Monsters & Minions - Expansion for Roll Player Board Game | Adds End-Game Monsters, 5th Player, New Dice and 170+ Cards | Dice Drafting Family Game for 1-5 Players Ages 14+ | Thunderworks Games

This game was already a favorite of my gaming group. This expansion makes an already awesome game even better. I can honestly say that this expansion will almost always be used whenever I play from now on. (About the only reason it wouldn't be that I can think of, is those times when we have time for a regular game of Role Player, but don't necessarily have time for the expanded game. (It does definitely increase play time when playing with the expansion. I would say on average it adds between 25% and 50% to total play time, but doubling normal game length is not unheard of, so adding the expansion does definitely require a willingness to invest additional time playing. But it is SO worth it when you have the time. My play group is still working on adjusting play styles to the altered dynamics of the game, so our strategies are still evolving--and possibly as we develop improved strategies for playing with the expansion, the increased play time may not be as great. One player is ever trying to see if the can perfect a "ignore the 'distraction' of the Monster and its Minions and concentrate on winning the original way" strategy. Even they are happy with the new game components added in the expansion that don't involve the Monster and Minions--specifically, the additional races, the boost dice, new classes, market cards, etc. that still make the expansion a good deal even if you're ignoring hunting minions and preparing for the final fight against the monster. My entire play group gives this expansion their Stamp of Approval. Keep up the great work Thunderworks!

A most excellent, dare I say, ‘essential’ expansion to the Roll Player base game! Adds a really fun “hunt the monsters and minions” option rather than going to market - adding an adventure aspect to the meta character-building game Roll Player. I just added the Monsters and Minions expansion to my core Roll Player boxed set mixing it all together and never looked back. Makes Roll Player a lot more fun!

(WARNING: This is a MUST OWN for Roll Player, to turn the original title into what it -should- feel like to play such a game.) Save an imperfection or two on one of the combat die, this expansion transitions Roll Player into being a must own for dice rolling fans. And with more improvements coming in 2020's Fiends and Familiars expansion, the title will only get -stronger-. The groundwork for an amazing gameplay system has been made and the future of the Roll Player 'universe' looks promising. If the inevitable Adventuring/Role Playing Game system is indeed in the works for a 2020 fall release, then you will potentially have a -must have- title here. Get in now before supplies inevitably evaporate until next year's F&F Kickstarter reproduction wave.

Wow! This expansion takes a great game and makes it better without adding too many rules or changing the theme of the game! Monsters & Minions adds lots of new stuff. Including: 1) Components for a 5th player! 2) MORE classes, backgrounds, alignments, market cards and races! 3) Boost Dice that can increase your stats (but don't count for VPs, color placement, etc) by 3-8! 4) Scroll cards that give you instant bonuses, abilities and/or actions! 5) MONSTERS! (see below!) 6) COMBAT DICE! (see below) 7) EXPERIENCE CUBES (see below) 8) Honor/Wound tokens (see below) But the BEST addition to Role Player that Monsters and Minions adds is COMBAT and ADVENTURING! Monsters and Minions adds.....well....MONSTERS to Role Player! Yes, COMBAT (and combat dice!!) comes to Role Player. Combat is quick and simple-roll your combat dice, add them up, add/subtract modifiers, use special powers that apply, then compare to the monster you're fighting. If you win, collect a reward (experience cubes, honor tokens, VPs); if you lose you get a wound. Wounds count as a negative modifier. Combat, called "hunting," is a new option during the market phase. Now, during the Market Phase, instead of buying a card you can 'hunt' monsters and test your character against a host of evil monsters....er.....minions. Fighting the monsters gives you experience cubes (and in some cases endgame VPs). Experience cubes give you even more options in combat, such as re-rolling combat dice, hiring mercenaries (which give you more combat dice), heal wounds and even allow you to take attribute actions!! Even better, the expansion adds a BOSS MONSTER that the entire party must fight after their players are completed their characters! This adds a climatic end to the base game and even a touch of co-op! Again, the boss fight is quick and clean and only lasts a single round. Either the players win (and get LOTS of VPs), or they fail! The only downsides to the expansion that I can see are: A) It will make the game longer, which may or may not be an issue for some players. B) Some players may find the addition of combat will make the game even more lucky and/or swingy. With players coming from last to first based solely on getting lucky in combat instead of efficient strategy. But, for me (and my group) this is an essential purchase! If makes the base game even more interesting with more strategies and choices and knocks it out of the park in terms of theme. If you have the base game, GET THIS NOW!

In this game, you roll statistics for a dungeons and dragons character, acquiring items and abilities on the way. However, the method for doing so is wonderful. This would be an excellent gift for any person in your life that enjoys D&D or other roll-playing game!

Worth the addition to the base game. Adds a level of depth that was needed to an already great game. Wouldn’t go back to just the base.

Really good dice drafting game. Highly recommend the monster expansion as well.

Once you use the expansion, you'll never want to play without it. It makes the whole game feel like there is an end goal (defeating the end monster) rather than just gaining the most victory points. Highly recommend!

Exatamente o que eu esperava.

Muy buen juego

If you enjoyed roll player, then this gives you more of that great game. The introduction of the minions and monsters gives a little something else to think about. Love it.

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Great addition to the base game. Adds a bunch of new cards to all the stacks, which adds more replayability. And also adds a new little combat mechanic, which is fun and gives you more options and makes you think about the endgame a bit more. Perfect expansion.