If you enjoy that "one versus many" tension with hidden movement and lots of deduction, Beast is for you! The card drafting dynamic and the need for cooperation (or trickery!) make every game thrilling.
- Tense hidden movement
- Strategic card drafting
- Pure cooperation or cunning
- Unique hunter powers
- Requires good communication
- Initial learning curve
- Card dependency
About the game
What you do in a play session
The Beast moves stealthily, using direction cards to camouflage itself in forests, swamps, and caves, making its trail difficult for hunters to follow. A clue only appears when a hunter steps on a location the Beast has passed through, or when the Beast itself reveals its position by attacking. Each hunter has only one chance to investigate a location per round, making each decision a tense dilemma. Does the trail lead to the Beast, or has it gone cold?
Every action—moving, attacking, or investigating—is performed by playing a card from your hand, with a limit of two cards per turn. Before each round, hunters and the Beast participate in a draft to choose the most crucial cards, which can be used by both sides. To win as a hunter, cooperation and communication are essential; alone, they are vulnerable. As the Beast, cunning and the ability to deceive opponents are your greatest weapons. Only with strategy and teamwork can the hunters succeed against the Beast's might.
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