> Board games, and then video games, were inspired by these stories of monsters, to make interactive experiences around the ideas.

Yep, BoardGameGeek has 10 pages of board games with 'Monster' in its title. They going to go after all of them?

Just since 2022 there's been: King of Monster Island, Monster Hunter World, Monsters on Board, Meeples & Monsters, Monsterpocalypse, Silver Coin: Age of Monster Hunters, Monster Pit, Cube Monster, Monster Inn, Funkoverse Strategy Game: Universal Monsters, Monster Rock, Shadows: Heroes & Monsters, Monsters and the Things That Destroy Them, The Witcher: Old World - Monster Trail, Boss Monster Big Box, Monsters, Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter, Monster Lands 2, The Night Cage: Monster Pack, Monster Marathon, Nine Worlds: Creatures and Monsters, Monster Science, Monster Munch, Beautiful Monsters, Monstersuppe, Monster Capture Race, Monsters Messed Up My Room, Hunting Monsters, Monster Hunter International, Cthulhu Wars: Smell Like a Monster, Stomp The Monster, Socks Monster, Monster Mouth, Monster Mash, Huck + Monster, Monsters & Minecarts, Yummy Yummy Monster Tummy, Ragnarok: Monster Card Collector, Monster Girl High School, Monsters of Loch Lomond, Making Monsters, Monster Zone, and a bunch of promos for the very popular game Kingdom Death Monster.[1]

[1]: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?action=search&objec...