In モン研！！(Monken), the players are working at a research institute in a forest filled with monsters. They explore the forest, respond to requests from the Monster Exploration Association, and breed new types of monsters. The game is a worker placement game where you must feed your workers, but rather than knowing what action spaces your workers will occupy, to simulate the forest exploration aspect, each location begins the game face down and will return face down after each round, so there is a memory element.

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