Yummy Monsters
Yummy Monsters Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Ingredients
- 2 Gameboards
- 36 Food tokens in 4 different colours (green, blue, pink and orange), in three sizes: Small, Medium and Large
- 4 Waiter Masks
- 4 Pairs of Waiter Hands
- 10 Serving Tiles
- 24 Rubber bands: 4x Blue, 4x Pink, 4x Green, 8x Orange, 4x Grey
- 1 First player token
Starters
Before your first game:
- Remove from their boards all Food tokens, Serving Tiles, Waiter Hands, Masks and the middle part (mouth) of the 4 Monsters on the 2 game boards.
- Tie a knot around each hole, using one Grey rubber band on each Mask.
- Place 2 bands on each piece of Waiter hand.
We are now ready to feed the Monsters!
Kids Menu (easy mode)
Place the 2 Monster Boards vertically on the edges of the box. This is now called the Monster Table!
Place 1 Serving tile in each corner of the Monster Table, with the blue side of the tiles facing the players.
Layout note: this step is printed in the right-hand column of the Kids Menu page, with the Serving Tiles otherwise introduced under House Special; it is transcribed where it is printed.
Choose 1 colour (blue, green, pink, orange), take the 9 corresponding food items and place them in front of you.
Place the Monster Table in the middle of the play area. The Monster Table should be at arm's length from you and 1 Monster should be facing you.
The hungriest player goes first and takes the first player token. If more than one player is really hungry, then the youngest goes first.
Choose 1 Food token (of your colour) and try to throw it through the Monster's mouth in front of you.
If you miss, pick up the token and place it in front of you. You can try again next turn!
The turn continues clockwise and ends when everyone has thrown 1 Food token (successfully or not!).
At the start of each turn, the first player turns the Monster Box clockwise. This means, that in each turn, players throw Foods at different Monsters.
The first player to throw all of his Foods successfully is the winner!
House Special (normal mode)
Follow the setup of the Kids Menu with the following exceptions.
Each player becomes a Monster Waiter: During Setup, each player takes the Waiter Hands and Mask in the colour corresponding to the Food tokens that he/she chose. Put on the Mask (without covering your eyes) and Waiter Hands. See p. 16 on how to put on the Waiter hands in detail.
The game plays the same way as the Kids Menu with the addition of the Waiter Hands and Masks, which makes throwing Foods a bit more difficult!
À la carte (expert mode)
Follow the setup of the House Special with the following exceptions.
Shuffle and draw 4 Serving tiles and place them randomly on each board corner, but with the illustrated side facing the players.
Secret Menu (Insane mode)
If you want a real challenge, decide that the food tile HAS to touch your Waiter Hand prop while throwing, no matter how, like shown below!
Buffet
You can fully customize your "Yummy Monster" experience. Feel free to try throwing Foods from different distances. Further away for experienced players or closer for smaller children.
Try playing with only the Serving Tiles or only a set piece of them. Invent your own Yummy quirks for the Monsters and Test them!
Serving Tiles
Layout note: in the printed manual the following three paragraphs sit in the right-hand column beside the House Special heading, after the Serving Tile setup step; they are transcribed here as printed, under this heading.
The game plays the same way as the House Special with the addition of the Serving Tiles, which makes throwing, combined with the Waiter Hands, really difficult!
Each Monster has two quirks on how it wants to be served, these are shown by the Serving tiles featured in each of the two top corners. Each tile shows a different way to throw the Food tokens.
Before throwing the Food token, the player chooses to follow one of the two tiles on top of the Monster facing him and throw the food token accordingly (see p. 14-15 for all throwing techniques).
Each Serving Tile shows one way to throw a Food token. The ten tiles are:
- Throw with your weak hand (left if you are right-handed).
- Throw while on your knees.
- Pull the Mask over your eyes and throw.
- Throw by both hands touching the Food.
- Place the food on the back of your hand and throw.
- Throw the food while jumping: both your feet must be off the floor when you throw!
- Place the food on the palm of your hand and throw.
- Cover one eye and throw.
- Throw while crouching.
- Throw with your hand being above your head.
Waiter Hands
Each player's Waiter Hands are a pair of pieces, one per hand. Put them on as shown in the diagram on p. 16, with one piece on each of your hands. The Waiter Hands come in four colour sets (pink, orange, green with grey claws, and blue), matching the four colours of Food tokens.