Scrapbots
Build and upgrade scrapbots, attach gadgets, and outscore your rival by giving them fewer malfunctions.
About the Game
Build up your bots, gear up with gadgets, and wreck your rival!
In Scrapbots, you command a fleet of ramshackle robots in a head-to-head battle for scrappy supremacy. Deploy bots to your lanes, attach powerful gadgets, and convert cards to energy for devastating attacks. Your goal: deal malfunctions to your opponent while keeping your own machinery running smooth. When the malfunction deck runs dry, the player with fewer malfunctions wins!
Play Format
Key Features
Lane Combat
Deploy bots to 4 lanes per player. Manage positioning for attacks and blocks.
Energy System
Convert cards from hand to energy to fuel your attacks. Balance hand size vs attack power.
Market Economy
Purchase stronger bots and gadgets from a shared market. Higher rank cards cost more scrap.
Faction Synergies
Match gadget factions to bot factions for powerful compatibility bonuses.
Game Mechanics
Quick Start
- Each player starts with a deck of basic bots and gadgets, plus 4 cards in hand.
- On your turn, progress through Build → Attack → Scrap → Market → Draw phases.
- Deploy bots to lanes, attach gadgets, convert cards to energy, and attack enemy bots.
- Deal malfunctions to your opponent when their bots take lethal damage.
- Game ends when the malfunction deck empties. Fewer malfunctions wins!
How to Play
Win Condition
The game ends when the malfunction deck is empty. The player with fewer malfunctions (across hand, deck, discard, and overkill) wins.
Turn Phases
- Build: Deploy bots to empty lanes, upgrade bots, attach/upgrade gadgets
- Attack: Convert cards to energy, declare attacks with your bots
- Scrap: Remove broken bots/gadgets, optionally scrap hand cards
- Market: Buy from market (cost = rank × 2), churn once per turn
- Draw: Draw to 4 cards, purge malfunctions if possible
Combat
- Bots have Attack, Health, and Attack Cost
- Spend energy equal to attack cost to declare an attack
- Damage reduces health; at 0 health, bot becomes broken
- Broken bots deal malfunctions to their owner