This is a game design I can't claim complete ownship of as it's a collaboration with Byron Grimes and Peter Kohler for the CUDOplays competition. In fact, Monster Moves isn’t even the final name for the game. I don’t know what we’re calling this one. Monster climbing up the side of a building game? Because that’s what it is…

 

We started by trying to do something with my Action Dice system, debuting the Outside the Box (formally Rockin Rollaz) and later showed up in Steamwork Moguls. Basically it’s an action selection system based on which Dice face is up. For Monster Moves, however, it determines which actions on the card are available on your turn. So let’s say the dice currently has the position of the Red Face being that side up. Now all the cards you have, you can only select the Red Face actions on the cards. After you perform the action, the Die moves according to the actions at the bottom of the card.

 

So the game is a vertical race to the top of the skyscraper filled with hazards but the primary mechanic is programmed movement based on the die.