I ca n’t imagine anyone disliking Rogue Genius ’ Gingerbread Kaiju , because even if you ’re not into city - stump strategy game or somehow hate gargantuan monsters , eating tasty gingerbread cookies and piles of candy are literally part of the game ’s rules .
Gingerbread Kaiju is a plot about elephantine monsters fight each other while put down Tokyo . But the monsters are made of gingerbread , and the city is made of candy . How ’s that for an lift lurch ?
This is the first game I ’ve ever refresh that has a formula in the appendix . As the biz ’s creators mark , character reference creation in Gingerbread Kaiju is a bit more involved and time - consuming than it is for most games , since you have to actually broil your character from scratch . as luck would have it , the gingerbread recipe they let in is childlike and makes some very delicious dough .
Do n’t imagine that this is just a gag biz — some serious thought has gone into the rules , which are not only fun to play , they let in tons of references to classic kaiju motion-picture show tropes . There ’s a card called Tiny Singing Women , and one called Psychic Kid . you could even attack opposition monsters with maser tankful , and everyone knows it ai n’t a kaiju party until the masers show up .
( Yes , that ’s Mothra in both forms ) . To lie out the game display board , you furcate a regular deck of 54 bill of fare ( weigh two jokers ) into two piles , one with all the X , Jacks , Queens , King , and Aces , one with the rest of the cards . The face cards are shamble and laid out case down in a five by four grid . This represents the city of Tokyo , and each circuit board present a “ cellblock ” or expanse of the city . As your monster stump its agency through Tokyo , you flip over a card and check a chart to see what it is , how many buildings , people , and equipment you find there , and any other effects the Montgomery Ward has .
All of these game element are represented by candy . you may use whatever you like — in our causa , we made waffle cone cell trees for buildings and used Rolos for equipment , with jellybeans acting as mass . When a monster stomp a part of a metropolis , it gains control of these resources , which it can then spend to spiel karma card . The karma lineup constitute military attack , the arrival of invading alien ( in their cookie UFO ) and other effects .
When freak meet , they seize with teeth each other or apply other special attacks . Damage to an opposition monster and you destroy some of the resource it ’s gathered , in which case you rust them . Do enough scathe and you ’ll ruin one of the monster ’s physical structure parts , which you also eat ( and which eliminates any special might attached to that body part ) .
The plot include templates for eight different gingerbread kaiju , plus their in - game stats . These were all funny takeoff of well - know kaiju , but I ended up call all of them by their “ real ” names . It ’s light to create your own kaiju as well . We had some cooky cutters , so we made UltraGinger MegaBread Man , Mecha - Squirrel , and Atomo the Giant Teddy Bear . There ’s a card of special ability you may give out .
Of course , a big part of the playfulness is baking and decorating the kaiju . This could be a really fun crime syndicate vacation activity . You ’ll require a potpourri of candies and frosting to give your kaiju some expression , and to show off their weaponry ( I ’m pretty gallant of my version of Jet Jaguar ’s candy - cane weapon system cannon ) .
Gingerbread Kaiju isavailable in pdf form at DriveThruRPG . I ’d hump to see a deluxe version some day , with print - and - maneuver cards to stand for the urban center and the karma cards .
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