Monster Dinner Party

Goal

Monsters are a picky bunch. Seat them around the dinner table in the best arrangement to score the most points.

Setup

• Shuffle all the cards.
• Deal 7 cards face up in a horizontal row to form the Dinner Table. Place them in the “Waiting” position.
• Deal 2 additional cards face up above the table. These are in “Standby” and can be swapped into the table later.
• You're now ready to begin seating monsters!

How to Play

• Each monster card has a Power.
• When you use a Power, flip that card upside down to mark it as “Seated.”

The game ends when all 7 monsters at the Dinner Table are Seated.

Powers

Each monster has a unique Power it can use while still in the Waiting position:

• Swap with an adjacent card of the same color.
• Swap with an adjacent card of a different color.
• Insert into any position at the table. It must be a different position.
• Swap with a card exactly two spaces away. This cannot be used if the card is not exactly two spaces away.

Important: If a Power cannot be successfully used, you must flip that monster over. It is now Seated but worth -1 point.

Example: If a card’s Power is to swap with a same-color neighbor, but no such card is adjacent, you must flip it.