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Ice / Lake / Lava / Grasslands / Swamp / Desert / Rune

Yes

A tile can be placed next to another even if that doesn’t complete a crystal.

Yes

Yes, you can use the first player token.

No

The last tiles of each round are discarded.

2

The game will be played over 2 rounds. Each round is made of 9 turns.

No

A player cannot put his/her tiles on his/her own ship, unless that player is the slowest to choose a tile and his/her ship is the only available spot left. (Exception: black suit female explorer’s ability.)

Place the board on the team side. Take the permanent medals (Desert Monster, Rune Monsters and Penalty) and find their location on the board. Form a first pyramid with the desert monster medals by placing the 2 team medals at the base and the individual medal at the top. Do the same with the 3 monsters runes medals. Then place the 2 penalty medals on top of each other on the mid-runes mid-desert location. Then complete the remaining 2 pyramid locations by choosing the type of medals that match the type of landscape. For one of the locations you can choose the Big Monster medals, the medals meadows / swamps or finally the medals 5/7 different terrains. For the last location you can choose the medals lava, the medals ice or finally the medals 5/7 different terrains. The 5/7 field medals are medals that go on any field outside the permanent medal fields. There are more medals than necessary to offer variety in your games.

In the game, 3 types of medals are permanent. It means that they will always be placed on the planet. These are the desert, runes and penalty medals.

An ice monster mutates as soon as it is in direct contact from the top or the bottom with a mutagenic tile. The double mutagen tile must always be placed over the monster. The beam radiates to the monster and the monster can mutate. The simple mutagenic tile must be placed under the monster to mutate it. The beam radiates to the monster and the monster can mutate. Note that on the simple tile, the mutagenic monster is always on the right.

No

No, only mutant (vertical ice monsters) can mutate.

No

All monsters must be placed where they are (on their feet when they have them). One must be particularly watchful for the mutagenic watch: to make a mutation, the mutagenic double monster tile must always be positioned above a mutant monster and the simple mutagenic monster tile always stands below the mutant monster at the beam level.

No

No, the tiles can not be moved from one turn to another. They represent your discovery of the planet.

No

No, the tiles of the same family must not be put side by side. You just have to respect the laying rules (adjacent by the small or the large side, and in the direction of reading).

No.

No, each player secretly chooses his/her explorer. Once all players have chosen it, they all reveal it at the same time.

Specific rules.

There is a specific rules for 2players. The gameplay is totally different from the 2 other game modes (individual mode and team mode). It is even more focused on blocking and strategy.

A tile laying game with an innovative draft.

Big Monster is an innovative drafting game played over two rounds representing two days of exploring an unknown planet. The total number of exploration points obtained by the players will be calculated at the end of the game to determine the winner(s).

You are an explorer and you discover a new planet!

Big Monster takes you to an unknown exuberant planet, where you will discover strange monsters and rare crystals, but also compete with other explorers to fulfil various missions.

Tile laying game with an innovative draft.

Big Monster is an innovative drafting game played over two rounds representing two days of exploring an unknown planet. The total number of exploration points obtained by the players will be calculated at the end of the game to determine the winner(s). mode_editdelete_forever What is the innovative drafting mechanic?Choose a tile and give the