The Event

Mega Mini Monsters is a collectible card and economic management megagame about collecting cool monsters for your gym and using them to compete against other gyms!

This will be the first run of Mega Mini Monsters, and as such the event will discounted relative to our other events. Additionally, dinner tickets are available for purchase - (likely will be a pizza dinner with consideration given to vegetarians, gluten-intolerant, etc.). A discounted dinner ticket is also available for folks who want to bring a side for the pizza, like chips, soda, brownies, etc.

Mechanics-wise, expect a simple collectible card game with a layer of economic resource management at the gym-level (i.e. team-level). Additionally, two special teams of players, the upstanding League Officials and the nefarious Team Moppet, function as wildcards with the respective goals of maintaining a fun & competitive meta, and disrupting league operations.

Game moderators get free dinner and entry to the event. Interested in moderating? Email phillymegagames@gmail.com.

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The Setting

Up to six gyms (teams) of up to seven Gym Captains and three Gym Managers each will duke it out to collect the most monsters and secure glory to their gym! A special team of Monster League Officials will oversee the matches, manage league-wide policies, and ensure a competitive meta while the nefarious Team Moppet will… Do nefarious things!

So join up to 70 other players and see if you and your friends can be the very best! The best that is right now!

Mega Mini Monsters is both a satire of and a celebration of the collectible critter-battler genre of Pokémon, Cassette Beasts, Beastiball, Digimon, and more, filtered through the lens of a competitive sports league megagame. Don’t worry, no monsters will actually be harmed!

Game Roles Breakdown

There will be up to 4-7 gyms (teams) of 4-10 players each, consisting of the following roles:

• 2-7 Gym Captains - these folks build and pilot their decks of monsters and items to victory or defeat against the captains of other gyms, or to lead expeditions to recruit more monsters to their gym from the wilds.

• 1 Gym Coach - these folks will aid their match captains in strategy, as well as observe other ongoing matches to learn about their opponents; they also advocate for their gym in the eyes of the league.

• 1 Gym Professor - these folks will study monsters to catalog them (for science) and maybe even upgrade them.

• 1 Gym Technician - these folks will manage the logistics of the gyms, and build special items to aid in match.

At smaller player counts, the Gym Coach, Monster Hunter, Professor, and Technician roles may be consolidated.

Each gym functions as a team (no intra-gym battling) competing to collect the most monsters and win the Monster League Championship for the season.

In addition, there are two special teams of players who have unique responsibilities and game mechanics. 

• The Monster League Administration (MLA) (3-6 players) aim to maintain competitive, vibrant matches against the various teams and ensure the league as a whole is meeting its scientific, monetary, and profitability targets. Pursuit of these goals may come at the expense of individual gyms

  • WARNING: League Officials have powerful means to ensure a healthy, competitive meta - including the possible handicapping, suspension or even banning of various monsters.

• Team Moppet (2-5 players) are a bunch of ne’er-do-wells! They constantly circumvent League policies in pursuit of their goals of chaos, profit, and the capture of every powerful monster!

The Deetz!

• The venue & play area is entirely wheelchair accessible.

• Dinner will be available for purchase at $10/person, with a $5 discount given to those who are willing to bring a side for the meal to share with ~3-6 others (e.g., a large bag of chips, a 2L of soda, etc.).

• Rules and roles will be distributed via email before the event. The rules will also be gone over at the start of the game for those who didn’t have time to read the rules.

• Cosplay welcomed and praised but entirely optional.

• Age Limit. 16+ with adult escort, otherwise 18+.

• Transit Details:

  • The Discovery Center is a ~30 min. bus trip from Center City or the 30th Street Amtrak Station.

  • There is a parking lot for the Center, itself, with additional parking at a nearby playground, if needed.

• This will be an LBGTQ+ friendly event.

Have questions or concerns? Please reach out at phillymegagames@gmail.com