Watch “Board to be Wild Reviews: Guild of Merchant Explorers | a cosy boardgame of wonder,” a board game review on BoardGameVideo.
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What's brewing? A warm mug of cocoa? A comfortable friendship? Or a cosy game of exploration and adventure? Maybe all three in this review of The Guild of Merchant Explorers, a cosy strategic puzzler for friends to compete alongside each other in a very friendly way.
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Mainly reviews. The Guild of Merchant Explorers is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 43 reviews, 11 how-to-play guides, 12 recorded sessions, 8 unboxings, and 6 other videos.
1 - 4 players
45 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About The Guild of Merchant Explorers, from BoardGameGeek:
In The Guild of Merchant Explorers, each player starts with one city on their personal map board.
Shuffle the deck of terrain cards, then reveal most of these cards one by one. Based on the terrain revealed, each player places on their board cubes that are connected to their starting city or other cubes. You want to complete areas on your board, cross the seas to new land, and establish new cities on the board. You can explore capsized ships for treasure - which gives you special placement capabilities - and create linked connections between locations to score bonus points. Common objectives can be completed by all players, with those who complete it first scoring more points.
At the end of a round, all cubes are removed from each board, leaving only the cities behind, so if you don't establish new cities, you'll be stuck in the same places.
The Guild of Merchant Explorers contains multiple copies of four different maps, and the game is designed so that you can play remotely with one or more copies.