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2	A 1979 {{Wargam\|ing}}e created by Creator/GregCostikyan and published by SPI.
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4	One player takes the role of a movie monster intent on wreaking havoc on the city of Sheboygan, the other player plays the human forces (police, fire, national guard) trying to stop the monster.
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6	!!This game features example of the following tropes:
7	* AliensInCardiff: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheboygan,_Wisconsin Sheboygan]] is a real place: it's a small city in Wisconsin, USA.
8	* AsymmetricMultiplayer: One player fields an army. The other wields a {{Kaiju}}. Whether or not MilitariesAreUseless is up to the RandomNumberGod.
9	* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: A big part of the fun of the game is actually getting to ''play'' as the 50-ft whatever, stomping police cars and smashing buildings.
10	* BreathWeapon: One of the advanced options the monster player can use is "fire breath", which allows the monster to set nearby buildings on fire. Unlike simple smashing, which only affects a single building, fires started with fire breath can spread to adjacent buildings.
11	* HelicopterFlyswatter: Helicopters are the only units which can pass through the same square as the monster, but if they do so, they have a chance of being grabbed and destroyed.
12	* TheJoyOfX: "The X that Ate Y" variation as the game title.
13	* {{Kaiju}}: In addition to being generally inspired by the Kaiju genre, the monster player can choose to be represented on the board by a token with an image which bears a suspicious resemblance to Godzilla or Mothra.
14	* {{Notzilla}}: One of the available options to play the titular Creature, and the one that appears on the cover of all editions of the game, is a giant Godzilla-style humanoid lizard. Made even more obvious when one of the available Kaiju powers is fire breath that can cause tremendous collateral damage.
15	* PlayingWithFire: the Fire advanced rules let the monster try and burn the city down.

Context TabletopGame / TheCreatureThatAteSheboygan