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2021
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Description
Horrified: American Monsters is a standalone game that features gameplay similar to 2019's Horrified, which challenges players to overcome the "Universal Monsters" from classic films.
In this co-operative game, you face off against classic American nightmarish beasts: Bigfoot, Mothman, the Jersey Devil, the Chupacabra, the Banshee of the Badlands, and the Ozark Howler. The more creatures in the game, the harder the challenge, with players needing to use their unique powers to figure out how to defeat each monster.
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Top 10 List at 23:02 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- expands Horrified with all-new monsters and wind/defeat conditions while keeping core mechanisms
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- new monsters, stand-alone with new wind/defeat conditions
Comparison games
- Horrified
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- "this is going to be a really hard list"
- "the cover art is amazing"
- "pop-up book game"
- "it's a game but it's a pop-up book"
- "all new monsters every single one of these monsters has all new wind conditions"
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Review at 1711:10:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Easy to learn and plays quickly (around 60 minutes).
- Engaging for both new and seasoned gamers.
- Thematic and unique monsters offer varied challenges.
- Cooperative nature fosters good player interaction and storytelling.
- Adjustable difficulty makes it suitable for different groups.
- Good for teaching geography and American folklore.
- The game's outcome can hinge on a single dice roll, adding suspense.
Cons
- Learning how each unique monster works can take a little while.
- A monster reference sheet for player actions would have been helpful.
- While the theme is good, it's not as impactful as the Universal Monsters in the original Horrified.
Thematic elements
- Players are investigators trying to defeat American monsters.
- An American town.
Comparison games
- Pandemic
- Horrified
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Investigators have a set number of actions per turn, such as moving, picking up items, or using special abilities.
- cooperative play — All players work together to defeat the monsters and win the game.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are used for monster actions, special abilities, and determining outcomes.
- Monster activation — Monsters have unique activation patterns and abilities that players must learn to counter.
- Set Collection — Players collect items of specific types and colors to defeat monsters.
- Variable player powers — Each investigator has unique abilities or special actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I think that makes it better than battlestar as much as I hate to admit it.
- The game is really based around that phase when a card comes up where say for example you were the captain and the mythos card may say the captain must decide what happens in this situation.
- The big downside to this game is this game was designed in 2005 as it does have player elimination and once you're eliminated there's nothing you can do.
- We came down to a dice roll if we survived we had it the next turn to defeat and it was bigfoot I think it was that we had to defeat at the end or if there was one explosion and we didn't have anything to turn in we were defeated.
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Allies or Enemies Top 21 List at 12:56 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- great variable monster experiences
Cons
- rulebook may require quick reference
Thematic elements
- iconic movie monsters reimagined
- cooperative monster-hunting
- tabletop cooperative with different monster dynamics
Comparison games
- Codenames: Pictures
- The Crew
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's so interchangeable
- this is jurassic park the board game
- easy number one with a bullet arc nova
- you can picture how kind of your different zoo is gonna be as well
- it's the heaviest rolling right that's out there
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Watch It Played Discussion at 5:53
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Cryptids (Bigfoot, Chupacabra, etc.)
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- get X launcher boxes out of my world
- Dark Moon is a dice version of the grander Battlestar Galactica game where things are going wrong on this spooky space station and what you need to do is go and do the go to the different places and everyone needs to give resources up in the form of dice to help solve those things however all your dice are behind a secret screen and they have different values on them and you can say oh I've only got negative values I can't help when you're lying you've got great dice you just want everything to fail because you're a traitor
- betrayal of house on the hill there's also a legacy Edition which I really would love to play I've not actually had a chance to even look at that much what's happening is you're all exploring this house getting stuff trying to get equipment all that type of thing doing things that happen tasks happen and things happen to your characters and all of a sudden there's a haunt one of the characters turns out to be a baddie and then you've all got to kind of get out of the house sometimes the haunt can go very strange sometimes the haunt's over in about six seconds and sometimes it's never over you know but for real wonderful Grand in Halloween night in the trailer house in the hill everyone sat round if you liked some candles get all spooky put some music on that's how I would like to spend my Halloween if I had the chance
- I love dead of winter I love it it's horror themed in my book it's a zombie game and I've it's uh there's also a hidden traitor type of aspect to the game possibly one time I ruined a friend's Night by playing that game because I was a secret Trader at the very end and we'd all won and then I turned my card over and turned out only I had won he didn't speak to me for the rest of the night he's never let me forget it actually that's why I love dead of winter
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Board Games for One Top 10 List at 7:28 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- great family-friendly cooperative experience
- accessible and thematic
Cons
- some scenarios can be straightforward; may lack depth for veteran players
Thematic elements
- cooperative monster defense
- American monster lore (Mothman, Jersey Devil, etc.)
- family-friendly horror/adventure
Comparison games
- Horrified base game
- Horrified: Hollywood Monsters
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Boss Battler — the monsters scale in difficulty across scenarios
- Boss-like encounters — the monsters scale in difficulty across scenarios
- Cooperative Game — players work together to defeat monsters and protect locations
- cooperative play — players work together to defeat monsters and protect locations
- variable monster threats — different monsters present different challenges
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Final Girl is exactly what it sounds like—you are playing as the final girl facing off against a killer.
- I played the knockoff of Alien, basically.
- this is American monsters… you can also get the Hollywood monsters version
- Cooperative fantastic great
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Top List at 17:48 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- So much fun
- Felt harder but in a good way
- Came down to the last card/turn
- Great game
- Immediately opened and played
Cons
- Harder than the original (could be a pro for some)
- Only played a couple of times so far
Thematic elements
- Defeating cryptids and monsters
- Various American locations
Comparison games
- Horrified
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — Players work together to defeat monsters.
- Monster Hunting — Players aim to defeat various monsters using specific strategies.
- Set Collection — Players collect items to defeat monsters.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- we wanted to talk about our top 10 favorite new to us games that we played for the first time at aircon
- the great thing about aircon is it's a convention where the main focus is all about playing board games
- we ended up winning one of the tables that had something like 28 games
- this is the reason that we put our tickets in that table
- we played oodles of stuff met noodles and new people
- i don't think i'd run out and buy it but i had a lot of fun playing it would definitely play it again
- i don't know what it was that didn't quite connect with me but like it was another one that i wasn't itching to run out and buy right after we played it
- building a sensible house felt weird to me but it was fun and it was uh it was well put together i thought
- it was just a lot more random and and fun
- it leads for some really exciting moments because you're taking all of the matches so sometimes if you hit the dice and some of them change you might have four fours that you're taking and two threes and so you take them all and it can lead to some huge shifts
- i've never been so sad about winning in my life
- i really liked it and i am super keen to try it with those other modules because i've heard that adds a lot to it
- we played it once and thought yep we we want some more of that
- we thought yep we have it on the way now
- and both of them came down to the very last card which was i think really a sign of a good game
- it was it was so much fun
- highly recommended if you're in the uk absolutely go if if you're somewhere nearby if you're on the continent if you're in europe it's probably worth worth a channel over here
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Watch It Played Playthrough at 0:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Clear cooperative objective and role-based actions.
- Perk cards add strategic flexibility and movement options.
- The trap and item mechanics create meaningful collaboration and timing.
- Ending the monster threats through coordinated actions feels rewarding.
Cons
- Playing with three monsters can be chaotic and pressure-filled.
- The early threat level requires careful planning to avoid catastrophe; near-misses are common.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play with a neutral investigator — Three-character setup includes a neutral third player controlled cooperatively by the two hosts.
- defeat conditions via items — Defeating each monster requires collecting and spending specific item types/strength (e.g., yellow items totaling 10 for mothman, six goats for chupacabra, blue/green items for bigfoot).
- investigator actions by role — Each role has a distinctive action: Scout can move investigators; Jock can pick up items from adjacent locations; Journalist has five action points per turn.
- monster phase and powers — Monsters take turns with movement and attacks; certain symbols trigger monster-specific powers (e.g., demon's eye for mothman).
- perks cards — Perk cards allow special actions (e.g., placing an investigator at any location).
- photography-sliding puzzle for Bigfoot — Defeating Bigfoot involves photographing them and using a slide-puzzle-like mechanism to reveal photos and arrange the map.
- trap activation and setup — Four traps are placed around the board; activating traps influences monster movement and defeat conditions.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- we're cooperatively uh controlling
- photograph bigfoot because they are so elusive
- we've photographed bigfoot
- we did it we did it
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Allies or Enemies Ranking at 14:48 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Ambitious monster designs and modern myth framing
- Strong thematic flavor with film connections
Cons
- Can feel convoluted at times
- Some monsters require looking up rules in the book
Thematic elements
- Array
- Modern urban mythology
- Mythology meets modern urban setting
Comparison games
- Horrified: Greek Monsters
- Horrified: Universal Monsters
- Horrified: World of Monsters
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Complex monsters with hidden information — Monsters are not fully on-card and require consulting the rulebook to learn mechanics
- story-driven investigations — Investigating and identifying the Jersey Devil and other entities
- Villagers as a focal point — Protecting and guiding villagers is central to strategy
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Universal monsters ... hits it out of the park
- Twin Peaks references in American monsters
- the 1950s art style in American monsters
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Allies or Enemies Discussion at 7:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- monsters feel distinct; good aesthetic and variety
Cons
- some players may find the rules heavier than base Horrified
Thematic elements
- Horror/monster-hunt in a cooperative setting
- Mid-20th century America with classic monsters
- Thematic, cinematic
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative Game — Players work together to defeat monsters.
- cooperative play — Players work together to defeat monsters.
- Variable monster abilities — Each monster behaves differently, changing strategies.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a really cool simple combo
- it moves so fast
- it's a two player version honestly works fine
- it's like 10 pounds like it's a very cheap game we got a lot of play out of it
- the monsters play very differently to how the ones in the original one do so i really like having both versions to play through
- it's a rondelle game where you've got workers
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No Rolls Bard Top 20 List at 8:24 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Approachable co-op with recognizable monsters
- High-quality production
Cons
- Some expansions increase complexity
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- co-op, set collection / campaign flavor — play as classic monsters in light, accessible co-op with familiar monsters
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a treasure trove of puzzling riches and i love it
- this box is the campaign that takes the form of a delightful comic
- a gorgeous game unlike any i've played this year or most other years
- it's an app-driven competitive storytelling game which just boggles my mind a little
- it's all about family
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Our Family Plays Games Discussion at 26:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- strong theme, varied monsters
- solid production
Cons
- can be heavy for casual players
Thematic elements
- cooperative monster defense
- urban environment with American folklore monsters
- scenario-driven exploration with themed monsters
Comparison games
- Descent: Legends of the Dark
- Arkham Horror LCG
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — team up to defend civilians and drive off monsters
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I think it's the best version of Code Names and that's Code Names Duet
- we belong in this space
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 30:34 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Solid co-op experience with thematic monsters
- Approachable entry into horror-themed board games
- Good game flow and clear monster activation rules
Cons
- Some scenarios can feel punishing if unlucky with monster spawns
- Requires coordination to maximize teamwork
Thematic elements
- cooperation, strategy, and monster-defeating teamwork
- cooperative run against classic Universal monsters in an American-flavored horror motif
- cinematic, monster-hunting adventure
Comparison games
- Horrified (base game)
- Arkham Horror
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — Players work together to defeat monsters and complete scenarios
- hero abilities — Characters have unique abilities that influence strategy
- monster activation phase — Monsters activate after players’ turns following a fixed sequence
- scenario-based play — Each scenario introduces different monsters with unique behaviors
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the art and graphic design of the card are so good they're so playful
- it's all about the spice
- there can be only one
- this is a team based game that plays from four to eleven players
- after your turn all the monsters have to activate
- the ring master
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