Horrified: Universal Monsters

I'm sixty-four. To me, board games are, "Life", "Pay Day", "Monopoly", etc... I was initially intimidated by this game. I'm used to rolling dice or using a spinner to play a board game. This game has players taking "actions" instead of rolling dice. The game is a cooperative game and takes a little time to setup, but it's very easy to setup. The game walked my wife, my granddaughter (ten-years-old), and me through what we needed to do. It went surprisingly smoothly. We enjoyed playing the game. The game beat us the first time but we won the next game. The game is great for having everyone work together to defeat the monsters. I had searched for reviews of starter/gateway family games and, "Horrified", was always listed with every search. I understand why now. I highly recommend this game. Granddaughter also approves.

Got this as a birthday gift for 11 year old nephew. It was close to Halloween so the theme and timing were in sync. Played it with my brother and other nephew aged 6. My brother is pretty good at picking up game rules quickly so he helped teach us all how to play and we had fun! The game is complex but the rules were easy enough to grasp so the kids caught on quickly and even I did too. There are a lot of variables and you can pick different combinations of monsters as opponents. Each monster requires different methods and strategies to defeat them and you can raise difficulty by playing against more monsters as you get better at the game and seek more of a challenge. It was fun working together as a team and even though we started in the “easy” mode, it was not a slam dunk… it was definitely a challenge. Seemed to be a hit with my brother’s family and I think they will play it a lot.

I'm a board game nerd. I'm also a horror nerd. This game is like a match made in heaven. It combines the lore and aesthetic of the Universal Monsters with a fun cooperative board game that's simultaneously quick and easy to learn and yet adaptable enough to have high re-play ability. The mechanics are pretty simple and well-designed. It's somewhat reminiscent of Pandemic in terms of both its cooperative nature and in terms of its mechanics. One of the lovely things about it is that it can be set up in about five minutes, the rules can be learned in another five, and yet there are numerous combinations of monsters--each of which has its own unique abilities and tasks--that make the game different enough on replay to be fun every time. The components are primarily cardboard (though the monsters are plastic tokens), but you can tell great care was paid in assembling everything from the unique mechanics for each monster right down to the artwork on the cardboard pieces. Fans of the Universal Monsters will feel right at home while playing this game. Admittedly, it will probably only really appeal to fans of the old Universal horror movies. The game itself, while certainly a good game, doesn't offer any massive innovations. But if you are a fan of monster movies, whether you're a board game player or not, you really need to get a copy of Horrified.

If you love to play board games, you should definitely make this one a part of your collection. This game is so fun and interactive every component of the game every card in piece it’s so colorful and nice. It allows you to work with one another as a team using strategies in order to all play together against the board game. It’s super fun. The instructions book that’s included is very clear allowing you to follow the rules and have fun with your party.

Weither you game often or not at all this is one for the collection. Not only does it look bad ass on the shelf, it's fun and easy to learn too! We are casual gamers here, I got this because it's one of the few two player games out there that looks somewhat dynamic. The game play is about an hour with two people. It offers a single player mode I've yet to try but I like that it is playable solo! The general concept of the game is you choose your character (a hero) then choose two or more iconic monsters depending on your difficulty, to take on as you save your village and villagers before they completely terrorize (there's a terror "counter" similar to the haunt counter in betrayal) or kill the heros! Each monster has a game card that has a specific task you must complete before the monster becomes vulnerable to attack which I thought was a fun spin. You get 4 actions in any order you choose each turn (pick up, trade, move, attack, special card or action) and after each players turn it's always the monsters turn! You gotta be careful because the villagers will spawn at random depending on the card drawn to which you have to return them safely to their rightful location before the monsters get them! If a monster gets them, the terror counter goes up and they die, if the monster get you, the terror counter goes up but you're sent to the hospital on the board. If that terror counter reaches it's max, you loose. If the monsters action card draw deck gets depleted, you loose. You win if you defeat the monsters before that happens! Only reason I gave 4 and not 5 stars is because the mini figs of the monsters are cheaply made, most came bent and kind of warped but all other pieces are quality and will last many game nights. I just wish the mini figs were better quality as they're a really cool features to the game.

Item was packaged well! Game itself is very fun and beginner friendly. Bit of reading to do but overall fun!

I really like this game. I ordered it for a gift I. The past and now ordered it again as a gift for someone else. I’m looking forward to being able to play it again. I’m not a big tabletop gamer but this is definitely fun to play. It took me and 1 other person about 2 hours to complete a round against 2 monsters. If it was just 1 it would have taken half that time. It has all the classic universal monsters and side characters from the movies. The instructions are easy to follow. It’s a high quality game and worth the price tag for sure.

I love Horrified and I’ve been playing it for awhile trying different monsters and heroes. At the moment I have only played alone so I haven’t had a chance to play with friends. Still it is fun and challenging game that I highly recommend. First I must say that Horrified is, in many respects, very similar to another popular co-op game Pandemic. In Pandemic you try to cure diseases whereas in Horrified you are trying to defeat the classic Universal Studios Monsters. What makes it different from Pandemic is that each monster must be defeated in a different way, but all of them requires turning in color items. For example to defeat Dracula you need to destroy 4 coffins (each 1 at a different location) with red items and then use yellow items to defeat Dracula. The game also introduces villagers that you must protect or ,if killed by a monster, the village Terror track rises bringing you closer to losing the game. In my personal opinion, I do like Horrified a little bit more than Pandemic for a couple reasons: 1. Each monsters unique way of defeating them 2. The theme itself. 3. It offers solo play. I don’t have many friends to play with and I have trouble getting friends to play this game, so I’m happy the game offers a solo mode with few changes that doesn’t severely hurt gameplay experience. Plus it feels awesome to defeat the monsters and save villagers on your own. There aren’t any problems I can think of with the game except maybe the villagers. I really like the villagers in the game, but the issue can be that when they are played they always spawned at the same location. Often locations fit from which they spawn, but the more you play the more you remember the locations they spawn in. Thus you can prepare when they are played. Great for players but doesn’t offer much variety. Only suggestion I can think of to remedy this is dice (any kind) that equals the number of locations on the board each being assigned a number. That way the villagers can spawn in different locations. While playing the game, I have thought of another difficulty setting you can play which I call “Van Helsing.” The maximum difficulty is 4 monsters but instead add a 5th, 6th, or all 7 of the monsters. Game plays normally with these differences: 1.Do 2 rounds with the monster deck 2. If any villagers die in the 1st round and are drawn again in the 2nd round, do not play them on the board. Instead place 2 items instead of the normal 3 from villager events. 3. For 2-5 players: start with 4 (maybe 5) items in your inventory so players don’t get killed easily by one or more monsters at the start of the game. Solo: start with no items. I did actually do this solo with all monsters and manage to win. Not sure how great this would be for 2-5 players but it might work. Give this a try if you like. Otherwise, Horrified is great to have if you like co-op, Pandemic, and horror like games and would be great to play during the Halloween season.

El juego de horrified es uno de los juegos cooperativos más divertidos que conozco. En primer lugar, la temática no está “pegada” como en otros juegos, por lo que es altamente temático en cuanto a los monstruos y sus mecánicas, así como los investigadores y aldeanos. De verdad se siente que los monstruos están persiguiéndote y acosando al pueblo en cada turno. La jugabilidad es muy buena también, ya que usualmente en tu turno tienes múltiples opciones que hacer, pero todos los jugadores están involucrados, por lo que a pesar de que puedan ser turnos algo largos, todo mundo está opinando. En cuanto a la dificultad, está la puedes ajustar, pero en lo personal 3 monstruos me parece la mejor, principalmente porque 2 se me hace demasiado fácil, con 3 será muy difícil ganar, pero si lo haces se siente como cuando le ganas a un jefe muy difícil en un juego. Jugando así casi siempre se pierde, pero no por el juego en sí, sino por el factor humano, y es que, aunque a veces para algunos sea muy claro lo que hay que hacer, al final la gente hace lo que quiere y al ser cooperativo el juego cada jugada que no lo sea te alejará de la victoria. Tocante a su re jugabilidad, a pesar de que no sean tantos enemigos ni cartas con sus acciones y que el mapa no cambie, el juego permanece fresco a pesar de jugarlo a menudo, principalmente porque no sabes en qué orden saldrán las cartas de acción de los monstruos o de aparición de personajes. Lo he jugado ya más de 20 veces y sigue sin aburrirme, aunque claro, no es el único que juego ni siempre. Finalmente, un par de puntos a tomar en cuenta es que para algunas personas el juego puede ser estresante porque hay que estar hablando y planeando todo el tiempo. Adicional a eso, un factor muy desagradable que se puede suscitar y que depende de tus compañeros de juego es el efecto líder, es decir, que sí en tu grupo de juegos hay una persona que sea muy mandona (y mal educada al no dejar a los demás hacer lo que quieren) esta podrá casi tomar el control del juego y que éste se convierta en más bien SU juego y todo se haga como dice. Jugar con alguien así, en este y cualquier juego cooperativo es horrible. Para mitigar un poco esto yo suelo agregar durante la explicación que si bien todos podemos y debemos cooperar y dar nuestra opinión durante el juego, la responsabilidad última de qué hacer es del jugador en turno y éste puede o no hacer caso a lo que los demás han dicho y los demás tendrán que aceptarlo. En general me ha funcionado. En conclusión este juego es divertido, fácil de sacar a mesa, con una persona que sepa inglés basta y permanecerá fresco bastante tiempo. Entre más cooperativas sean las personas con quienes juegas más lo disfrutarás, en caso contrario, puede que no tanto. P. D. Pintar las miniaturas le agrega un plus al juego y además es muy entretenido!

mto bom, bem divertido

This game is so much fun to play, and easy to learn. It says ages 10 and up but my 7 year old can sort of play along with help - and given that it is a collaborative game, that works well and means she can enjoy it too. I like that you can change the difficulty simply by adding more monsters or ones that are harder to defeat or you can make it fun by randomising which ones you play with. Its so versatile and when I've played with friends they've bought a copy of their own as they were impressed with it too. Its not one of those games that is impossible to win at but even a skilled player can face the hand of fate and lose. Definite replayability.

After a few power outages I thought I would try to figure out what else I can do at home by myself without electricity that isn't reading. I ended up looking up board games you can play solo and this is one that fell onto my radar. I've now played it by myself and with others and it's a lot of fun! The Universal Monsters theme doesn't hurt either, since I'm a fan of these old movies. Each monster has its own unique challenges, as do each of the playable characters. A lot of thought has definitely gone into this game. The board and pieces all look great and are good quality. It's easy to learn for the most part. We had a question or 2 about a couple of minor things, but you pick it up pretty quickly as you play. Despite the theme, there's nothing particularly scary about it, so I don't see why it couldn't be played with any age, as long as they can follow the instructions. Good replay value because you decide which monsters to include and how many. The difficulty level is also changeable for the same reason (too easy playing against 2 monsters? Try 3. Having trouble against 2? Try 1). Highly recommended!

Easy to teach, monsters can be combined in various ways. Fun for the whole family