The Shadow Theater
A work placement game for 2 players.
Enter the heart of shadow theater!
A design reminiscent of traditional Chinese shadow theater for a rare editorial immersion in a 2-player board game.
Place your monkeys, harvest immortality peaches, collect jades and forge your legend. Grab the dragon’s weapons to surprise your opponent, and use tactics to win the Shadow Theater board game.
Photo by BoardgameShot
Contents:
- The game box / playing area
- 1 Game board
- The Monkey King
- 10 Scroll tiles
- 3 Lantern tokens
- 2 Player Aid cards
- 4 Types of resources: 25 Monkeys, 9 Jadestones, 9 Peaches, 17 Dragon Weapon cards
Discover The Shadow Theater, a 2-player worker placement game!
Game Design: Cedric Lefebvre & Florian Sirieix
Artwork: Julien Rico
RULES AT A GLANCE
CARDS
As an option, play your Dragon Weapon cards that will catch your opponent off guard or keep them to gain victory points.
MONKEYS
Use your Monkeys to trigger the power of a theater zone! Perform actions, either by placing 1 Monkey on 1 location on the board OR or by collecting all the Monkeys from 1 location. Monkeys and Jade stones earn you points under certain conditions.
SCROLL TILES
Most Scroll tiles have effects that can be used in conjunction with an action taken. You are free to use their benefit whenever applicable, even multiple times during a round if desired. These effects are in addition to the regular location benefit. Other Scroll tiles have effects that only apply at the end of the round.
VICTORY
A round ends when at least 1 type of resource (Dragon Weapon cards, Monkeys, Jadestones, or Peaches) has been exhausted from the Supply. Win 2 rounds to forge your legend!
