Super Metal Mons FAQ

What is Super Metal Mons?
Super Metal Mons (SMM) is an abstract strategy game of perfect information (a bit like chess) with an assortment of collectable monsters, originally featured in a pair of NFT collections on Ethereum created by Supermetal Bosch.

Who made the Super Metal Mons game?
Bosch designed the board game together with his brother, Turtle, and Ivan Grachyov is the developer of mons.link.

Where can I play?
mons.link!

How do I play- you said it's like chess?
We say it's a chesslike and it takes a similar mindset, but it doesn't really quite share any specific rules with chess. The game was more directly inspired by the ancient viking game Hnefatafl as well as Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters, tho it's mostly its own thing!

You can get started learning the Basic Rules over in our Instruction Room, or you could head straight to our Video Tutorials to get a run down that way. Then head over to mons.link and there you can either go up against the bot for some initial real game practice or go through the tutorial puzzles there in the home menu.

Do I need a crypto wallet to play?
No!
The game is fully playable without connecting a wallet, but if you do connect (ETH and SOL both work!) you will be able to earn ELO rating points by winning automatch games and see your rank on the global leaderboard.

Is the game still in development?
The foundations of SMM are complete, but the current mon types (Drainer, Angel, Spirit, Mystic, and Demon) and items (Bomb and Potion) comprise only "Base Set 1". New pieces with unique abilities will be rolled out over time, giving players the option to customize their team loadout to their own personal playstyle.
+ there are many additional features planned for mons.link so stay tuned!

Is there a physical version of the game?
Yes! Production is currently paused as our limited Base Set Kits have sold out, but once resumed they will be available at mons.shop, which also hosts various related drops+products.

What is Little Swag World?
Little Swag World is another NFT collection created by Bosch. They`re kind of like the trainers of metal mons.

Who runs this site?
My name is Meinong aka Ultrametal Meister. I assist with art and design and community for SMM.

Where did you get this site layout?
I used the 'Busy Generic' template from Eggramen's CSS Test Pages. Base stylesheet by EGGRAMEN, 2021

What is Super Metal Mons, again?
You won't really know until you try! So... let's play!