Mysterious Monsters

Mysterious Monsters is a trivia game show where contestants have to fight enemies in an RPG-like battle screen by answering questions on different categories, and try to survive through the final round with the most gold.

The game was designed by Isla Hinck, programmed by developer Jason Wishnov from Iridium Studios^[1], and is hosted by Michael Huber.

History

Mysterious Monsters first stated under the working title Huber's Game Show and was revealed as a Patreon goal^[2] during Easy Livin' 2018. They followed up the announcement with the release of a playtest teaser^[3] under the official name Mysterious Monsters on December 11, 2018.

Despite not meeting the goal on Patreon, they decided to move forward with production after moving into The Studio. The game show premiered on March 19, 2019 ahead of their third anniversary celebration. In addition to the show premiere, they also held the Mysterious Monster Mash, a live version of the game show featuring members of the community as contestants.

Following the release of the special remote Season 1 finale on April 1, 2020, the show went on hiatus due to the global COVID-19 pandemic halting production at The Studio.

On September 17, 2020, Easy Allies announced^[4] that as part of their partnership with Roost, some of their series were launching on RoosterTeeth.com. Starting October 21, recent episodes of Mysterious Monsters, the Easy Allies Podcast, Frame Trap, Box Peek, and Achieve It Yourself! would be featured on the site. These shows were selected to serve as an introduction to Easy Allies and for the overall fit with Rooster Teeth's audiences. New episodes will still be posted around the same schedule on the Easy Allies YouTube channel and podcast feeds.

Game Mechanics

Format

Rounds 1&2

Each player starts the game with 15 HP and 20 G, and they take turns choosing one of the five monsters on screen, representing the different trivia categories. Then they pick a weak point and a question will be revealed along with a number representing the damage value, ranging from 1 to 8 depending on its difficulty. If they answer correctly, the monster takes damage and the player earns ten times the value in gold. However, when a player does not answer correctly, they will take the damage instead.

When a monster is defeated, the player takes 20 times the value in gold instead, and all the players who did damage to it get a "Lucky Loot" shot, one per correct answer.

After three monsters have been defeated, or fled due to not having remaining weak points and not receiving enough damage, players advance to the next round while keeping their items, HP, gold, and any effect already in place.

Round 3

In this round the players will fight a final boss all at once, but before it starts they have a final chance to buy items from the Shop, which they can use at any time.

The host will ask various questions in rapid-fire style, and in order to answer, the contestants have to hit a box with an axe, whoever does so first. If they're correct, they'll do damage and earn gold as usual, and the host will proceed to the next question. If they're wrong, the other players will have the opportunity to buzz in to answer the current question.

When the boss is defeated, it will change into its final form for a numerical question. Players will have ten seconds to hit the box as many times as they want, and the number of hits counts as their final answer. All players will get gold, ranging from 0 to 200 depending on how close they are to the correct answer.

Finally, the player with the highest amount of gold wins the game. The winner gets to choose a prize from The Fabulous Wall of Prizes, courtesy of sponsor Salmon Globe.

Actions

Name	Cost	Effect
Analyze	10	Reveals the difficulties of a monster's weak points
Uneasy Alliance	20	A competitor suggests an answer, if the player takes it and it's right they both get gold

Items

Before picking a monster or a question, players can exchange gold for various items from the Shop, with the exception of the Hyper Strike which can only be acquired via the Lucky Loot board. Items can be used at any time and on any target before answering a question.

Name	Cost	Effect
Equipment
Wolf's Pelt of Perception	30	Grants the wearer the Analyze action for free
Cowl of Consistency	50	Grants 20 bonus gold for every consecutive correct answer starting on the third
Cursed Amulet of the Three	50	Grants triple kill bonus instead of double
Huber's Hammer of Hype	70	Grants 1 extra damage and 10 extra gold for each correct answer
Consumables
Lesser Healing Potion	20	Restores 5 HP
Greater Healing Potion	40	Restores 15 HP
Double Damage Token	50	Doubles the damage value for one question
Huber's Hyper Strike	0	Grants a free hit for one question

Lucky Loot

When a monster is killed, all players that dealt damage to it earn a chance to drop a ball in a pachinko board, and depending on where the ball lands they take the loot as indicated.

Gold Bonus (10 G, 30 G, 40 G)
Health Restoration (automatically heals 5 HP)
Lesser Healing Potion
Double Damage Token
Huber's Hyper Strike

Wizard

Played by Isla, the Wizard revives a player that has fallen in combat for half of their gold into full health, but only during the first two rounds. He also shares his wisdom on-screen showing brief descriptions of items and mechanics during gameplay, and off-screen when discussing a particular question.

Monsters

Picture	Name	Category
Enemies
	The Animonster	Anime
	Food Freako	Food
	The Games Industry	Game business and development
	Horrible Historian	History and geography
	Loquacious Locust	Vocabulary and grammar
	Modern Miscreation	Modern video games
	Movie Monster	Films
	Musical Miscreant	Music
	Poison Tongue	Famous quotes
	Retro Rampager	Retro video games
	Scientific Slime	Science
	Sports Guy	Sports
	Techno Terror	Technology
	Tele-Vampire	Television
	Trickster	Trick questions and riddles
Final Boss
	The Mixed-Up Monstrosity	Takes questions from all previous monsters

Contestants

Season 1 (2019-20)

Episode	Contestants
Episode 1	Michael Damiani	Jessica Lynn Verdi	Brandon Jones
Episode 2	Kyle Bosman	Noah Rayne	Don Casanova
Episode 3	Chris Nguyen	Daniel Bloodworth	Pam Tsing
Episode 4	Ben Moore	AJ LocCascio (Voltron)	Matthew Walden (Better Than Speed)
Episode 5	Erica Lindbeck (Marvel's Spider-Man)	Ashly Burch (Horizon Zero Dawn)	Elyse Willems (GameTrailers, Funhaus)
Episode 6 - Bitterest of Rivals	Gabby Montoute	Ulisses Gurgel	Justin Yngelmo
Episode 7 - Bonds	Brandon Jones	Amanda Troop	Jessica Lynn Verdi
Episode 8 - Game Developer Showdown	Asher Vollmer (Threes, Puzzle Juice, Guildlings)	Felix Park (Uncharted 4, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy)	Alex Belzer (God of War, Dungeon Punks, HauntAR)
Episode 9 - Bad Boy Monster Daddies	Kyle Bosman	Tyler Hutchison (Dream Daddy)	Bradley Ellis
Episode 10 - Easy Alliances	Beth May	Ben Moore	Sean Clinton
Episode 11 - Band Together - Dawn of Jayne	Tamara Bruketta (Singer/Songwriter)	Freddie Wong (Guitar/Bass)	Josh Wolf (Drums)
Episode 12 - Game Industry Titans	Michael Damiani	Lawrence Sonntag (Machinima, Funhaus)	Bruce Greene (Machinima, Funhaus)
Episode 13 - Battle of the Bots	Alexa	Google	Siri