Monster Mayhem 2021

You’re a slimy, chompy, furry, fangy, freaky, howling, scary, bugeyed monster.

As a monster, you’ve got a couple things going for you—you’re darn tough and you’re friggin’ scary. But are you the greatest monster? There’s only one way to find out, and that’s to pit yourself against other monsters in a game of Monster Mayhem! Compete against your fellow monsters in rooms containing bubbling acid, exploding rockets, tentacled terrors, rickety bridges, and much, much more for the thrill—nay, the honor—of being crowned the greatest monster ever.

Monster Mayhem is a push your luck social party game for 4-12 players. Players choose a monster and vote token, and then take turns reading scenario cards. Afterwards, all players vote on the scenario simultaneously. Depending on how players vote, players gain or lose points. At the end of the game (typically 8 scenarios which takes about 30 minutes), the monster with the highest score wins.

Here is an example scenario from the game:

The Rickety Bridge Two bridges lie before you. The one on the left is sturdy; the one on the right is barely standing. There is a greater reward for taking the right bridge, that is if it doesn’t collapse and drop you down onto the sharp rocks below…

Monsters choose to take the sturdy left bridge or the rickety right bridge.

Taking the left bridge will reward 1 point. Taking the right bridge will reward 3 points. However, if 50% or more of all monsters take the rickety right bridge it collapses, causing all those monsters to fall and lose 2 points.

—description from the designer