Caverna: The Cave Farmers
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Caverna: The Cave Farmers

Following along the same lines as its predecessor (Agricola), Caverna: The Cave Farmers is a worker-placement game at heart, with a focus on farming. In the game, you are the bearded leader of a small dwarf family that lives in a little cave in the mountains. You begin the game with a farmer and his spouse, and each member of the farming family represents an action that the player can take each turn. Together, you cultivate the forest in front of your cave and dig deeper into the mountain. You furnish the caves as dwellings for your offspring as well as working spaces for small enterprises.

1–7 players210 minages 12heavy difficulty
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What is Caverna: The Cave Farmers

Following along the same lines as its predecessor (Agricola), Caverna: The Cave Farmers is a worker-placement game at heart, with a focus on farming. In the game, you are the bearded leader of a small dwarf family that lives in a little cave in the mountains. You begin the game with a farmer and his spouse, and each member of the farming family represents an action that the player can take each turn. Together, you cultivate the forest in front of your cave and dig deeper into the mountain. You furnish the caves as dwellings for your offspring as well as working spaces for small enterprises.

It's up to you how much ore you want to mine. You will need it to forge weapons that allow you to go on expeditions to gain bonus items and actions. While digging through the mountain, you may come across water sources and find ore and ruby mines that help you increase your wealth. Right in front of your cave, you can increase your wealth even further with agriculture: You can cut down the forest to sow fields and fence in pastures to hold your animals. You can also expand your family while running your ever-growing farm. In the end, the player with the most efficiently developed home board wins.

You can also play the solo variant of this game to familiarize yourself with the 48 different furnishing tiles for your cave.

Caverna: The Cave Farmers, which has a playing time of roughly 30 minutes per player, is a complete redesign of Agricola that substitutes the card decks from the former game with a set of buildings while adding the ability to purchase weapons and send your farmers on quests to gain further resources. Designer Uwe Rosenberg says that the game includes parts of Agricola, but also has new ideas, especially the cave part of your game board, where you can build mines and search for rubies. The game also includes two new animals: dogs and donkeys.

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Game details

Players
1–7
Age
+12
Duration
210 min
Difficulty
Heavy
Type
Board game
Year
2013
Mechanics
Automatic Resource Growth · Increase Value of Unchosen Resources · Solo / Solitaire Game
Categories
Animals · Economic · Fantasy
Designer
Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher
Devir · Hobby Japan · uplay.it edizioni · Swan Panasia Co., Ltd.
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Malamoneda
Malamoneda7.5/10
Agricola II
Meeplay_6591
Meeplay_65918/10
- Inserto de Broken Token
Mishigeek
Mishigeek7.8/10
Se queda
byfed
byfed8/10
Se trata de una remake con añadidos del Agricola. Le añade principalmente dos cosas: Las misiones y las cavernas que permiten obtener ventajas de juego o sumar bonus al final de la partida. Por lo demás, si has jugado al agrícola, éste es un juego muy similar.. y como aquél, es un buen juego.
Pattmet
Pattmet5/10
Es demasiado parecido a Agricola, siendo Agricola 100.000 veces mejor. En Caverna el tema del hambre pierde un poco el sentido porque es más fácil de conseguir y para mí ir a ras en Agricola con la comida es parte de la gracia del juego. Hay excesivas cosas que hacer y excesivas losetas diferentes. Que siempre estén todas disponibles incluso a menor número de jugadores, hace que siempre cojas la misma estrategia una vez has encontrado un filón porque hay losetas más poderosas que otras. Pintaba muy bien para fans de Uwe pero no, no me convenció nada.
Tolivarr
Tolivarr8.5/10
Caverna es un gran juego clásico de Uwe Rosemberg de colocación de trabajadores y gestión de recursos. Es un juego de corte medio-duro tremendamente estratégico, en el que deberemos asentar nuestro poblado de enanos ampliando la caverna con habitaciones y moradas al mismo tiempo que construimos sembrados y pastizales para plantar alimentos y criar animales. En este juego de Uwe deberemos competir con el resto de jugadores para realizar las acciones que se disponen en un tablero central, dichas acciones varían según el número de jugadores y además se van ampliando con cada una de las rondas (h
mitridates2026
mitridates20269/10
genial juego de uwe
dieterminator
dieterminator7/10
Its a good game, but probably only in a round of xtreme gamers. Does not motivate me to invest the time to learn about each and every piece in order to enjoy playing.
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Everything about Caverna: The Cave Farmers

How many players is Caverna: The Cave Farmers for?

Caverna: The Cave Farmers plays with 1–7 players.

How long does a game take?

A game takes about 210 minutes.

What age is it suitable for?

It is recommended from age 12.

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