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This Game Is Killer: Alien on Board
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- 10–15 min
- Complexity 1.6/5
- 2024
- BGG rank
- BGG #6,943
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This Game Is Killer: Frozen Horror
2025
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- 4–10 players
- 10–15 min
- 14+
- Complexity 1.3/5
For 4 players
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This Game Is Killer: Frozen Horror is a board game released in 2025 for 4–10 players, 10–15 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Ivan Turner and Gaeton Dragone and its main mechanics are Sudden Death Ending, Semi-Cooperative Game, and Traitor Game.
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About the game
In This Game Is Killer: Frozen Horror, you are trapped in an arctic outpost with a Horror that can mimic any life form. No one trusts anyone anymore. The object is simple: Stay away from everyone else and Stay Alive! It is a Semi Cooperative game where many can win, but killing the Horror might actually be a fellow teammate. Just play two cards and see who’s dead - as in This Game Is Killer, but with positional movement! In a round, you will be dealt two cards. Each can be played as either as your Movement through a color coded access passage or as an Action (what you do). On a turn, you play one card, then after everyone has finished, play reverses and comes back around, with you playing the second card for whatever you didn't choose the first time. Thus, you always have one movement and one action. But each round, the Horror pretends to be someone else. You never know who it will be? Did they move into your room to get away from someone else - or to get in your room to kill you!? With a bit of skill and luck, however, you may be able to figure out who the Horror is and kill it with fire or by shooting it - unless it was one of your actual teammates you just killed in a paranoid frenzy! This is horror survival - if horror survival were funny. And it very often goes down to the last two players. As long as one player outlives the alien, the group wins. —description from publisher
Designers
Publishers
- Smirk & Dagger Games
Questions and answers
This Game Is Killer: Frozen Horror supports 4–10 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for This Game Is Killer: Frozen Horror is 10–15 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 This Game Is Killer: Frozen Horror for ages 14 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.
This Game Is Killer: Frozen Horror has a complexity rating of 1.3 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.
This Game Is Killer: Frozen Horror belongs to these categories: Humor, Movies / TV / Radio theme, and Party Game. Its main mechanics are Sudden Death Ending, Semi-Cooperative Game, and Traitor Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of This Game Is Killer: Frozen Horror are: Ivan Turner and Gaeton Dragone. 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 This Game Is Killer: Frozen Horror 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.