Tiny Epic Tactics utilizes a simple combat system with variable player powers & 3D terrain to achieve endless layers of strategy & fun Tiny Epic Tactics offers competitive play cooperative play & solo play! Conquer your opponents in tactical combat where every calculated move matters or journey across the land & through the caves in a grand cooperativesolo adventure! Nesting inside the game box are 5 smaller boxes & a mapscroll Players will set up the game by placing these 5 boxes plus the box bottom onto the scroll in designated areas This creates the environment that players will explore & battle across In Tiny Epic Tactics players will have a team of 4 unique heroes a Fighter a Wizard a Rogue & a Beast Each hero type & each character within that type offers unique advantages to movement attacks andor support Finding the synergy in your team is key to victory In competitive play players will pit their teams against one another in effort to score the most victory points by the end of the game Each turn players will have 3 actions to assign across their team They can move andor attack with their heroes Victory points are rewarded for area control enemy heroes captured & keeping your own heroes alive Gaining complete control of one or multiple specific areas offers the most victory points in competitive play Gaining control of said areas requires your heroes maintaining majority presence in these areas over the course of a few turns This requires a careful balance of offense & defense The control of these areas can easily shift from one player to another based on which player has the majority heroes present in the designated spaces Once a set number of areas are captured or one of the players has lost all of their heroes the end game is triggered Tiny Epic Tactics offers a distinctly different experience for solo & cooperative play In these modes players will adventure across the map fighting spawning enemies & exploring caves (printed on the interior of each of the boxes) The goal is to acquire treasures that belongs to the enemy from these caves while keeping your heroes alive Once the end of the game is triggered victory points are tallied based on how many treasures you took from the enemy & how many of your heroes you kept alive Players 1-4 Playing time 30-60 mins Ages 14