2012Matt Hyra, Ben Stoll
- Videos
- 61
- Creators
- 44
2 - 5 players45 minMedium weight

2018Matt Hyra
From BoardGameGeek
Welcome to the biggest sport of the future – GIANT KILLER ROBOTS : HEAVY HITTERS! GKR: HEAVY HITTERS is an advertising-driven, televised combat sport where mega corporations fight for lucrative salvage rights and advertising dominance in Earth's abandoned cities. But more importantly, they need you! Your skills as a pilot and tactician are needed to win, gaining your Faction more fans, and more importantly, loyal consumers. You will be piloting a Heavy Hitter, the name given to the largest fighting mechs in the battle zone. Flanking your Heavy Hitter in these high stakes sport matches are 3 unmanned robotic support units, consisting of Combat, Repair and Recon. Fighting head-to-head using your Heavy Hitter, you control your entire team of GKRs, strategizing your way to victory. Any dumb mech-jockey can shoot, but can you STRAT? Guess we're gonna find out! GKR: Heavy Hitters - A new boardgame set in the world of Giant killer Robots! The solo rules are included in the updated rulebook which comes with the game. Contents: 4 x Giant Heavy Hitters (139mm) 12 x Support Units (47mm) 10 x Buildings 317 x Cards 1 x Unique Hex-based Gameboard 8 x Pilots & Achievements Boards 4 x Energy Tracker Tokens & Dashboards 80 x Holo-board Tags 2 x Attack Dice 8 x Defense Dice 1 x Glory Hound Token
GKR: Heavy Hitters has 3 videos from 3 creators: 2 how-to-play guides and 1 playthrough. They date from 2022 to February 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "GKR Heavy Hitters painted miniatures" by Jocinetu Painting Studio, which runs 11 min.
To see it played, watch "Giant Killer Robots: Heavy Hitters | Solo | Live Playthrough" by Brews and Boardgames.
If you like it, try DC Deck-Building Game, Transformers Deck-Building Game, Axis & Allies: North Africa and DC Deck-Building Game: Rebirth, also by Matt Hyra.
2012Matt Hyra, Ben Stoll
2 - 5 players45 minMedium weight
2021Dan Blanchett, Matt Hyra
1 - 5 players45 - 90 minMedium weight
2024Larry Harris, Jr., Matt Hyra
2 - 4 players180 - 300 minHeavy weight
2019Matt Hyra, Jared Saramago, Nathaniel Yamaguchi
1 - 4 players45 - 90 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Welcome to the biggest sport of the future – GIANT KILLER ROBOTS : HEAVY HITTERS! GKR: HEAVY HITTERS is an advertising-driven, televised combat sport where mega corporations fight for lucrative salvage rights and advertising dominance in Earth's abandoned cities. But more importantly, they need you! Your skills as a pilot and tactician are needed to win, gaining your Faction more fans, and more importantly, loyal consumers. You will be piloting a Heavy Hitter, the name given to the largest fighting mechs in the battle zone. Flanking your Heavy Hitter in these high stakes sport matches are 3 unmanned robotic support units, consisting of Combat, Repair and Recon. Fighting head-to-head using your Heavy Hitter, you control your entire team of GKRs, strategizing your way to victory. Any dumb mech-jockey can shoot, but can you STRAT? Guess we're gonna find out! GKR: Heavy Hitters - A new boardgame set in the world of Giant killer Robots! The solo rules are included in the updated rulebook which comes with the game. Contents: 4 x Giant Heavy Hitters (139mm) 12 x Support Units (47mm) 10 x Buildings 317 x Cards 1 x Unique Hex-based Gameboard 8 x Pilots & Achievements Boards 4 x Energy Tracker Tokens & Dashboards 80 x Holo-board Tags 2 x Attack Dice 8 x Defense Dice 1 x Glory Hound Token
Designer
Matt Hyra
Artists
Leri Greer, Christian Pearce, Paul M Tobin
Publisher
Cryptozoic Entertainment
Categories
Mechanics