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Description provided by ThinkerThemer on YouTube:
Are you being followed?? Don't worry! It's just your pesky competing caravan friends here to join you on your travels! They tell you "the more the merrier" as you face the great unknown.... right before they steal your bounty. But not to worry you've got bigger problems... a caravan full of stuff to sell and deliver! So quickly make you way around and around (and around) town and maximise your money and prestige. That'll show those other merchants. :)
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:31 Theme overview (Themer)
01:08 Mechanics overview (Thinker)
07:40 Beautiful components & aesthetics
10:08 Does it feel thematic?
13:21 Not tense, not punishing
14:43 Multiplayer solitaire (aside from the follow mechanic…)
15:52 Is it a game for Amy?
18:13 Favourite player count
19:11 Is it a game for Maggie? (and more thoughts)
20:36 Solo mode
23:00 Wrap up
For more information: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300217/merchants-dark-road
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Mostly reviews and unboxings. Merchants of the Dark Road is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 30 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 11 recorded sessions, 22 unboxings, and 12 other videos.
1 - 4 players
60 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Merchants of the Dark Road, from BoardGameGeek:
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?
-description from the publisher
