Cover art for King of Tokyo

King of Tokyo

2011 · BGG
Avg rating
7.13
Bayes rating
7.02
Weight
1.49 (Light)
Players
2-6
Playtime
30 min
Ratings count
72,535

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Description

In King of Tokyo, you play mutant monsters, gigantic robots, and strange aliens—all of whom are destroying Tokyo and whacking each other in order to become the one and only King of Tokyo.

At the start of each turn, you roll six dice, which show the following six symbols: 1, 2, or 3 Victory Points, Energy, Heal, and Attack. Over three successive throws, choose whether to keep or discard each die in order to win victory points, gain energy, restore health, or attack other players into understanding that Tokyo is YOUR territory.

The fiercest player will occupy Tokyo, and earn extra victory points, but that player can't heal and must face all the other monsters alone!

Top this off with special cards purchased with energy that have a permanent or temporary effect, such as the growing of a second head which grants you an additional die, body armor, nova death ray, and more.... and it's one of the most explosive games of the year!

In order to win the game, one must either destroy Tokyo by accumulating 20 victory points, or be the only surviving monster once the fighting has ended.

First Game in the King of Tokyo series



Mechanics

Dice Rolling Die Icon Resolution King of the Hill Open Drafting Player Elimination Push Your Luck Re-rolling and Locking Tags

Themes

Fighting Movies / TV / Radio theme Science Fiction Theme Kaiju

Publishers

Boardgame Space Brain Games Bureau de Juegos Delta Vision Publishing Devir Egmont Polska Enigma (Bergsala Enigma) Fantasmagoria GaGa Games Galápagos Jogos GeGe Co. Ltd. GoKids 玩樂小子 HaKubia Heidelberger Spieleverlag Hobby Japan Hobby World HomoLudicus IELLO Kaissa Chess & Games Korea Boardgames Lautapelit.fi Lex Games MESAboardgames MIPL Mancalamaro Nordic Games GmbH Nordic Games ehf Origames Portal Games REXhry Reflexshop Siam Board Games Smart Ltd Vennerød Forlag AS uplay.it edizioni Ігромаг

Designers

Richard Garfield