Ravensburger Horrified: Greek Monsters - Cooperative Strategy Board Game | for Ages 10 and Up | Unleash Mythical Creatures | Engaging Family Game Night Entertainment

I’ve been a big fan of the Horrified games and was excited of this new version involving Greek Monsters. While I do wish they had maybe did something like London monsters (Jack the Ripper, Springheel Jack, etc.), this is still a good version of Horrified. While it is still a reskin, there are some new things/features that stand out.1. Each monster has 3 symbols. When drawing a Monster Card during the Monster phase, an event or movement of the monster will be represented by its symbol and color just like its predecessors. However, the Siren has 3 symbols like the Branch of Dionysus, Vase of Aphrodite, Wings of Hermes. Depending on the monster you use, other monsters like Medusa, the Minotaur, and the Basilisk share a symbol with the Siren which means multiple monsters can move just like in the previous games.2. Lairs that must be found. Unlike its predecessors where when you use a monster you place a lair token indicating where you need to go to advance and/or defeat them, you must find them by spending an action to reveal the lair. There are 4 lairs 1 for the Minotaur, Medusa, Chimera, and Cerberus. You must have all the lairs on the board regardless if you’re not using the monster. It gets tricky especially solo mode because your turn can be wasted when revealing a lair for a monster that isn’t in play and 1 monster card will force you to turn over a reveal lair token face down and shuffle any other face down lairs and place them near the locations where a lair needs to be.3. Heroes have more unique abilities than its predecessors. Where the Universal and American Heroes have pretty much the same abilities, the Greek Heroes are very much different. For starters, there is no Hero with 3 actions anymore though there is one (The Traveler) that has 5 but no ability.Abilities are known as Favor of the Gods (FotG) and some abilities are worse than others. The Shepard’s FotG is looking at the top Monster Card. Seems good, but feels like a bit of a waste of an action especially in solo play. Feels more like an ability that should always be in effect at the start of the players turn similar to the Ranger FotG where he takes a Perk card should the Terror Level increase. For most part, the Heroes abilities are pretty much a lot different from the previous Horrified Heroes.In terms of what I like is the components. The board is colorful and sturdy. The figurines are top notch like in the American Monsters version. The perk cards and the monsters card are a tad flimsy but are well designed. Some of the new ways to defeat the monsters are unique albeit pretty difficult. Cerberus, for example, requires rolling the dice and matching the faces on the locks to open the underworld and send Cerberus back.If there is anything I don’t like is, again, 1 or 2 Heroes abilities isn’t great, There’s also the monster mats for each monster. While great in design, it can be flimsy and easy to bend a bit, but what is annoying are the edges that stick out in the corner and on the sides of the mat. They come in a big bag and if you’re planning to use bag, the mats tends to catch the bag when you pull them out or put them back in. Finally the biggest issue I have is the rules particularly the rules for the monsters. Where the Universal and American monsters have more detail in how they work in the game as well as some detailed background to what they are, in Greek Monsters it’s more streamlined. There are 2 pages for the monsters at the end of the rule book with each monster that list its objective, setup, power, advance, and defeat and it’s about the size of the paragraph of which just about everything can be found on the monster mats. For a game about Greek Monsters, they could’ve gone into more detail background about each for those who are not familiar or don’t remember some of the monsters. I know it seems like a superfluous thing focus on, but it’s seems like a step back from the previous rules where it introduces the monster and then explains how they work and how to defeat them.Still despite these issues it’s still a solid Horrified game that I would recommend to any Horrified fans or to those who love Greek mythology. If you’re not a fan or lack interest in Greek Mythology and monsters this may not be for you. Also might be useful to do a bit research as a brush up for the monsters, the locations (Acropolis , Temple of Nyx etc), and the Legends (Chiron, Orion, etc). Not necessary, but might be useful.

This is the 3rd version of Horrified games that I've bought and our new favorite! You really have to pay attention and work together to beat the monsters. Lots of fun!

This game is a rush against time. You start out with your player character. Each character has different moves so choose wisely. You can move anywhere within the limits of your characters card. You select which monster you want to play against, or let the game master decide. The object is to rescue people placed on the board and take them to safety before the monster(s) take them and capture the monsters. The time element comes into play as more monsters are introduced as the game progresses. Close are given to the players by sometimes humorous ways to help you along. A fun game to play. Easy to learn. Tabletop in size and a bit of strategy to get through the game. Overall fin to play. Other modules are available to enhance this one. This was the Greek monster version with monsters of Greek mythology, American version with Bigfoot, and American legendary monsters. All are fun. All have something else to offer. Have fun with this series of games. Each one is stand alone or creatively mixed.

There are a lot of small pieces and a somewhat difficult learning curve, but once you figure it out and play a few full games it gets easier and our grandchildren (over 8 years) looked forward to playing it again and again. A love of reading about mythology characters in books helped make the.game attractive.

One of my family's favorite games. We quickly acquired the entire Horrified series and it has ignited a love for boardgames for my son and I. The theming and replayability are great. It's easy to teach and follow along. Even though there's a player count, it's easy to adjust to a group setting due to the cooperative nature.

It was very fun to play and I loved the theme. I would give it 5 stars but the card stock on the monster boards are too thin. I will likely laminate them to keep them in usable condition. The other components were great.

My kiddo loves Greek mythology and wanted a cooperative game, so this has been perfect. The pieces are very high-quality. The game definitely takes some learning because it is pretty complex, but we’ve started to get the hang of it. I recommend battling the same two monsters a few times before trying a new monster, so that you can get to learn how each monster is defeated.

I’ve played several versions of horrified and this is by far my favorite!