Merchants Cove: The Dragon Rancher

What is Merchants Cove: The Dragon Rancher

Dragons are the hottest steeds in demand—and you, Dwelma Draketooth, have the market cornered. As a seventh-generation dragon rancher, your last name is associated with the most sought-after serpents in the 5-Realms. Yet it’s not all glamorous! Young dragons are a handful to raise: they are fussy eaters, require lots of room to grow, and leave behind huge, steaming piles... Do you have what it takes to maintain the ranch and the Draketooth Dragons pedigree?

The Dragon Rancher is a new merchant you can play as. It is centered around a mix of bag-building and mancala-style mechanisms, where you draw food and drop it on your board, piece by piece. Once food is placed, the young dragons can follow the trails—and grow bigger with every bite!

—description from the publisher

Game details

Players

1–5

Age

+14

Duration

90 min

Difficulty

Medium

Type

Expansion

Year

2021

Mechanics

Commodity Speculation · Deck, Bag, and Pool Building · Mancala

Categories

Economic · Expansion for Base-game · Fantasy

Designer

Carl Van Ostrand · Jonny Pac · Drake Villareal

Publisher

Final Frontier Games · Devil Dice Games · Fabrika Igr · Galakta