Tiny Epic Tactics: Lanterns Mini Expansion

About this expansion

Tiny Epic Tactics: Lanterns Mini Expansion is a 2019 expansion for 1–4 players that adds a pick-up-and-deliver-like mechanism to Tiny Epic Tactics, with games lasting about 60 minutes.

During setup, each village receives an unlit lantern, represented by the backside of the token. As the game unfolds, heroes can travel through portals, or caves, and emerge carrying a torch.

The torch creates a focused objective while adding risk to movement and encounters. Each player may have only one of their heroes holding a torch at a time, and a torch goes out if its carrier takes damage.

• Send a hero through a portal to obtain a torch.
• Bring the torch to a village with an unlit lantern.
• Light the village lantern and collect it for victory points at the end of the game.

Because a torch can be extinguished by damage, players must weigh the opportunity to deliver it against the danger faced by the torch-bearing hero. Once a lantern is successfully lit, the player controlling that hero collects the lantern, connecting the delivery objective directly to end-game scoring.

Lanterns expands the available options and replayability of Tiny Epic Tactics without changing the core premise described by its pick-up-and-deliver-like addition. It is packaged inside the Deluxe Edition, and Deluxe content is not planned for regular distribution.

The mini-expansion is available in limited supply through conventions, contests, the BGG promo store, and directly from Gamelyn Games through its website or Amazon store.