Mechs vs. Minions

Setup involves laying out the mission-specific board tiles, distributing player operator boards, and arranging minion token piles. Each player chooses a champion mech represented by double-sided acrylic standees. Command decks and damage card stacks are shuffled and placed within easy reach. Initial player hands are drawn, and starting positions for mechs and minions are marked according to the rulebook instructions for the chosen scenario.

Mechs vs. Minions is a cooperative programming game where players take on the roles of League of Legends Yordle champions. The collective goal is to survive relentless waves of minions, execute tactical maneuvers, and transport volatile bombs across the board to designated repair pads before the doom tracker or damage cards overwhelm your mech.

Each round begins with a draft phase where players select command cards from a shared pool to populate the programming slots on their operator boards. Cards dictate movement, rotation, and special combat abilities. Once programmed, players reveal their command lines and resolve actions sequentially, dealing with terrain hazards, spawning minions, and unexpected damage cards that can alter their programmed moves.

The game does not feature a traditional competitive scoring system. Instead, progress is tracked by successfully completing specific mission milestones, such as eradicating designated numbers of minion tokens, protecting key structures, and safely transporting bombs to target squares while minimizing mech damage.

A game concludes either in victory when the specific mission's win condition is fully achieved—such as clearing the board and securing the bomb—or in defeat if player mechs accumulate too much damage, fail key objectives, or trigger failure states defined by the scenario.