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One thing I have felt is that the factions feel a lot more distinct from each other than in Neuroshima Hex. As long as, like me, you enjoy a good abstract game, then you'll do just fine. Yes, a stout dwarf has more armour and demons use poison, but there's no theme really to be had, it's an abstract, tile placement, war game at the end of the day. Sadly, as before you obviously need to go into this knowing that there's no theme here.

Add the Monolith pieces (more on them later) that tower over the battlefield and hold tiles within and you've got an overall solid production without a hefty price tag to go with it. I especially love the player mats for each faction, that contain all the reference rules for each tile they use, the distribution and have these cool glossy, reflective areas within the artwork. Not only is the artwork much more vibrant and colourful to look at, but it's a lot easier to distinguish the four factions on the playing field. Neuroshima Hex wasn't a bad looker originally, but Monolith Arena has definitely upped the game in production quality. As well as a one-on-one mode, Monolith Arena has a team variant that support either two teams of two or a three-on-one variation, with a typical match said to take around 30 minutes. The full rule set involves secretly stacking the board tiles in a ‘monolith’ made up of plastic trays that then can be ‘unfolded’ and revealed, giving another tactical edge to battles. Monolith Arena is a fantasy skirmish board game designed solely by Michal Oracz, who also has credits on Neuroshima Hex! 3.0 and Cry Havoc, that pits asymmetric factions of elves, dwarves, humans and demons against each other on a hex-based battlefield.Īt the heart of the game are order tiles that players draw from their faction’s stack, using them to command units around the board to attack opponents, hoping to eliminate their rivals’ banner. With the success of the series, it surprises me that Monolith Arena even came into existence.Īppearing as essentially a re-skin of Neuroshima, but with some added tweaks to the system, a quality upgrade and switching from post-apocalyptic to fantasy - a move I welcome as I'm not a fan of those settings in general, why do you think I have Imperial Settlers and not 51st State in my collection? So, is it worth investing in this version or perhaps is this a chance for newcomers to tag in without feeling overwhelmed by expansions? Monolith Arena - The Game But if you want to know about how good some board game apps are, you definitely have to include Neuroshima in the list - the app practically negated the need for the physical product. By the time I knew of it, it had way too many factions for me to count and I usually struggle to get big box two-player games to the table.

Now I never jumped in on the Neuroshima Hex bandwagon.