Quick and painless. 10/10 will buy from them again.

This is one of the best board games I have played, and it became instantly one of my all time favorite. If you love co-op strategy deception games and sci-fi, you will love this game. The rules might seem a little overwhelming at the beginning, but it is not too complicated to play. You will have a good time if you like these kind of games. Update: Forgot to mention; if you buy this, try to play with at least 6 people. Games with 4 players only are almost impossible for the humans to win. Games with 5 players are really difficult but not impossible. 6 or more is a good number for a good challenge on both sides.

This is one of the best board games I have played, and it became instantly one of my all time favorite. If you love co-op strategy deception games and sci-fi, you will love this game. The rules might seem a little overwhelming at the beginning, but it is not too complicated to play. You will have a good time if you like these kind of games. Update: Forgot to mention; if you buy this, try to play with at least 6 people. Games with 4 players only are almost impossible for the humans to win. Games with 5 players are really difficult but not impossible. 6 or more is a good number for a good challenge on both sides.

Cool game for Thing fans, dripping with theme. Tie your friends to a couch.

Fun game. Interesting strategies can be tried out on multiple plays. Characters reflected movie.

Fantastic game.

Such a fun game! It can be a little daunting at first because there’s a lot of instructions and game pieces, but it’s actually fairly easy to pick up. Would recommend for people who enjoy this style of game, and who are fans of the movie!

Really love this game. It’s a great game to play with a large group as you try to make your way out of Outpost 31. This game really gets you to talk with you friends as you to to deduce who is an imitation or a human.

nbsp;The Thing Infection at Outpost 31 is a good mix between the Resistance board game and Dead of Winter Board Game. If you are looking for a hidden traitor game and like this theme then you should check it out.

Great Game, so much fun!

Firstly, I would give this 4 1/2 stars if it were an option but It is a five star experience under the correct conditions. I played this game twice over the holidays with my extended family and had wildly different play experiences. I first played 4 players late at night when most people were gone or asleep so everyone was focused on the game and no one was distracted. We had an awesome time but could tell it would’ve been better with more players so the bad guys could hide and humans would get more combinations of good guys to take on missions. Very very fun though. Ps I was the only one of the four who had seen the movie, and always thought it would make a great game. The second game was 7 player and it was terrible because it was right around dinner time so everyone was distracted and constantly leaving the room if they weren’t on a mission or something. 2 or 3 people felt like they weren’t doing anything because they weren’t selected for some of the missions, when in reality even if you’re not on missions you should still be ‘playing’ by studying the people who are on it and chattering to determine who might be the imitation. One person left the game altogether and we had to shift a bunch of things around and then in the end two people had to leave because of how long it was taking because of people getting distracted so we actually stopped halfway through. These opposite experiences display to me that this game is boom or bust. It can be an incredibly fun time if all the players are invested in being focused and keeping the rounds snappy and moving along. It can just as easily be a disaster if people aren’t engaging and leaving the table a lot and are getting distracted so they aren’t reading the table.

Bought as a Christmas gift for my 22yr old son he was sooooo excited to set up and play.

We were so excited to get this game. We played three rounds last night with 4 players. Having objectives combined with the Mafia-like element really makes it feel like the movie. None of us knew the rules when we started, but we all picked it up quickly with the very easy to understand player guide. Also, the game comes with a cheat-sheet for all players for how a turn should progress. I could see where it would be more fun with more than four players, as we were frequently stuck taking the imitation with us on missions.

Fast delivery, good game,had all the pieces, etc;

I found this at my local HPB and picked it up on a Black Friday sale. I’m glad that I did. We’ve played it a few times and can provide some insight for potential buyers. First of all, let’s start with players. The more players you have, the better. You cannot play this with less than four players. You cannot double up and play multiple characters yourself because one of you is an infected human and the goal of the game is to find out who. I would say that you want at least 6 players to have a truly exciting game. You can get lucky and have a shorter game, but you should probably count on close to two hours with setup and gameplay. Naturally I bought this game because I am a fan of John Carpenter’s The Thing. The game is just as fun if you’ve never seen the movie, but it was definitely made with fans in mind. The character pieces or “movers” are remarkably detailed and actually do look like the movie characters. The instruction manual also adds plenty of movie references and background. The board looks beautiful and details abound everywhere. This is actually one of the best looking games I’ve ever seenand we have well over 100 board games in our game closet. As far as recreating the feel and ambiance of the movie, this game excels and easily deserves 5 stars. As far as gameplay itself, this is a fairly complicated game with many different facets. The alien has three ways to win the game and the humans only have one. We never came close to winning, but it’s definitely possible. If you are used to games like Monopoly or Risk, this game will seem overwhelming and excessively complicated. This is better for people who enjoy more complicated board games to start, but anyone can learn to play. You task is to clear out the outpost, finding supplies and fighting aliens along the way. One of you is already infected, however, and will try to sabotage your progress. Your goal is to escape on the helicopter with only humans, leaving the aliens in disguise behind (or torch them with a flamethrower). If you fail tasks or fail to beat an alien, the outpost starts to take damage and the infection spreads. Along the way, you will need to tend to various emergencies in the outpost or risk losing it from damage. Faults – there are a few. This is a complicated game and the instructions do not appear to cover all contingencies. We ended up making our own rules when some aspects of gameplay were unclear. For instance, do you need to clear all rooms in a sector before moving on, or can you advance as soon as you find the necessary supplies? We could not determine this from the instructions. Can you put out two fires at once by sending one player to one room while the rest of your team goes to another room with fire or smoke? As I mentioned, you can always make up your own rules so that’s not a game-ender. What is a little more troubling is determining who the imposter is. You are encouraged to talk out loud, but there really aren’t any questions or challenges that make spotting the imposter any easier. If the imposter HAD to sabotage the party, it would be much easier. Instead, the best way for the aliens to win is to play along like any other character and be chosen in the escape party. With that being the case, it’s essentially just blind luck in the end to determine who the imposter is. Your best bet is to use the blood tests, but this too is mostly just a shot in the dark. This is the one area of the game I think could use improvement, but no one ever said surviving was easy. So in the end, The Thing is a fantastically constructed, beautiful game that should please fans of the film and people who enjoy large-group board games. It’s complicated, but not impossibly so. It could use clearer instructions and may take you a couple trial runs before you understand it all. That said, it easily deserves 4 stars if not a little more.

We've played the game twice already, two groups of a full 8 players....and had an absolute BLAST both times! The game definitely has replay-ability! I don't know know how many games could come close to capturing the feel of the film they're based on, but The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 nails it! Mistrust, suspicion and deception are present from beginning to end............Quality construction that does justice to the Carpenter classic. As soon as you finish playing, you're going to immediately want to re-watch the film for the umpteenth time!