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Year
2020
Players
3-8
Age
8+
Playtime
20 min
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Description
Imagine seeing a real alien stomping through your backyard. Now imagine describing what it looked like to a police sketch artist. That is exactly what you are expected to do while playing the frantic drawing party game MonsDRAWsity.
One player, known as "the Witness", has twenty seconds to examine a picture of a bizarre-looking creature, then they must describe it to the rest of the players, known as "Sketch Artists". At the end of the round, the witness awards points to the artist who was able to most closely match the monster seen by the witness!
—description from the publisher
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kovray Review
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Grant Lyon Review at 0:30 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- Coolest packaging ever had for a board game.
- Intriguing backstory and concept.
Cons
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Thematic elements
- Describing monsters to other agents who are trying to draw them.
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Description — The core of the game involves describing monsters.
- Drawing — Players describe monsters to other agents who are trying to draw them from the description.
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- you want to see some of the coolest packaging I've ever had for a board game
- look at this look at this whole crate here oh my gosh isn't that amazing
- the game name is monstrosity you work for a government agency and you've seen one of these monsters and you're trying to describe them to other agents who are trying to draw them from your description
- I am forever and always going to keep this game in this crate and I'm going to show up to game nights with my Jurassic Park crate ready to play monstrosity
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Chairman of the Board Top List at 9:16 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fun party game that centers on description and illustration
Cons
- Difficulty in achieving high accuracy among adults; can be too easy to replicate identical images
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Telestrations
- Illustrations
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drawing — One player describes an alien; others attempt to draw it based on description; scoring based on accuracy
- memory and description-based drawing — One player describes an alien; others attempt to draw it based on description; scoring based on accuracy
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- allegory is a game that really did intrigue me actually a very stunning looking game actually I love the artwork in this one
- there were too many negative cards in the game
- I wanted to like this one I thought there were too many negative cards in the game
- I thought that was a fantastic mechanism however I thought it was a bit hamstrung by the fact that the rest of the game was pretty light
- the potential was off the charts with this one but the rest of the game just held it back
- this was convoluted it was drawn out in a very long game for no reason you were constantly going bust often um you know without having made a single decision and it was just a frustrating mess of a game that I absolutely despised
- hierarchy is a tiny little micro game by button shy
- I remember it being at least a quality design
- the online digital implementation of it is better than the physical card game
- objectively this game is so clever it's very meticulously designed and if you like trick taking and you like co-op gameplay you're gonna love it
- I've played this one over a hundred times I'm just completely warm out on this game
- Village Green is a nice design, but the restrictions were a little bit debilitating
- every single placement is important here
- the fun part I thought decision wise there was almost nothing here
- it's one of those games where you never go to calculate scoring it's just a fun activity
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Before You Play Discussion at 12:05 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- highly social and entertaining in groups
- simplifies into quick, repeatable sessions
- great for mixed-ability groups and families
Cons
- depends on players’ drawing and descriptive skills
- humor can vary with audience and vibe
Thematic elements
- party, drawing, miscommunication, humorous monster design
- Whimsical monster sketch prompt game with live drawing as the core activity.
- lighthearted, social, party-oriented
Comparison games
- Dixit
- Telestrations
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Compound Scoring — Points awarded based on how accurately others can capture the described monster.
- Drawing — Players draw a monster on a dry-erase board based on a description.
- Drawing and sketching — Players draw a monster on a dry-erase board based on a description.
- Question-driven guessing — Other players ask clarifying questions about anatomy (eyes, legs, trunk, etc.).
- Scoring based on interpretation — Points awarded based on how accurately others can capture the described monster.
- Timed viewing and description — One player gets 20 seconds to view a monster card, then describes it for two minutes.
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- it's a very difficult game
- a fully cooperative game where you are trying to protect this island from invaders essentially
- each player plays as a different spirit who is protecting the island
- each spirit has their own thematic asymmetric card
- we vow to do more play-throughs of because we really enjoyed it
- it's a dry euro
- this is a big combo-tastic game
- chronicle Darwin's journeys throughout the Galapagos Islands
- it's a party style game where you're going to be drawing
- it's hilarious
- I'm terrible at it
- we played with the sisters and everybody had a really good time
- we definitely want to do another top 10 this month
- maracaibo this week
- we're going to release maracaibo this week
- we think cloud age is on its way
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