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Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up

Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up

2025·Chris Backe

Videos
5
Creators
3

Mainly how-to-play. Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, and 1 recorded sessions.

1 - 2 players
15 - 20 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

Take on the role of 1 of 4 Mad Scientists and create your Monster Champion by smashing together 2 out of 24 fantastical creatures. Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up combines dice, tactics, timing, and deceit into a portable dueling game that's easy to learn and plays in 15 minutes! Each Monster Card in the game has a Monster front on one side and a Monster back on the other. Players will assemble a unique creature by combining a front and back. The combination will not only determine its battle stats, but also create a unique "if-then" power that can be triggered to sway the tide of battle. Players will roll dice to determine their Attack. Energy and special powers can be used to manipulate the results. Once the dice are locked in, players simultaneously reveal a hand signal. They can add 0-5 Attack by "Boosting" (spending Energy), or they can Defend to reduce their Damage and regain Energy equal to their intelligence, or they can hit the "Panic Button" and force both players to re-roll. BUT, if a player Defends against a Panic Button, they auto-kill their opponent's creature. The loser of the battle takes damage equal to the Arena level plus any special attack damage. The Arena gets increasingly deadly until a battle is resolved. When a Monster is killed, the player's Mad Scientist flips over to their more powerful form, giving them an advantage in the next Battle. The first player to kill 3 of their opponent's Monsters wins. -description from the publisher

Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up

Watch first

Learn to play

Learn to Play Presents Galen's Mint Tin games overview17:38

Learn to Play Presents Galen's Mint Tin games overview

Learn to Play Games

Learn to Play Games

Review

Galen's Games Mint Tin Series Review - Brawl, Plant, Morph & Deliver18:02

Galen's Games Mint Tin Series Review - Brawl, Plant, Morph & Deliver

BoardGameCo

BoardGameCo

Watch it played

Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up solo playthrough10:03

Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up solo playthrough

Galen's Games

Galen's Games

Which Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up video should I watch?

Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up has 5 videos from 3 creators: 1 review, 3 how-to-play guides and 1 playthrough. They date from 2024 to December 2025.

To learn the rules, start with "Learn to Play Presents Galen's Mint Tin games overview" by Learn to Play Games, which runs 18 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Galen's Games Mint Tin Series Review - Brawl, Plant, Morph & Deliver" by BoardGameCo. To see it played, watch "Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up solo playthrough" by Galen's Games.

If you like it, try Starfront Scouting Academy, Spies, Tiberpunk: Streets of Rome and Dragon vs Kingdom, also by Chris Backe.

All videos

Galen's Games Mint Tin Series Review - Brawl, Plant, Morph & DeliverReview18:02

Galen's Games Mint Tin Series Review - Brawl, Plant, Morph & Deliver

BoardGameCo

BoardGameCo

Learn to Play Presents Galen's Mint Tin games overviewHow to play17:38

Learn to Play Presents Galen's Mint Tin games overview

Learn to Play Games

Learn to Play Games

How to Play Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up SoloHow to play14:20

How to Play Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up Solo

Galen's Games

Galen's Games

Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up solo playthroughPlaythrough10:03

Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up solo playthrough

Galen's Games

Galen's Games

Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up: How to PlayHow to play11:46

Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up: How to Play

Galen's Games

Galen's Games

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About Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up

From BoardGameGeek:

Take on the role of 1 of 4 Mad Scientists and create your Monster Champion by smashing together 2 out of 24 fantastical creatures. Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up combines dice, tactics, timing, and deceit into a portable dueling game that's easy to learn and plays in 15 minutes! Each Monster Card in the game has a Monster front on one side and a Monster back on the other. Players will assemble a unique creature by combining a front and back. The combination will not only determine its battle stats, but also create a unique "if-then" power that can be triggered to sway the tide of battle. Players will roll dice to determine their Attack. Energy and special powers can be used to manipulate the results. Once the dice are locked in, players simultaneously reveal a hand signal. They can add 0-5 Attack by "Boosting" (spending Energy), or they can Defend to reduce their Damage and regain Energy equal to their intelligence, or they can hit the "Panic Button" and force both players to re-roll. BUT, if a player Defends against a Panic Button, they auto-kill their opponent's creature. The loser of the battle takes damage equal to the Arena level plus any special attack damage. The Arena gets increasingly deadly until a battle is resolved. When a Monster is killed, the player's Mad Scientist flips over to their more powerful form, giving them an advantage in the next Battle. The first player to kill 3 of their opponent's Monsters wins. -description from the publisher

Designer

Chris Backe

Artist

John de Campos

Publisher

Galen's Games

Categories

DiceFantasyFightingScience Fiction

Mechanics

Betting & BluffingDice RollingHand ManagementSimultaneous Action Selection
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