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Tiny Epic Mechs

A tiny-box arena brawl with giant robots: program your actions, outguess your rivals and smash their Mechs.

Tiny Epic Mechs (2019) is set in the year 3030, when the biggest sport on earth is M.E.C.H.s: Mechanized Entertainment Combat Heroes. You fight in a small arena as a pilot whose little ITEMeeple actually sits inside a plastic Mech suit. Everyone programs their moves in advance with an action queue, then reveals and resolves them, so the fun is guessing what your rivals will do while hoping they guess wrong about you. Fights come down to rock-paper-scissors-style reads, area majority and grabbing the right spots on a modular board. It's a quick, chunky brawler with a fun toy factor, and the solo mode keeps it playable when nobody else is around.

ITEMeeples that sit inside plastic MechsAction programming with simultaneous revealModular arena board and solo mode

Who it's for

You like tactical brawls with a gimmick and enjoy outguessing a friend, with a bit of giant-robot silliness on top.

Not for you if…

You dislike take-that and programmed chaos or want a calm optimizer. This one is about outguessing each other and getting hit.

Vibe's take

Bluff and bash. You lock in your plan, wince as everyone reveals, and laugh when two Mechs end up on the same square.

#2,877 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2019 Β· 7 years ago

newer than 55% of games

In 10,771 collections

collected more than 81% of games

1–4 players Β· ages 12+

Best with 3 or 4 Β· publisher: 14+

30–60 min

longer than 62% of games Β· typical 30–90 min

Complexity: medium

One warm-up round Β· 2.6 out of 5 Β· heavier than 71%

Opinions: usual spread

A normal range of ratings

Language: some text

Text on cards or in the rules

Play style: competitive Β· solo too

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