This game gets really great reviews, even for families with teens so I took the bait. My wife and I played with our 13 and 11 year old daughters last night. I will give you information that I would have found useful prior to my purchase of this game. We like to play popular games like Pandemic, and less popular but still fun like Stone Age. This game is a step up in complexity of rules for us.
We played the introduction game and it started real slow. Half of the blame is our learning curve. My heart sank as our daughters seemed really bored. I had the app running full screen on our lap top with the music playing. My wife was also not enthralled but was really being a great cheerleader. The pace of the game picks up and the game has a pretty steep learning curve so we adapted to the pattern of what to do and when to do it. I had read that you need to get to the objective and not go on a scavenger hunt. My wife loves treasure hunts so we explored everything. I just let it flow knowing we were probably doomed but we would go down with lots of cool stuff in our satchel.
With the universe crashing down near the end, my wife was trying to keep our girls engaged. she wanted to see the end. The girls perked up a lot. The game took some unexpected turns. You could tell that the app was changing up and also trying to force us to the showdown. This morning, the girls wanted a bit of a replay on how it all went down and were talking about it. We had to take some pauses in the game (two totaling about 45 minutes), which worked flawlessly, but that first intro game still took us 4 hours (including paused time). Maybe we are challenged. Those are the facts, now here are some of my opinions.
Ignore the carping about poor quality of the figures. They are not museum pieces, but they are fine and definitely get the idea across as to what you are dealing with. They are worthy of painting if you are a modeler. The app was great. It was almost like a real dungeon master (I used to play D&D some 35 years ago). I think that it was adapting to our play style, changing things for us, and guiding us to the grand finale. Even if it wasn't, isn't it great that it felt like a real person was monitoring our game and adapting the game to us instead of vice-versa? The game has a great mix of mystery, treasure hunt, puzzles, and battles. We all want to play that first scenario again and I predict that it will go by in about half the time. I give the game 7/10 so far, but that rating seemed to be rising fast for all of us as the game mechanics became more second nature. The set up phase had us all at 10/10, before it started to drag. I will plan to update this after a few more tries. The instruction booklets are great and I was able to answer most of about 20 questions within one minute. Some relatively detailed nuances required maybe two minutes to find. No unanswered questions so far.
Regarding expansions, we started with Recurring Nightmares and Suppressed Memories figure and tile sets. The investigator figures were the biggest hit from them so far. We liked the 16 new possible investigators and two of us used them. Can't comment yet on whether the additional room tiles and monsters (a LOT of them came with the sets) are worth it.
My wife adds that kids should get a pep talk at the beginning of the game that the first hour is not reflective of the overall game experience. The game required a solid hour of learning for us, even with having read the instructions first. It's not like Monopoly where you get in and learn and play your first game. This game appears that it will be on our playlist longer, but it requires a training period for us.
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Fight for your life in Mansions of Madness Second Edition, the app-assisted narrative board game inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. |
From the makers of Eldritch Horror, this fully cooperative game takes you and up to four other players on a harrowing adventure through the dark and desolate halls and alleyways of the town of Arkham. |
Mansions of Madness is a fully cooperative, app-driven board game of horror and mystery for one to five players. |
Offers a number of thrilling and confounding scenarios, each with a unique and unpredictable map, intricate puzzles, and bloodthirsty monsters. |
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Guide your investigator across dozens of double-sided map tiles to confront sculpted monster minis. Between the multiple scenario maps, hundreds of cards, and your own risky decisions, you’ll never play the same game twice. |
New to Mansions of Madness Second Edition is the free companion app, available on iOS, Android, Mac, and PC. The app takes on the Keeper's responsibilities, making your investigation fully cooperative. |
Between the Figure and Tile Collections, full game expansions, and downloadable content, the possibilities behind these towering gates are ever-expanding with new investigators, monsters, and more. |
Dive into the required app to confront scenarios of fear and mystery, collecting weapons, tools, and information, solving complex puzzles, and fighting monsters, insanity, and death. |
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| Price | $87.99 | $18.27 | $46.97 | $26.15 | $42.53 | $68.61 |
| Number of Players | 1 to 5 | 1 to 5 | 1 to 5 | 1 to 5 | 1 to 5 | 1 to 5 |
| Average Playtime | 2-3 hours | 2-3 hours | 2-3 hours | 2-3 hours | 2-3 hours | 2-3 hours |
| Recommended Player Age | 14+ | 14+ | 14+ | 14+ | 14+ | 14+ |
| Game Setting | Arkham Mansions | Arkham Mansions | Arkham City | Silver Twilight Lodge | An airship, an ocean liner and a train | Amazon Jungle |
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Steep learning curve, but hours of fun.
This was the first board game I played with my wife in a recent haul of games we bought. As pretty experienced gamers, it still took us a couple of hours to learn all the rules and even after that we had to keep referencing the rule book during play. Not to discourage anyone, but if you're not planning on dedicating a good amount of time to this game, don't have patience or a longer attention span, I probably wouldn't recommend this game. I wouldn't recommend it for family game night with younger children for the same reason.We decided to use a tablet as opposed to our phones for the actual game play portion, it was just easier to have a bigger screen for reading. The game itself is fun and there's a lot of meat on the bone here, in addition to expansions you can buy - just be warned that some scenarios can take upwards of 4 hours. My biggest issue with the actual game play is that the scenarios doesn't make any adjustment to the game beyond monster health based on the number of players in the game. There's a huge difference between a solo player and a 5 man team; the ground you can cover, how many tasks you can accomplish in a turn, etc. The most recent scenario we played as the two of us felt was very challenging for this reason as it had a limited turn count, it felt like it would've been impossible as a solo player.My other issue is that they give you these cool monster and character pieces, but they're not attached to the bases so you have to glue them yourself. I would've appreciated the little extra effort if they were already attached. The pieces could totally be painted too if you were so inclined.
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Angel Martinez
Juego inmersivo y con excelente app
Reviewed in Mexico on January 23, 2024Style: Mansions of MadnessVerified Purchase
DL
Made for a great gift
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2023Style: Mansions of MadnessVerified Purchase
Andreas
Rekommenderas!
Reviewed in Sweden on September 22, 2022Style: Mansions of MadnessVerified Purchase
Brazcore
Uno de los mejores juegos que he probado nunca
Reviewed in Spain on April 5, 2019Style: Mansions of MadnessVerified Purchase
Nicholas Dreyer
The best value.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 28, 2017Style: Mansions of MadnessVerified Purchase
