BOARD GAME MASH UP

Alright check this out, Munchkin Cthulhu and Monopoly Coast Guard edition. What do these games have in common? Absolutely nothing, they aren't even in the same state of common. So you ask, how do you mash those two game together?

Well, it definitely was not easy. Robert Bender and I basically made a gambling game where you have to level up all the way before your opponent and you are able to sabotage their progress.

The rules are very simple, especially since we didnt have to mash the rules of the games together. We ended up using the level up cards from Munchkin as the board for our game and to win you had to level up 6 times.

Each player has 3 betting tokens, 6 challenge tokens and 1 dice.

To win you have to deplete your opponent's betting tokens each round.
A player has to bet a certain amount of tokens that they will roll a higher number than the other player.  When the player depletes the other players tokens they can level up, unless the other player uses their challenge points to sabotage the player and halt their progress.

Needless to say it was very challenging to come up with a game with just the game pieces but for a quick mash up we surprisingly had a lot of fun. I learned that you don't need a super illustrated and beautiful game board to make a nice game. Also I learned that you need to balance strategic and random elements well enough that a player has a sense of achievement and not just blind luck.