IELLO | SKU: IEL51368

King of Tokyo: Power Up! (New Edition)

Name: King of Tokyo: Power Up! (New Edition)
Brand: IELLO
SKU: IEL51368
Price: 18.95 CAD
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Designer	Richard Garfield
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-6
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honors	2013 Golden Geek Best Board Game Expansion Nominee
Expansion For	King of Tokyo
Expansions	King of Tokyo: Monster Pack – King Kong King of Tokyo: Halloween (New Edition)
Accessories	Folded Space - King of Tokyo & Expansions (v1) Folded Space - King of Tokyo / King of New York & Expansions (v2)
Additional Info	127067/king-of-tokyo-power-up http://www.boardgamegeek.com/forum/1264740/king-of-tokyo-power-up/reviews

With King of Tokyo: Power Up! – an expansion for the King of Tokyo base game – 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.

Refreshes the entire game...

KOT by itself is a somewhat enjoyable game. This simple expansion adds unique powers to the monsters that drastically changes the gameplay making it much more enjoyable. The powerups can offset the randomness of rubbish dice rolls enough to keep people engaged. I found it also extends the play time a bit too... not really a negative, but something to keep in mind.

Thematic improvement

Greatly improves the base game by adding variable powers to monsters.

Must Have Expansion!

Definitely a must-have expansion for King of Tokyo as it introduces powers specific to the monsters in the base game, thus adding some variety to the game and making everyone's monster feel unique! Also comes with another monster as well! :) After playing with the power-up cards it's hard to ever play King of Tokyo without them!

Good

7/10

Kelp: fun but a bit lopsided

My partner and I have played this a couple times from both roles and while it’s fun, it definitely feels like the odds are stacked perhaps a little too heavily against the shark. Because of this, it can be tough to convince people to play as it sort of feels like you already know who is going to win by which character you get. That said, I will still continue to play it for the challenge of trying to win with the shark…it will likely just not feature very heavily in my two player game rotation.

Tous ceux avec qui j'ai joué l'ont adoré!

Pour moi j'ai acheté les boitiers rouge et violet afin de jouer avec plus de personnes et ensuite j'ai acheté le coffret Deluxe pour l'offrir en cadeau.

Great game!

A great shedding game where you play poker hands and power cards.

Nightfall Lite but Not Nightfall 2.0

If you liked Nightfall, but thought individual creature combat was too tedious? You'll probably like this.

If you liked Nightfall but thought the game was too slow to ramp up, or too long to finish/hand out all wounds, you'll like this.

If you thought Nightfall's "Private Archive" claims ended to overpower the game based on luck of the draw, you'll like Unchained's 3x3 market grid.
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As far as deck builders go, I like Unchained. It will take awhile to really know the card power combos. The symbols look overwhelming at first, but are kind of intuitive once you're used to how the cards work. Combat is total offense vs total defense and result is one fatigue (wound). So no MTG-ish "creature 1 attacks player B and creature 2 takes 3 wounds against player C." It does speed up and simplify the game a lot. The 3x3 card market is brilliant. You can get cards you want and/or clear out cards you don't want your opponents to get. Much more variety of cards to cycle through than 8+2 archives = 10 cards to choose from per game.

Solid 4/5 all around. I'd give 5/5 if there was a happy medium in combat between Nightfall and Unchained. Not as super simplified as Unchained, but not like Nightfall's individual cards combat. Maybe a power on some cards "stays in play after combat" so there's a larger chance of different strategies than "I punch you, you punch me, repeat"

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