an IP with the Lovecraft estate might be interesting. Facing off against a Shoggoth, Serpent Folk, and the Color Out of Space. Likewise classic non-Universal monsters like The Thing, Pumpkin-Head, Penny-Wise, the Blob, or even the Gremlins.
One possible IP if Hasbro would allow it might be the D&D Ravenloft setting with players being adventurers taking on the Dark Lords of the Realm of Dread. Perhaps the map might, instead of being a single town location, might be a group of Domains and each subdivided into a series of locations within the domain (example being the Domain of Barovia ruled by the vampire lord Baron Strahd with areas including the town, woods, and monastery locals in addition to Castle Ravenloft); in the setting the Domains are divided from one another by the Mists of Ravenloft which in a board game act as a hindrance to movement (though some character types can bypass it either through an object card or special ability--a Vishanti character would have the ability to ignore the Mists in addition to having a movement of 5 as an example). The Dark Lords begin the game trapped in their Domains unable to pass through the Mists--until they Frenzy. If they get a Frenzy card and can move far enough to pass through the barriers of their domain, they can travel the realms of Dread to spread their evil. Other dark lords beyond Strahd might include the lich Azalin, the dark Fey known as the Raven Queen, Mordenheim and his flesh golem Adam, the death knight Lord Soth, the necromancer Nathaire of Averoigne, the ghost Lord Godefro, the wererat Lady Reinier, and the God-Brain and its mind flayer minions (this last dark lord cannot move but can use its minions instead, and the mind flayers ignore the mists but can be destroyed by adventurers). @@MIsForMeeple
I love how well thought out this is. I can really picture how the game would play. Now we just need to get this in front of ravensburger and wizards of the coast
My personal idea was Horrified: Japanese Monsters. They could have Kappa, Yuki-Onna, Tengu and the likes. But I really like your ideas as well, especially Grimm fairytales. I imagine them having the Big Bad Wolf, Rumpelstiltskin, evil witches and the likes.
@tiagoyago89 That's true. I believe it really comes down to which monsters you prefer. I'm very excited for the new horrified, especially since there will be rules to combine it with the Greek monsters.
I know there's some crazy stuff around Zeus and him eating people or his wife or something like that. My memory is a bit foggy on it, but yeah, pretty crazy stuff
@@MIsForMeeple I'm very interested in greek mythology, so I've read a book or two about it and I tell you there's A LOT of raping, murdering, poisoning, skinning, boiling, eating, hacking, slashing and all sorts of horror imaginable and in very gruesome constellations! 😉
Hey, how are the contents and quality of the sequels vs the OG version? I’ve read quality went down a lot with each new release (Ravensburger as a company is known for this)
I really love Horrified. I need to get the new one. I didn't get the spooky vibe from the Greek Mythology, good to know it doesn't play that way either. I still want it.😄😄 Loving the shirts!
This is so weird. I was literally just debating on if I should get the others other than the original right when you posted this video. I really would love to own Terrified, but I’d like to see a Dark Souls/Bloodborne theme. Maybe even a B Movie theme could be cool too. It’s hard to think of a theme that isn’t an IP other than maybe paranormal which I’d be all in on. Alien could be a dope IP if they have all the various alien types.
I'm working on a "La Llorona" custom monster scenario for American Monsters. It utilizes visual landmarks and details in the map in order to find her hideout and defeat her. People that have played Tobago before will understand the concept immediately. But It's basically like a puzzle that relies on the postmortem testimony of her victims. You search for these clues near the water areas where the bodies were drown. But that's where you are the most vulnerable since you could be next. Haven't been able to play test it yet since I'm still waiting for my copy of American Monsters. But I think it will be pretty fun.
@@MIsForMeeple Sure will. They don't sell it here in Costa Rica, but it should arrive before Christmas. I just need some insight regarding traffic lights in USA, do they emit some sort of sound when in red in order to help visually impaired people cross the street? This may seem off topic, but the clues are sense based: Hearing, sight, smell and touch (finding 3 will form a combination that reveals a unique location on the map) Clues are context based so instead of telling the players that the hideout is adyacent to the traffic lights, the wandering spirit will tell them about hearing a mechanical bird. Which will only make sense if traffic lights make that type of sound in USA as well 😅 So basically it's like a scape room type of deal the very first time you play it. The idea is that players interact with details in the map trying to understand what the clues mean. A separate help sheet is included, it explains all the clues and also provides the exact location for each combination. But you never know, you may have a detective in your party. La Llorona's hideout is in the sewer system of the town and this is why her victims are later found in the river or lake. I just want someone, somewhere, one day to somehow crack this case, without the help sheet and give their party a great gaming moment. Finally, I do some game board design myself, and recently someone mentioned some similarities between Horrified and the game I beta tested them: PANIC (Power, Activation, Navigation, Investigation, Courage) (which are the actions you roll for during each turn) The similarities being the monsters AI according to them, so I started investigating about Horrified and while watching some videos I ended up visualizing a new scenario and ordering a copy lol.
@CV-lm7pv Traffic lights in the U.S. do not emit a sound while red, although they really should, that's a fantastic idea! Sometimes (it varies by location and mainly only in cities), crosswalks will have a sound element to help signal that people can cross the street, but it's not consistent everywhere. Hope that helps! Really love your ideas for this custom Horrified scenario!
I actually heard that the stranger things upside down game is basically horrified mechanics. Big agree on Grimm fairytales as a theme, I would suggest a kaiju theme like Godzilla, Mothra, Kraken, Loch Ness, megalodon. Great video! I really might just pull the trigger and buy American monsters. It’s on major sale on Amazon right now.
IMO The American Monsters game is much weaker than OG Horrified. The colours and design of the board isn't as clean and iconic as the first Horrified and the monsters are more confusing. There are spelling errors in the rule book and the game overall just feels really sloppy
@@daniellet702 interesting, i was taught it at a FLGS so i never looked at the rulebook and I enjoyed it. But, I will wait till I try the original before I make a decision! thanks for sharing
I only own and have only played the original, but I'd love to try the other two. The Greek monsters theme really appeals to me, but I could see how it would feel less like a horror game. They need to turn the fan-made Terrified into an official release. More modern day monsters like Freddy, Jason, or Pinhead would be awesome to face off against.
If you like the Greek theme, then you'll really like the latest version of Horrified. As for Terrified I'd like to see them swap Pennywise for Pinhead. Penny wise scares the crap out of me
@@MIsForMeeple They could make it so you have to find and pop all of his red balloons, then all the players would have to converge on his space to finish him off.
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Petrified looks incredible! I love that it has Dale and Trucker in it. As for this coming into the mainstream I'm sure Ravensburger could secure the license to make these games, but there's some threads you can find about how the developers that worked on Dead By Daylight(video game) had a rough time working with the IP holders and modeling the characters, like Mike Myers and I think Ghost Face had a licensing issue where they got the rights to use the attire but couldn't reference the movie Scream.
Great review for each different game. I am the exact opposite of you guys, I LOVE the original because those are the horror movies I watched when I was growing up and still love the old black and white Universal horror movies. I just bought Greek Monsters and love it as well. I really enjoy Greek Mythology so it was perfect for me. I had no interest in American Monsters. I thought about picking it up when it came out but I just don't care about any of those monsters. Anyway, loved your review and look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Thank you so much for watching! The games play so similarly that it's nice to be able to pick the version with the monsters and theme that appeals to you the most. We're excited to see what (if any) other versions of this game come out in the future!
Great video, thanks for making it. The first two have been on my radar for some time but the new one looks interesting for my group. After reading about the rules ambiguity on it I'm leaning more towards the first one honestly. I know it is very overdone but I think a Cthulhu one might be fun.
Horrified is a top favorite game for me! I haven't played Greek Monsters yet, and I can't pick a favorite between the other two. When I'm playing Universal Monsters, I think it's my favorite. When I'm playing American Monsters, I think it's my favorite. So I can't choose!
As a fan of legendary ghost stories, I would like to see one based on America's haunted places. It could feature ghosts inspired by the ghost cat from Washington DC, Resurrection Mary from Illinois, Chloe from Myrtles Plantation, and any one of the ghosts from the Lemp Mansion, the Winchester Mystery House, Amityville, the Stanley Hotel, Tombstone, etc. No shortage of American hauntings for inspiration.
Thanks for the great explanation. Wondering if you think this would be a good game to play with my grandkids. They love Halloween, and I'm partial to the Universal Monsters. They are 9, 7, and 5 years old.
Horrified is rated for 10 and up, but the base mechanics aren't hard. I think a 9 and 7 year old could get it. Since it's cooperative, you could could collectively decide what each character does. The biggest hurdle might be explaining how to defeat each monster
Thanks,@@MIsForMeeple . We play some other coop games that are 10 and up (Forbidden Island), and it sounds like we can do this one the same. Enjoy your day.
Horrified is probably my favorite cooperative game after Spirit Island (which Rich hates, boo). It was actually the first game we played when we first moved into this apartment, and it just came back into our lives again (as my former roommate took her copies of both OG and AM with her)... we actually just taught it to our designer friend John who LOVES everything Prospero Hall. It's just silly, campy fun and we can't wait to get our hands on Greek Monsters, because I am a HUGE Greek mythology nerd. Like, I was that weird kid in third grade reading the unabridged literary translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey... though Rich also collected and painted the Universal Monsters as a kid, so he is inclined towards that one.
We've never played Spirit Island, but since a lot of people have it as their number 1 or at least in their top 10, we've been thinking about getting it. If you're huge on Greek mythology, then you're gonna love this version of Horrified!
I will say, Spirit Island is a beast to learn, but great if you like assymetric powers. It was kind of the thing that got me into boardgame playthrus to start with, as it was my first really heavy game and that's how I found Before You Play, they have probably the BEST tutorial on it @@MIsForMeeple
an IP with the Lovecraft estate might be interesting. Facing off against a Shoggoth, Serpent Folk, and the Color Out of Space. Likewise classic non-Universal monsters like The Thing, Pumpkin-Head, Penny-Wise, the Blob, or even the Gremlins.
I'd be happy with any of those!
One possible IP if Hasbro would allow it might be the D&D Ravenloft setting with players being adventurers taking on the Dark Lords of the Realm of Dread. Perhaps the map might, instead of being a single town location, might be a group of Domains and each subdivided into a series of locations within the domain (example being the Domain of Barovia ruled by the vampire lord Baron Strahd with areas including the town, woods, and monastery locals in addition to Castle Ravenloft); in the setting the Domains are divided from one another by the Mists of Ravenloft which in a board game act as a hindrance to movement (though some character types can bypass it either through an object card or special ability--a Vishanti character would have the ability to ignore the Mists in addition to having a movement of 5 as an example). The Dark Lords begin the game trapped in their Domains unable to pass through the Mists--until they Frenzy. If they get a Frenzy card and can move far enough to pass through the barriers of their domain, they can travel the realms of Dread to spread their evil. Other dark lords beyond Strahd might include the lich Azalin, the dark Fey known as the Raven Queen, Mordenheim and his flesh golem Adam, the death knight Lord Soth, the necromancer Nathaire of Averoigne, the ghost Lord Godefro, the wererat Lady Reinier, and the God-Brain and its mind flayer minions (this last dark lord cannot move but can use its minions instead, and the mind flayers ignore the mists but can be destroyed by adventurers). @@MIsForMeeple
I love how well thought out this is. I can really picture how the game would play. Now we just need to get this in front of ravensburger and wizards of the coast
80s slasher theme; fight Freddy Kruger, Jason, Chucky, Micheal Myers, Pinhead
Greek monsters? Finally, I can punch a minotuar
Only took 15 years
My personal idea was Horrified: Japanese Monsters. They could have Kappa, Yuki-Onna, Tengu and the likes.
But I really like your ideas as well, especially Grimm fairytales. I imagine them having the Big Bad Wolf, Rumpelstiltskin, evil witches and the likes.
I'm not too familiar with Japanese Yokai but definitely would peak my interest, like some sort of Oni would be terrifying
For people outside America the second is kind of meh compared to the first
@tiagoyago89 That's true. I believe it really comes down to which monsters you prefer. I'm very excited for the new horrified, especially since there will be rules to combine it with the Greek monsters.
If you really knew about Greek Mythology, you would know it's far more horrifying than movie or American folklore monsters.
I know there's some crazy stuff around Zeus and him eating people or his wife or something like that. My memory is a bit foggy on it, but yeah, pretty crazy stuff
@@MIsForMeeple I'm very interested in greek mythology, so I've read a book or two about it and I tell you there's A LOT of raping, murdering, poisoning, skinning, boiling, eating, hacking, slashing and all sorts of horror imaginable and in very gruesome constellations! 😉
Fairy tale version would be great. Good idea.
Thanks, We'd love to see it
Hey, how are the contents and quality of the sequels vs the OG version? I’ve read quality went down a lot with each new release (Ravensburger as a company is known for this)
Gonna play the new one here soon, we'll let you know if this one goes down.
I played the first two, I like both. The monsters sre different and feel different in second, but OG is my favorite.
The first two are the best!
I would love to see a cosmic horror version featuring the Xenomorph, Predator, Demogorgon, Clover, Hellraiser and the Thing.
I know its not thematically scary, but seeing this system implemented with batman villains would be fun
Oh, that would be amazing! Would the characters you move around the map be members of the Bat Family?
Some Batman villains are definitely scary (Scarecrow, Joker, Man-Bat, Killer Croc, El Diablo, Professor Pyg...)
I really love Horrified. I need to get the new one. I didn't get the spooky vibe from the Greek Mythology, good to know it doesn't play that way either. I still want it.😄😄
Loving the shirts!
I think Greek Monsters is still available on Amazon if your FLGS doesn't have it. And thanks for commenting on our shirts we love them too
Maybe they will do a undead version with ghosts, ghouls, demons, and zombies.
This is so weird. I was literally just debating on if I should get the others other than the original right when you posted this video. I really would love to own Terrified, but I’d like to see a Dark Souls/Bloodborne theme. Maybe even a B Movie theme could be cool too. It’s hard to think of a theme that isn’t an IP other than maybe paranormal which I’d be all in on. Alien could be a dope IP if they have all the various alien types.
Aliens would make for an awesome set! I'd like to see Predator included in that.
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Jabberwocky?! 🤣🤣🤣 That cracked me up. Jabberwocky is from Alice in Wonderland. 😁
@taykey17 Yeah, we misspoke. Meant to say Jersey Devil. Just surprised no one else noticed
I'm working on a "La Llorona" custom monster scenario for American Monsters.
It utilizes visual landmarks and details in the map in order to find her hideout and defeat her.
People that have played Tobago before will understand the concept immediately.
But It's basically like a puzzle that relies on the postmortem testimony of her victims.
You search for these clues near the water areas where the bodies were drown. But that's where you are the most vulnerable since you could be next.
Haven't been able to play test it yet since I'm still waiting for my copy of American Monsters.
But I think it will be pretty fun.
This sounds amazing. I'd love to hear more about it. Let me know when you get your American Monsters copy in and start testing it.
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Sure will. They don't sell it here in Costa Rica, but it should arrive before Christmas.
I just need some insight regarding traffic lights in USA, do they emit some sort of sound when in red in order to help visually impaired people cross the street?
This may seem off topic, but the clues are sense based:
Hearing, sight, smell and touch (finding 3 will form a combination that reveals a unique location on the map)
Clues are context based so instead of telling the players that the hideout is adyacent to the traffic lights, the wandering spirit will tell them about hearing a mechanical bird.
Which will only make sense if traffic lights make that type of sound in USA as well 😅
So basically it's like a scape room type of deal the very first time you play it.
The idea is that players interact with details in the map trying to understand what the clues mean. A separate help sheet is included, it explains all the clues and also provides the exact location for each combination. But you never know, you may have a detective in your party.
La Llorona's hideout is in the sewer system of the town and this is why her victims are later found in the river or lake. I just want someone, somewhere, one day to somehow crack this case, without the help sheet and give their party a great gaming moment.
Finally, I do some game board design myself, and recently someone mentioned some similarities between Horrified and the game I beta tested them:
PANIC (Power, Activation, Navigation, Investigation, Courage) (which are the actions you roll for during each turn)
The similarities being the monsters AI according to them, so I started investigating about Horrified and while watching some videos I ended up visualizing a new scenario and ordering a copy lol.
@CV-lm7pv Traffic lights in the U.S. do not emit a sound while red, although they really should, that's a fantastic idea! Sometimes (it varies by location and mainly only in cities), crosswalks will have a sound element to help signal that people can cross the street, but it's not consistent everywhere. Hope that helps! Really love your ideas for this custom Horrified scenario!
“La Llorona”. Wait what PA’ 😳🤔. Wow you went deep on it!! 😬🤣😭
@@neutral1980 The Wailer for the English speaker community XD
Keep thinking they will make a Scooby Doo version of this game.
I know there was a Scooby-Doo board game that came out a year or two ago, I wonder if it plays like horrified.
@@MIsForMeepleI have a Scooby Doo Munchkin and a Scooby Doo Betrayal at Mystery Mansion (Betrayal at House on the Hill).
I actually heard that the stranger things upside down game is basically horrified mechanics. Big agree on Grimm fairytales as a theme, I would suggest a kaiju theme like Godzilla, Mothra, Kraken, Loch Ness, megalodon.
Great video! I really might just pull the trigger and buy American monsters. It’s on major sale on Amazon right now.
Definitely get it if it's on sale! And kaiju would be amazing! Maybe we'll have to revisit the stranger things game if it plays like horrified
IMO The American Monsters game is much weaker than OG Horrified. The colours and design of the board isn't as clean and iconic as the first Horrified and the monsters are more confusing. There are spelling errors in the rule book and the game overall just feels really sloppy
@daniellet702 how's sort of how we felt with the Greek Monsters but it's nice that they have options now for people who love the game mechanics
@@daniellet702 interesting, i was taught it at a FLGS so i never looked at the rulebook and I enjoyed it. But, I will wait till I try the original before I make a decision! thanks for sharing
I only own and have only played the original, but I'd love to try the other two. The Greek monsters theme really appeals to me, but I could see how it would feel less like a horror game. They need to turn the fan-made Terrified into an official release. More modern day monsters like Freddy, Jason, or Pinhead would be awesome to face off against.
If you like the Greek theme, then you'll really like the latest version of Horrified. As for Terrified I'd like to see them swap Pennywise for Pinhead. Penny wise scares the crap out of me
@@MIsForMeeple They could make it so you have to find and pop all of his red balloons, then all the players would have to converge on his space to finish him off.
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Horrified H.P Lovecraft Monsters Board Game
Horrified Hammer Horror Monsters Board Game
Horrified Sci Fi Monsters Board Game
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I'd love to see some sci-fi monsters!
I wish they would make Terrified and Petrified into main steam games. Plus I would like to see the Predator into a game
Petrified looks incredible! I love that it has Dale and Trucker in it. As for this coming into the mainstream I'm sure Ravensburger could secure the license to make these games, but there's some threads you can find about how the developers that worked on Dead By Daylight(video game) had a rough time working with the IP holders and modeling the characters, like Mike Myers and I think Ghost Face had a licensing issue where they got the rights to use the attire but couldn't reference the movie Scream.
Great review for each different game. I am the exact opposite of you guys, I LOVE the original because those are the horror movies I watched when I was growing up and still love the old black and white Universal horror movies. I just bought Greek Monsters and love it as well. I really enjoy Greek Mythology so it was perfect for me. I had no interest in American Monsters. I thought about picking it up when it came out but I just don't care about any of those monsters. Anyway, loved your review and look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Thank you so much for watching! The games play so similarly that it's nice to be able to pick the version with the monsters and theme that appeals to you the most. We're excited to see what (if any) other versions of this game come out in the future!
Great video, thanks for making it.
The first two have been on my radar for some time but the new one looks interesting for my group.
After reading about the rules ambiguity on it I'm leaning more towards the first one honestly.
I know it is very overdone but I think a Cthulhu one might be fun.
I'm not big on the Cthulhu or Lovecraft theme but I do think it would fit well into the horrified games
Horrified is a top favorite game for me! I haven't played Greek Monsters yet, and I can't pick a favorite between the other two. When I'm playing Universal Monsters, I think it's my favorite. When I'm playing American Monsters, I think it's my favorite. So I can't choose!
Nothing wrong with loving both of them. Are there any monsters that you would like to see if they make a fourth one?
As a fan of legendary ghost stories, I would like to see one based on America's haunted places. It could feature ghosts inspired by the ghost cat from Washington DC, Resurrection Mary from Illinois, Chloe from Myrtles Plantation, and any one of the ghosts from the Lemp Mansion, the Winchester Mystery House, Amityville, the Stanley Hotel, Tombstone, etc. No shortage of American hauntings for inspiration.
Thanks for the great explanation. Wondering if you think this would be a good game to play with my grandkids. They love Halloween, and I'm partial to the Universal Monsters. They are 9, 7, and 5 years old.
Horrified is rated for 10 and up, but the base mechanics aren't hard. I think a 9 and 7 year old could get it. Since it's cooperative, you could could collectively decide what each character does. The biggest hurdle might be explaining how to defeat each monster
Thanks,@@MIsForMeeple . We play some other coop games that are 10 and up (Forbidden Island), and it sounds like we can do this one the same. Enjoy your day.
A Godzilla theme would work well. So would X-Files.
I haven't heard anyone suggest X-Files yet, that'd be really cool!
Have you tried Alien Fate of the Nostromo? Should be in this video... 😊
We have not! Is it similar to Horrified?
@@MIsForMeeple, yup, same game, but just one Alien and missions to defeat it. Check it out...
Can't wait to play!
Is that a request for tomorrow?
can you combine these???
I don't think so. There are some specific locations on the maps for certain monsters.
Horrified is probably my favorite cooperative game after Spirit Island (which Rich hates, boo). It was actually the first game we played when we first moved into this apartment, and it just came back into our lives again (as my former roommate took her copies of both OG and AM with her)... we actually just taught it to our designer friend John who LOVES everything Prospero Hall. It's just silly, campy fun and we can't wait to get our hands on Greek Monsters, because I am a HUGE Greek mythology nerd. Like, I was that weird kid in third grade reading the unabridged literary translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey... though Rich also collected and painted the Universal Monsters as a kid, so he is inclined towards that one.
We've never played Spirit Island, but since a lot of people have it as their number 1 or at least in their top 10, we've been thinking about getting it. If you're huge on Greek mythology, then you're gonna love this version of Horrified!
I will say, Spirit Island is a beast to learn, but great if you like assymetric powers. It was kind of the thing that got me into boardgame playthrus to start with, as it was my first really heavy game and that's how I found Before You Play, they have probably the BEST tutorial on it
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