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See our ethics statement. Much like with starships , sometimes you just want to punch a robot in the mouth. Options in the land of video games are pretty good, and include action-oriented titles , strategy games , and even simulation-style options.
In the land of tabletop gaming, however, good solutions can be a bit harder to sort through. Board games and miniatures games benefit from less of a recency bias. Old board games hold up a lot better than old video games, and for that reason many legacy titles remain relevant over a much longer period of time. One of the most delightful new mech games to come out in a long time is by Gamelyn Games.
I picked up my copy on Amazon , but you can also find it at the official Gamelyn website as a deluxe package, or at many local game stores. Tiny Epic Mechs , as the name implies, is small enough to fit inside your pocket. But the little box hides a whole lot of content. It also ups the ante with little robot mech suits that you can put your playing piece inside and stomp around the battlefield with. The arena-style combat game plays from players, and relies on programmable movement with players locking in their actions all at once and revealing them together at the same time.
Expect a little bit of slapstick as pieces carom around the board trying to draw a bead on each other. Playtime is around minutes. Weta Workshop — yes, the same folks behind the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films — makes board games. For the money, you get some excellent pre-painted miniatures, the largest of which is over 5 inches tall.
There are 16 miniatures in total, plus 10 buildings and hundreds of cards. Taken together, GKR is a great value for the money. Unlike many lesser mech games, GKR rarely devolves into a scrum in the center of the board, with two or more units locked in close combat for turns on end. These robots are nimble, but the setting also requires them to cover as much distance as possible tagging buildings around the map for destruction.
With fewer places to hide behind, things tend to move quickly in the endgame. Game Discussions Add Comment. Please enter at least one item. Please enter the link of the website. Please enter the email address. Please enter the link of the image. Please enter the link of the video. Comments 0 No comments yet. Be the first! Marketplace No listings at the moment. Do you own this game? Click here to list it for sale. OAF Pack 1.
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