A newGodzillaboard game is on the way, with massive figures almost too big to fit on a table. TheGodzillafranchise has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years, thanks to the ongoing Legendary Monsterverse movies and the popularity ofGodzilla Minus One. With newGodzillamovies on the way fromboth Legendary Picturesand Toho, we should be looking at a lot more Godzilla hitting the shelves soon.
Restoration Games, which specializes in revitalizing and updating long-dormant board games, has announcedBattle Monsters, a new update to the 1990s board gameBattle Masters. At GAMA Expo over the weekend, Restoration Games showed off an early version of the Kaiju figures for the game.Per ICv2,the game will feature Godzilla, Kong, King Ghidorah, and Mechagodzilla.We’ll note that within the Monsterverse, Mechagodzilla is controlled using the remnants of King Ghidorah’s head, so we’re not sure how canon-accurate the game will be.
Battle Monsters: How It Brings Back The Classic Battle Masters Game
Monsters Will Likely Take On The Role Of Specialized Units In New Game
Battle Masterswas a massive board game released in 1992 by Milton Bradley. The game was a classic miniatures skirmish game, with players maneuvering their armies across a massive 5-foot by 5-foot playmat. Because of the size of the playmat,most players had to playBattle Masterson the ground, pushing their miniatures across the field. Players rolled specialized 6-sided dice to determine damage, with units getting knocked out once they took three points of damage.
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Based on the limited information we have about Battle Monsters,it’s likely that the kaiju will represent the specialized units controlled by armies inBattle Masters.Each army in the game had different kinds of specialized units with special attacks and abilities. We guess that the kaiju will be a modern implementation of this mechanic, although it’ll be interesting to see how the traditional armies in the game are used since they don’t have any ties to the “Titans” in the Monsterverse.
Our Take: Let Them Fight
Battle Monsters Feels Like The Perfect Take On Godzilla And The Monsterverse
Battle Monstersis at the top of our list of the most anticipated board games of 2025/2026.Restoration Games has an almost sterling record of reinventing classic games for a modern audience,and I can’t wait to see their take on a classic miniatures warfare-style game.Godzillais one of my favorite franchises, and I’m glad we now have a monster-sized board game to watch epic Kaiju battles play out on the tabletop.
