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Beautiful Monsters is a quick-playing 2-player card game about recruiting a team of monsters, dressing them up in accessories, and entering them into a beauty contest!

Multi-use cards: Each Monster can have a varying number of Accessories attached, and each Accessory can be attached to augment the Monster's Traits -OR- enhance their Personality. Scoring is tight, so this choice makes a world of difference!

Hybrid open/closed drafting: You can use Monsters/Accessories from your hand -OR- from the Shortlist/Market (public card rows). Either way, you always end up putting a card into at least one of those rows. Will you put junk there to limit your opponent's options, or will you take a risk by leaving something useful for you to use on your next turn?

Variable scoring criteria: Each game has a unique combination of scoring criteria shared by both players. 2 criteria award points based on which Monster(s) you committed to it. A 3rd criteria modifies those points based on the composition of your opponent's team or even the Shortlist/Market. Focusing your strategy on one area means neglecting another, so pick your battles carefully!

The print-and-play files are letter-sized sheets (8.5 x 11in). All cards are US Poker size (2.5 x 3.5in). Here's what's contained in the files:

• _README.txt — Details on how to print/organize the cards
• Beautiful Monsters - Cards (Color).pdf
  
  • Pages 1-4: 15 Accessory cards, front and back
  • Pages 5-10: 20 Monster cards, front and back
    
  • Pages 11-12: 6 Scoring cards, front and back
  • Page 13: 4 Rules cards, front and back
• Beautiful Monsters - Cards (Grayscale).pdf — Low-ink grayscale version of the above
• Beautiful Monsters - Rulebook.pdf — 2 pages of setup, rules, etc. Note that all of the important info in this PDF is also contained in the Rules cards.

Beautiful Monsters was created and self-published from the ground up by Chris Logsdon and Alix Lytton (aka Maow House). What started as a challenge to make a game in 1 month has become their first foray into their dream of bringing to life the games they want to see in the world.