Iello King of Tokyo Board Game - Dark Edition (Limited Edition)

Product Information

No Monster starts the game in Tokyo. The first player will always enter Tokyo City during this step. As you can easily see, there are some dramatic changes in the visuals with King of Tokyo: Dark Edition.

On a player’s turn, he or she roles 6 dice. The dice have six sides — a 1 symbol, a 2 symbol, a 3 symbol, an energy symbol, a wound symbol, and a heart symbol — and players are often trying to collect sets of the symbols. A player can roll up to three times, giving the game its famous comparison to Yahtzee. King of Tokyo is a tabletop game using custom dice, cards, and boards, designed by Richard Garfield and released in 2011. [1] A New York City-based edition, King of New York, was published in 2014. [2] The game was re-released in 2016, with all-new artwork and characters. The gameplay of Dark Edition keeps the fast and furious playstyle of King of Tokyo and adds a couple of seemingly minor rule changes that make this (in my mind) the definitive version to own. First, the 2-player variant. While I’m a fan of King of Tokyo, I’ve always felt that it plays best at 3-5 players, and I’ve generally avoided playing it as a two-player contest. But the subtle change of earning currency instead of victory points for staying in Tokyo makes it a much more interesting challenge for two players. On a player’s turn, much like in Yahtzee you will roll the dice up to three times, keeping what you want each time. After the rolls, you move on to resolving the dice.

KoT Dark has gorgeous art work. From the UV spot box to the use of the same technique on the player dials it looks great in person. I’m not sure the pictures really do it justice. I’m sure there will be some who miss the bright and whimsical nature of the older editions but I am not one of them.

If you don’t own King of Tokyo already, and you can get hold of Dark Edition, this is one to get – but only the die-hard fans need to replace their copy. A great update to an already great game.It’s a game for 2 to 6 players, and giant monsters are fighting to the death. But is the Dark Edition for you? Let’s find out. STORY For those that haven’t played King of Tokyo or don’t have a copy of the game, we’d recommend jumping straight to the Dark Edition of the game. At any time, you can discard one of your Cultist tiles to gain either: 1 heart, 1 energy, or one extra Roll.

If you are outside of Tokyo and you roll smash any dice, you wound all Monsters who are in Tokyo (Tokyo City and Tokyo Bay). But I’d like to use this review to comment on the Dark Edition specifically. This is indeed a collector’s version of the game, with enhanced components and cool new features. The new artwork by Paul Mafayon is gorgeous — the box is eye-popping with its accents and evocative cover — and the new bits (especially the translucent dice and energy charges) look fantastic.

Review Summary

Cost: This is where you need to make your decision in King of Tokyo vs Dark Edition. King of Tokyo Dark Edition is basically a collector’s edition of the original which means it is much better made. This means it will be better across the board in all categories except the price. Right now you are paying 25% more for Dark Edition though that gap is expected to widen. It is up to you if it is worth the extra money. Especially since you basically get a free expansion. Keep: Keep these cards face-up in front of you until the end of the game (unless something tells you to do otherwise). The second edition of King of Tokyo replaced Cyber Bunny and Kraken with Cyber Kitty and Space Penguin and made spelling changes to some monsters. Target (USA) had a special release which replaced Gigazaur with Baby Gigazaur.

s King of Monster Island is a standalone cooperative game with similar gameplay mechanics using giant monsters. It differs as players team up to battle boss characters rather than the players battling each other. Hand Print - If you're in Tokyo city, it damages all monster outside, or if you're outside Tokyo City it damages the monster that is in However, we’re not quite ready to ditch our original 2011 copy either. That’s partly because we own the Power Up expansion and find fun in playing with those monster evolutions as well. We also have King of New York and will still pull that out from time to time for a slight twist on the theme. All'inizio del turno il giocatore prende sei dadi e li lancia. Può tenerne quanti vuole da parte e rilanciare gli altri, fino a due volte (quindi tre lanci in tutto, ogni volta tenendo da parte ciò che si vuole).

King of Tokyo Promo Cards 2nd Edition card backs

And lastly, you’ve got the gamer that has never played before or the newcomer to the hobby. If that’s you, then this is the version I would buy. It looks the best. The box is organized the best. And the game has a new mechanic that is easy to learn and balances the gameplay a bit. The winner is the first player to collect 20 victory points or the last player still in play. [3] Editions [ edit ] If you have rolled any lightning bolt symbols on your dice, you will then receive as many Energy Charges.