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Merchants of the Dark Road
After half a year of daylight, we must now prepare for the dark season. The roads will be treacherous but they will still need to be braved by a select few in order to keep our cities thriving. In Merchants of the Dark Road, you are one of these brave few merchants that travel the dangerous paths between cities. While the job is perilous, fame and fortune await.
What is Merchants of the Dark Road
After half a year of daylight, we must now prepare for the dark season. The roads will be treacherous but they will still need to be braved by a select few in order to keep our cities thriving. In Merchants of the Dark Road, you are one of these brave few merchants that travel the dangerous paths between cities. While the job is perilous, fame and fortune await.
Discover the capital city where most of your actions will take place using a rondel action system. Collect and produce items to add to your caravan, or sell these items to local heroes and hire them to travel with you. Manipulate the market price of items, visit the back alley sellers, or delve a nearby dungeon for magical items to gain the potential for even more coin and notoriety.
Gather lanterns to ease your passage along the dark roads as you guide your caravan to distant villages. Deliver goods and heroes to the best destinations and gain fame for your bravery! Balance the money you earn with the height of your fame because your final score after a number of game rounds will reflect the lowest of these two values.
After all, what good is a purse full of the coin if the people don’t sing songs about you, and what good is a song with an empty mug of ale?
Game details
- Players
- 1–4
- Age
- +12
- Duration
- 120 min
- Difficulty
- Heavy
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2022
- Mechanics
- Contracts · Dice Rolling · End Game Bonuses
- Categories
- Exploration · Fantasy · Medieval
- Designer
- Brian Suhre
- Publisher
- Elf Creek Games · Lucrum Games · Skellig Games
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Good components, I felt it a little too long for a dice dependent game, some stuff is not very intuitive and does not good to the theme.
N-ENE-22 #OPDE Nov24
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How many players is Merchants of the Dark Road for?
Merchants of the Dark Road plays with 1–4 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 120 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 12.
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