King of Tokyo: Power Up!
With King of Tokyo: Power Up! – an expansion for the King of Tokyo base game – Included is the new monster Pandakai, a giant panda bear. After choosing a monster, each player takes the eight Evolution cards associated with that monster, shuffles those cards, and creates a personal deck. At the end of a player’s turn, if she has three hearts, she draws one Evolution card and adds it to her hand; this is possible even in Tokyo (when hearts are normally useless) and even if the hearts are used for some other action, such as healing.
A player can reveal and play an Evolution card at any time. Some Evolutions are temporary, allowing a one-time bonus, while others are Permanent, such as Gigazaur’s "Tail Sweep", which allows him to change one die to a 1 or 2 each turn. Each Evolution card also identifies whether a monster is a Mutant, Invader, or Robot, and while not relevant for Power Up!, this species identification could come into play in future expansions.
The rules for King of Tokyo: Power Up! contain a few variants: Players start with a random Evolution in play, or draw two cards and choose the one they want, or draft a set of Evolutions prior to the start of play. However you play, the goal of the game remains the same: Score 20 points or be the last monster standing amid the rubble of what was once Tokyo.
Data sheet
- Minimum number of players
- 2
- Maximum number of players
- 6
- Age
- 8+
- Playing time
- 15 - 30 minutes
- Language
- English
- Language dependent
- Extensive use of text
- Designer
- Richard Garfield
- How many players?
- For 2
- How many players?
- Small groups (2-4)
- How many players?
- Big groups (5-6)
- Game mechanism
- Dice rolling
- Theme
- Monsters
- Theme
- Movies/TV
- Artist
- Régis Torres
- Artist
- Igor Polouchine
- Artist
- Dimitri Chappuis
- Artist
- Bastien Grivet
- Type of game
- Dice game