Boss Battle
Boss Battle Games:
• The Mechanism: Player’s square off against a single, highly powerful, and complex enemy controlled by the game’s automated rules, an app, or another player.
• Gameplay: The “boss” usually has a massive health pool, custom attack decks, and distinct phases that change as they take damage. Players must coordinate their characters’ unique abilities like an MMO raid team, finding the boss’s weak spots, managing threat levels, and keeping each other alive through sheer tactical teamwork.
• Example Board Games: Aeon’s End, Primal: The Awakening, Kingdom Death: Monster, Townsfolk Tussle, Oathsworn: Into the Deepwoods