Tiny Epic Mechs

Game Setup

Player Setup

  1. Choose a color and take matching:
    • Player Card
    • ITEMeeple
    • Power Armor
    • Base Card
    • Ad Hoc Mode Card (Human Pilots only)
    • 8 Program Cards (Shuffled for Robot Pilots)
    • 4 Mines
    • 3 Turrets
    • Health Token
    • Energy Token
    • Credits Token
    • Score Token
  2. Set up Health Trackers
    Human Pilot: Choose a Pilot Card and place Health Token on highest space of track
    Robot Pilots: Place Health Token on highest space on Player Card Resource Track.
  3. Place an Energy Token and a Credits Token on the 3 space of the Resource Track.
  4. Arm Weapons
    Human Pilot: Choose any Basic Weapon; 2 if playing solo or co-op
    Robot Pilot 1: Pulse Pistol and Energy Sword
    Robot Pilot 2: Pulse Pistol and Grenade Launcher

Arena Setup

  1. Gather all 21 Zone Cards: 1 Mech, 4 Base, and 16 Resource.
  2. Place Mech Card in center of play area
  3. Arrange the Resource Cards randomly around the Mech Card, leaving open spaces for the Base Cards.
    See rulebook for layout
    2p = 1 Mech, 2 Bases, 12 Resource;
    3p = 1 Mech, 3 Bases, 14 Resource;
    4p = 1 Mech, 4 Bases, 16 Resource.
  4. Determine the Starting Player and give them the Starting Token. Starting with the player to their right and going counter-clockwise, each player chooses an open Base space for their Base Card and ITEMeeple. The Starting Player places last.
  5. Each player placees their meeple and a Mine face-down on their Base Card.
  6. Place Robot Pilot meeples into their Power Armor and face them toward a human player.
  7. Place the Mighty Mech on the Mech Zone Card.

Round and Score Track Setup

  1. Place the Round Card and Score Card within reach of all players.
  2. Place the Round Token on the 1 space of the Round Card.
  3. Place each player's Score Token next to the Score Card, blank side up.

Weapons Setup

  1. Separate the Weapon Cards by their backs into Basic and Advanced.
  2. Shuffle the Advanced Weapon Cards into a face-down deck and reveal the top 4 cards in a row.
  3. Place weapon items near Weapon Card decks.

Begin Game

Objective

WIN: Have the highest score after 6 rounds.

Game Modes

Solo1 Human
2 Robots		Individual scoring
Co-op2 Humans
2 Robots		Team scoring
Competitive2-4 HumansIndividual scoring
Solo Mode Setup (vs. 2 Robot Pilots)
  1. Set up as a 3-player game: the human player takes the single north Base Zone, and each Robot Pilot takes one of the other two Bases.
  2. Both Robot Pilots start wearing Power Armor, facing north toward the human player.
  3. Place 2 Player Cards side-by-side for each Robot Pilot, with Energy and Credits Tokens on the "3" space.
  4. Robot Pilots don't use Pilot Cards. Flip the 4th, unused Player Card over to reveal the Robot Pilot Guide.
  5. Give each Robot Pilot 2 Basic Weapons: one gets a Pulse Pistol and Energy Sword, the other gets a Pulse Pistol and Grenade Launcher.
  6. Shuffle each Robot Pilot's 8 Program Cards into a face-down stack under its Player Cards. Return both Ad Hoc Mode Cards to the box (Robot Pilots never use Ad Hoc Mode).
  7. Flip all Robot Pilot Mines face-down, shuffle them, and place 1 random Mine face-down in each Robot Pilot's Base.