King of Tokyo

At the start of this summer I purchased a few strategy based board games to add to our collection. One of the new purchases is King of Tokyo which we've now played several times this summer.

King of Tokyo in action.

The goal of the game is simple. You either kill off your opponents or you are the first to reach 20 victory points. A typical game takes 30 minutes or less, but is filled with strategy. Much of this strategy focuses on whether you should stay or leave Tokyo. You can score more victory points when in Tokyo, but you also lose more health. It's a trade off and if you lose too much health, you die and are out of the game.

My kids LOVE this game and it's fun playing with them. It's also a great strategy game if you're not looking for a multi-hour marathon of a game. Sometimes it's fun playing multi-hour games, but other times a 30 minute game is just what is needed and King of Tokyo satisfies this need.

You can play up to 6 players, but we've only played 3 and 4 player games. I will tell you that the strategy of the game changes drastically when you add that 4th player! Staying in Tokyo becomes more difficult and it's much more likely a player is killed off before the game is won.