo more is player elimination. This solves that problem, but it does suck out some of magic of the original by adding complexity. Five years ago, the release of a coop version would have been a must buy…but now…there are just SO many great coop games!
I'm sure there's more than one similar game, but it reminds me of The Loop in the board and general game flow, specifics definitely differ.
This was a VERY long video to end up with ….eh its enjoyable… Comon guys. I feel like you're getting cynical in your old age!!!!!
No "hey hey I'm Zee Garcia!"??? 😪 why doth the DT hurt me so?
I wonder why no one mentioned the complexity in "King of New York" as being comparable (or not) to this game. (They kept mentioning "King of Tokyo" as if "KoNY" didn't exist.)
Great review! Just pre-ordered.. Ty!!
I’d be interested in seeing them release cards that let you use the existing monsters from King of Tokyo/ New York I’m this game.
Love king of Tokyo and king of New York! Definitely getting this one!
I wanna try playing KOT with the new dice:
Hearts, lightning, claw: Same as KOT. Or maybe have the lightning work as it does in monster island.
Star: 1= gain 0 stars, 2 gain 1 star, 3= 2, 4=3, 5= 4 and 6= 5.
Wrench: 3= gain a random ship token, discard it at any time to claim it's rewards. You cannot gain ship tokens in Tokyo.
Foot: Counts as a claw or dodge. Monsters can lock in up to 3 dice showing the foot symbol until the start of their next turn. When a monster receives damage it can spend one of these dice to cancel one point of damage. (Edit) Locked in dice cannot be used as claws (for damage).
That's just from the op of my head, what do you guys think?
So how would you compare this to Dice throne Adventures?
I'm calling it now: We're gonna get a new monster pack that has the mutation cards for the new Monster Island monsters.
Roy isn't involved in the reviews enough, love his perspective. #TeamRoy
played this in Essen since there was a large play area and because of the cool monsters and volcano. Played as a 5 Player party (so maybe it really shines on low playcounts), but found it fiddly and just not enjoyable.
Tom mentions underexplored King of Tokyo franchise.
I'm now pondering about a area-majority/risk type game with king of tokyo mechanics.
I wish it were a level lighter
I feel like whoever did the graphical design on this could have made the ships a different shape so that they don't look like what they look like… And you're not going to be able to unsee that now.
I love King of New York (King of Tokyo was too light for our group)!
Thanks!
Seems like a lot of meaningful decisions in this one. I'm on board
I'm trying to decide between this and the LOOP, they seem quite similar and have a similar gimmick as well… If any one of the reviewers has played both and would be kind enough to offer any insight, it would be appreciated.
I feel this will go the same way as King of New York. It offers a more "gamery" game, but nit many people will want that and King of Tokyo will still outsell it and appear in more Top 10s/100s.
Sure it will reach some people, but they will be way outnumbered.
(The same as Kingdomino/Queendonino in fact)
Personally I play King of Tokyo because it plays great with larger numbers, a game that's best with 1 or 2 isn't for me.
Where are those monster miniatures?!
How have they not released those yet?!
Like many, my family and I are a fan of King of Tokyo
I played the game at Spiel Essen @ the Iello booth. It was a nice experience with a familiar theme, even though the gameplay is completely different.
The rules were a little to fiddly for my personal taste, so ultimately decided not to buy the game.
when you can: “Try before you buy”
Love the review. Good to see Roy more often. 🙏
Ugh, I was very excited to see where KoT would be going next since I love KoT but didn't care for KoNY but as soon as I heard co-op, that nearly killed my excitement and after watching the review, I've very little interest left sadly