A Godzilla card game! I've always wanted to develop one. There are two Godzilla card games out now. One from Japan, Godzilla Card Game, from Toho that has movie images, but no humans, tanks, maser guns? Another from UniVersus that has card art which has Kaiju battles, one against another, but no stomping and no humans! Here goes, the Kaijus have strength/defense, the highest stats are King Ghidorah, near the top is Godzilla, and the lowest is of course Minya. Players can choose to be Kaiju/Human or Kaiju/Alien decks. Multiple players can have more options with Humans like the U.S. and Aliens like Kilaaks to play. Aliens must control or destroy Godzilla, though like the video game, Godzilla: Save The Earth (2004), there are different versions of Godzilla; Godzilla 90s (Heisei), and Godzilla 2000 (Millennium). The objective for the Humans is to save the Earth and Aliens is to control the Earth.
You card hand is initially seven, put a card face down for Ferocity Cards, to pay for cards. Players get one new card at the start of their turn. You select your Kaiju, it can't be the same version as an opponent, there are hundreds of Kaiju! They have types like what areas they can function, Rodan (Sky), Space Godzilla (Space), etc. and details like Tail or Wings. So if you get a card like Jet Jaguar, you can't use the Tail Sweep card! To play the Kaiju, use Ferocity cards, face down, from your hand. Godzilla would be an expensive card costing 6 Ferocity so if played early you would have no Ferocity! He could be played later. Kaiju can take different forms like Biollante's Flower Beast. Mothra has multiple forms, Larva and Imago, that can be present on the battlefield. A Kaiju shifting in a new form discards the previous form. You place a Kaiju at the Home Base, your side of the play area, and may play a Home Base card like Monster Island.
This gives extra protection for your Home Base, if a card like Xilieans or UFOs occupy the Home Base, then you cannot play any other Kaiju! They may be destroyed by a Kaiju or Human Interpol Agents! If you use an attack or play cards like Godzilla's Flying Kick, then put the Ferocity card in the Discard pile. Kaiju can move through Sea like Godzilla or the air like Hedorah in Flying Form. So an opponent can move a Kaiju like Titanosaurus to attack the other Kaiju. Both sides can deploy ships like Destroyers, Sabre Jets, or land units like Missile Launchers. Their attacks can be shrugged off by a Kaiju's Defense, but may defeat Godzillasaurus! It can be transformed by a Radioactive event! Baby Godzilla can shift into Little Godzilla. A full barrage, 3 or 4 units, can injure a Kaiju enough to make it stop moving for two turns! You can deploy more Kaiju like King Caesar based on its Ferocity cost. A player will need the Team Up card for them to work together.
Then, we have a Crossing Area like Sea or Ogasawara Island that Kaiju has to get past to reach the opponent's City. Aliens have an Alien Base. If both players have Sea, then the Kaiju if they can travel in the Sea can fight there. A Kaiju that is land based can be transported by the Tractor Beams of the UFO or the Kaiju Raft in King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962). Note that land based Kaiju can cross from Osaka to Tokyo. If a player has a Reporter at the Crossing Area in a helicopter, a Distress Signal can be played, then one defense for the City can be taken from the deck. So if a Kaiju is damaged, but not destroyed, it gets a Ferocity card making it a stronger Kaiju! Gigan makes a 2 point Claw attack on Godzilla, this gives the player with Godzilla a Ferocity card! Kaiju battles have attacks using Ferocity like Bite, Energy Beam, and Wing Gusts from Rodan and Mothra. If it gets three Ferocity cards, then it can use its Special Attack like Heat Ray! Kaiju don't get Ferocity from the Heat Ray attack, they are just damaged!
Godzilla Card Game, “Godzilla Minus One” starter deck.
This is a video game technique charging up Special Moves. Both players have City cards like Tokyo and Alien Bases like Godzilla Tower. The Kaiju that gets past the Crossing Area then Stomps on the opposing city! This heals any damage to the Kaiju! A Harbor must be deployed if a Human player wants to send out ships and gives Kaiju with Sea entry to a City! Buildings and other structures can protect the City from Kaiju directly attacking the city. Landmarks like Tokyo Tower, offer greater protection, but takes away from the City's defense and gives the Kaiju more Ferocity! The players then get to deploy their units like Tanks, Jets, and Masers! Aliens get UFOs, can deploy Mechagodzilla, and Control Rays. These rays can take over an enemy's Kaiju! Attacks again pause the Kaiju from Stomping the city. So Alien players can deploy Tanks on their opponent's city too! Second round, they can play weapons like the Super X!
The players with scientists at their City or Alien Base can deploy the Special Weapons like the Oxygen Destroyer which destroys Kaiju with Sea. Human players can deploy Agents to infiltrate the Alien Base! They might be captured, stop a control attempt on their Kaiju, or cause damage to it. The strategy is to build up your Kaiju with Ferocity, play Units like Maser Cannons, this makes the Kaiju ready to attack enemy Kaiju and stomp a City! Too quick and then the Kaiju will not have enough Ferocity. You will need a Roar card to challenge your Kaiju rival, this take away a Ferocity card! To win, the Alien Kaiju has to destroy a City and then control the Earth! The Human player Kaiju has to destroy the Alien Base and save the Earth! I think this trading card game concept captures the fun, flavor, and variety of Godzilla Films!
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