MONSTER FACTORY is a tile-placement game for anyone who enjoys building things and making monsters. Great fun for kids ages 5 and up. Adults love it too. The players take turns drawing and placing tiles, either adding to their own monsters or to those of their opponents. The goal is to make monsters that are big, but not so big that they go unfinished. Each player picks a itle to start with. Tiles that connect 3 or 4 sides are good choices. Each player places their tiles in front of them on the tale (that is a players "monster-in-progress". Shuffle the rest of the tiles face down into a big mound or in seperate piles. Designer:�Donald X. Vaccarino.