King of Tokyo: Dark Edition

To set up King of Tokyo: Dark Edition, first place the game board in the center of the play area. Shuffle the deck of power cards and place it face down in its designated spot on the board, revealing the top three cards. Place the energy cubes (green lightning bolts) near the board. Each player chooses a monster, takes their corresponding monster board, standee, and two plastic clips to track health (starting at 10) and victory points (starting at 0). Place all monster standees outside of Tokyo City.

The primary objective of King of Tokyo: Dark Edition is to either be the first player to accumulate 20 victory points or to be the last monster remaining in play after all other monsters have been eliminated. Players must strategically manage their health, energy, and victory points while attacking opponents and controlling Tokyo.

A player's turn consists of three main phases: rolling and resolving dice, buying power cards, and ending the turn. In the first phase, players roll six custom dice up to three times, choosing which dice to keep after each roll. The dice symbols allow players to gain energy cubes, heal their monster, attack other monsters, or earn victory points. After resolving the dice, players can spend their accumulated energy cubes to buy power cards from the three face-up cards or the top of the deck. These cards provide various abilities, bonuses, or instant effects. Finally, the player decides whether to enter or exit Tokyo City, if applicable, and then their turn ends.

Victory points are primarily earned in a few ways: rolling three or more dice showing the same number (e.g., three '1's give 1 VP, three '2's give 2 VP, and so on, with additional VP for each extra matching die), entering Tokyo City (gaining 1 VP), and holding Tokyo City for a full turn (gaining 2 VP at the start of your turn). Some power cards also provide immediate or ongoing victory points.

The game concludes immediately when one of two conditions is met: either a monster accumulates 20 or more victory points, in which case that player wins, or all other monsters are eliminated, leaving one player as the sole survivor and winner. If multiple players reach 20 victory points simultaneously, the player who achieved it first wins. If multiple players are eliminated at the same time, the last player to be eliminated loses, and the remaining player wins.