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The Shadow Theater: The Legend of the Monkey King
2025
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- 2 players
- 20 min
- 10+
- Complexity 1.5/5
Rules assistant for The Shadow Theater: The Legend of the Monkey King
For 2 players
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The Shadow Theater: The Legend of the Monkey King is a board game released in 2025 for 2 players, 20 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Florian Sirieix and Cédric Lefebvre.
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About the game
The curtain rises. A monkey hatches from a stone egg. He becomes known as the Monkey King Sun Wukong and travels west in search of the secret of immortality. The Shadow Theater is a fast and exciting two-player family-friendly competitive game. Deploy your monkeys, harvest the sweet fruits of eternal life, hoard jade stones, and become a legend! To win, you have to play tactically and seize your chance. To help you, you can gain some advantages with the powerful dragon weapons. Are you ready to dive into an ancient legend? Dive into the legend of the Monkey King in a strategic duel filled with cunning and challenges!
Questions and answers
The Shadow Theater: The Legend of the Monkey King supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for The Shadow Theater: The Legend of the Monkey King is 20 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists The Shadow Theater: The Legend of the Monkey King for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
The Shadow Theater: The Legend of the Monkey King has a complexity rating of 1.5 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
The Shadow Theater: The Legend of the Monkey King belongs to these categories: Fantasy and Novel-based. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed The Shadow Theater: The Legend of the Monkey King and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of The Shadow Theater: The Legend of the Monkey King are: Florian Sirieix and Cédric Lefebvre. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists The Shadow Theater: The Legend of the Monkey King as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.