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Mini Miners
2019
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- 2–4 players
- 45–60 min
- 10+
- Complexity 3.0/5
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Mini Miners is a board game released in 2019 for 2–4 players, 45–60 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Jerome Badoux and its main mechanics are Take That, Push Your Luck, and Open Drafting.
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About the game
Mini Miners is a family game in which players will hire and equip Dwarves to send them in a very hazardous mine and try to collect as much gold as possible… and above all they will try to let them escape the mine safely with the gold. Develop your strategy by choosing well your dwarves and how you equip them, create combos between their abilities or simply rely on luck by taking more risks to be the richest player at the end. A game of Mini Miners take place over 3 rounds each divided in 4 main phases. First, each player will recruit their team of dwarves during a short draft phase. Each one having unique abilities choosing well your miners will have an important impact for the rest of the round. Once all dwarves have been recruited each player will be able to buy tools that they will be allowed to attribute to each of their dwarves. Those tools will offer them some abilities to help to gather more gold, mine more safely or to have more chance to escape this dangerous mine alive. Once equipped it is time to send them down the mine. Every player will place their dwarves in the mine, the deeper they go the more gold is to be found but the risks are greater. Then comes the time to search for gold, every dwarf will draw cards depending of where they are in the mine and collect gold nuggets depending of those cards. They will try to avoid the mine collapsing on them and then to leave the tunnel with the gold without getting stuck inside. After three rounds repeating those phases the winner will be the player that collected the most gold nuggets. Between each turn player will be able to keep the tools to have more choices to equip their dwarves the following turn and an event will happens at the beginning of each one to spice the game up, slightly changing the rules and the strategies. -description from designer
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Questions and answers
Mini Miners supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Mini Miners is 45–60 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Mini Miners for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Mini Miners has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Mini Miners belongs to these categories: Fantasy. Its main mechanics are Take That, Push Your Luck, and Open Drafting. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Mini Miners are: Jerome Badoux. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Mini Miners as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.