Mechs vs. Minions: Bandle City Edition
Most board games promise that decisions have consequences. Mechs vs. Minions is the rare one where consequences have consequences... and that's the best part of the night!
You and up to three friends pilot the Yordles of Bandle City. Each round, you draft commands, sequence them into a program, and then watch your mechs execute exactly what you told them to do... onto a board that may have already shifted underneath you. Initially things go roughly according to plan. But several rounds in, your plan unfolds against the evolving board until... someone is laughing. Then everyone is. You're not panicking; you're improvising together.
The Bandle City Edition is the modern flagship: the same gameplay that put Mechs vs. Minions in the Top 100 on BoardGameGeek, in a box that reaches the table in under fifteen minutes and goes away in five. Refreshed art direction in the bright, magical Bandle City palette. Acrylic standees, integrated punchboard storage, and mission dossiers you open one at a time. A smaller footprint and less plastic than the original, without cutting anything that matters at the table.
It's a cooperative campaign built for the table you actually have. Ten missions plus a tutorial, roughly eleven to fifteen hours total, sixty minutes a session. Fluid drop-in, drop-out. You don't need to lock in the same four people every week (though it's pretty great if you can...). Strategic enough to plan. Light enough to laugh through. It teaches in ten minutes, so it works on a Tuesday with your partner or your non-gamer brother just as well as a Saturday with your regular group.
No League of Legends knowledge required. Runeterra is the setting; the game stands entirely on its own.
Out of print for 5+ years and returning for its 10th anniversary: the same design, built like the love letter it always was.
Come for the plan. Stay for the punchline.
Ages 14+
2-4 players
60-90 minutes per mission
Contents:
6 acrylic standees (4 Yordle mechs, 1 boss, and 1 bomb).
100+ Minions (punch board tokens)
4 wooden markers
4 crystal shards (custom molded acrylic pieces)
4 custom engraved dice (2 numbered D6, 2 rune D12)
10 mission dossiers + 1 tutorial mission
5 double-sided modular board tiles with spot UV finish
5 double-sided command lines
1 "The School"/Lava tile + 1 Crystal Compass tile
1 dual-layer gear tracker board with spot UV finish
72 command cards
39 damage cards
24 boss cards
57 mission cards
1 Fieldguide booklet with illustrated component list
1 premium, illustrated box with storage guide in lid
* NEW * 10 solo puzzles
* NEW * 1 pack (12 cards total) of skin cards with original art from League of Legends(TM)
