2021Jonny Pac, Carl Van Ostrand, Drake Villareal
- Videos
- 66
- Creators
- 45
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight

2025Carl Van Ostrand, Drake Villareal
Mainly reviews and playthroughs. Merchants Cove: Master Craft is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, and 2 unboxings.
From BoardGameGeek
Merchants Cove: Master Craft is a big-box expansion for Merchants Cove. Contained in Merchants Cove: Master Craft is a new expansion (The Faction Festival), new modular content (new Rogues, Townsfolk), as well as four new expert Merchants. In addition to the new Merchants, the Faction Festival also expands the game in a substantial way. A new board is connected to the bottom of the main board adding tracks for each of the Factions, and brand new mechanisms for each Faction to use. The Wizards will enchant your goods to make them worth more - while the Rogues will help you frame the other players, letting you get rid of corruption by pinning it on your opponents. There's a new Faction Hall (The Paladins), new Adventurers (Paladins), new Townsfolk, Rogues, and more. -description from publisher
Review
Merchants Cove: Master Craft has 8 videos from 7 creators: 3 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 2 playthroughs and 2 unboxings. They date from 2022 to June 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Merchants Cove: Master Craft - Learn To Play!" by Getting Games, which runs 1 h.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Merchants Cove: Master Craft - Final Frontier Games - Kickstarter - Review - Opinions" by Critical Fail. 3 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Merchants Cove:The Treasure Diver v The Mushroom Farmer (Master Craft exp) -- playthrough (2p)" by Board Game Gumbo (Board Game Gumbo), one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Merchants Cove, Bardwood Grove and KAPOW! Volume 1, also by Carl Van Ostrand, or Solani, also by Drake Villareal.
2021Jonny Pac, Carl Van Ostrand, Drake Villareal
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
2024Carl Van Ostrand
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
2023Larry Bogucki, Robert Dougherty, Douglas Hettrick, Carl Van Ostrand
1 - 4 players20 - 60 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Merchants Cove: Master Craft is a big-box expansion for Merchants Cove. Contained in Merchants Cove: Master Craft is a new expansion (The Faction Festival), new modular content (new Rogues, Townsfolk), as well as four new expert Merchants. In addition to the new Merchants, the Faction Festival also expands the game in a substantial way. A new board is connected to the bottom of the main board adding tracks for each of the Factions, and brand new mechanisms for each Faction to use. The Wizards will enchant your goods to make them worth more - while the Rogues will help you frame the other players, letting you get rid of corruption by pinning it on your opponents. There's a new Faction Hall (The Paladins), new Adventurers (Paladins), new Townsfolk, Rogues, and more. -description from publisher
Designers
Carl Van Ostrand, Drake Villareal
Artist
Mihajlo Dimitrievski
Publisher
Final Frontier Games
Mechanics