
2014Sebastian Bleasdale, Richard Breese
Mainly how-to-play and unboxings. Keyflower: The Merchants is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
In Keyflower, each player develops her own unique village over four seasons by successfully bidding for village tiles that feature specialized buildings and boats, and by collecting skills, resources and workers ("keyples"). In Keyflower: The Merchants, the second expansion for Keyflower, players continue to develop their village by building extensions and cabins, entering into lucrative contracts, and encountering new combinations of items on the incoming boats. Whereas Keyflower: The Farmers added breadth to the Keyflower game, Keyflower: The Merchants adds depth. The contracts, for example, provide more ways to score points, but may also be traded for the item they depict: workers, resources, or skill tiles. Extensions double the fixed point scores of existing tiles. Cabins provide more opportunities to upgrade and to build the extensions. Keyflower: The Merchants works well with 2-6 number of players and particularly enhances the two-player game. Players may choose to use all of the tiles from Keyflower: The Merchants, then add additional tiles at random from Keyflower in order to make up the required number of tiles (the Merchant's variant), or they can simply combine the new tiles with the existing game.
Keyflower: The Merchants has 7 videos from 7 creators: 1 review, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 playthrough, 2 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2014 to August 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Обзор дополнения Keyflower The Merchants. Торговцы. Купцы. Expansion." by Настольные Игры На Русском Языке, which runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Keyflower: The Merchants Gameplay Talkthrough" by Rahdo Runs Through. To see it played, watch "SHoR Play-Thru: Keyflower & the Merchants" by Sweethearts Or Rivals.
If you like it, try Black Fleet, City of the Living and Wildscape, also by Sebastian Bleasdale, or Keyside, also by Richard Breese. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2014.
2013Sebastian Bleasdale, Reiner Knizia
2 - 4 players60 minMedium weight
2025Richard Breese, Dávid Turczi
1 - 4 players90 - 120 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Keyflower, each player develops her own unique village over four seasons by successfully bidding for village tiles that feature specialized buildings and boats, and by collecting skills, resources and workers ("keyples"). In Keyflower: The Merchants, the second expansion for Keyflower, players continue to develop their village by building extensions and cabins, entering into lucrative contracts, and encountering new combinations of items on the incoming boats. Whereas Keyflower: The Farmers added breadth to the Keyflower game, Keyflower: The Merchants adds depth. The contracts, for example, provide more ways to score points, but may also be traded for the item they depict: workers, resources, or skill tiles. Extensions double the fixed point scores of existing tiles. Cabins provide more opportunities to upgrade and to build the extensions. Keyflower: The Merchants works well with 2-6 number of players and particularly enhances the two-player game. Players may choose to use all of the tiles from Keyflower: The Merchants, then add additional tiles at random from Keyflower in order to make up the required number of tiles (the Merchant's variant), or they can simply combine the new tiles with the existing game.
Designers
Sebastian Bleasdale, Richard Breese
Artists
Juliet Breese, J Breese, Konstantin Vohwinkel
Publisher
R&D Games
Categories
Mechanics