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Final Frontier Games  |  SKU: FFN5001

Merchants Cove

$68.95 CAD
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Description
Designer Carl Van Ostrand
Publisher Final Frontier Games
Players 1-4
Playtime 60-90 mins
Suggested Age 14 and up
Expansions Merchants Cove: The Secret Stash 
Merchants Cove: The Innkeeper 
Merchants Cove: The Oracle 
Merchants Cove: The Dragon Rancher

Welcome ashore to Merchants Cove! In this highly asymmetric Euro game, each player takes control of a completely different fantasy merchant such as the Alchemist, the Captain, the Time Traveler and the Blacksmith.

Using a unique set of role specific components and gameplay mechanics, each merchant will compete to satisfy the demands of the bold adventurers who arrive each day to spend their hard earned coin at the famous market piers.
An exciting time resource mechanism will challenge each player to balance control over the customers and market, versus running a highly efficient, goods-producing shop!
As players spend hours performing tasks and moving up the Clock, they will also be watching and influencing a dynamic market base that evolves as boats fill with customers and piers fill with boats. It might be tempting to rush ahead to and influence which customers visit the market and where they shop, but that might leave you with less time to respond to their demands.
On the other hand, you might want to stay back, operating on more information about the market and taking extra time (and maybe corruption) to squeeze the most efficiency out of your day as possible.

By selecting a different Merchant, or a different Rogue card, set of Townsfolk cards, or other content, you can customize the way you play. Each merchant offers a completely unique gameplay experience and is fully compatible with every other merchant. With so many options, you can enjoy a deeply replayable system that is sure to be different every time you play it.

—description from the publisher

Customer Reviews

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Matthew Pauls
Great Game!

I was a little skeptical when I saw it's level of asymmetry and relatively light weight, but it works so well! Very pleasantly surprised that a game this beautiful also plays so well and is pretty easy to teach to people who have played board games before.

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Francis Audet
So fun and such table presence

I played for the sixth time yesterday and still the game surprised and excited me. The production is top notch with dual layer boards and 3D boats galore. The individual merchants' rules are simple enough that each player can read them quickly before the game and understand what they're supposed to do despite their wildly different themes and playstyles. The different rogue cards (especially if you get the Secret Stash expansion) make sleek, impactful changes from one game to the next. And even though the game is basically just "make things and sell them," there are avenues to victory that reward thoughtful plays in the management of not only your goods, but the customers that you are all selling to and those that go to their respective faction halls (including the rogues in most cases).
I recommend this game to anyone looking for a fun and rewarding experience that involves just the right mix of single player solitaire and cut-throat manipulation.

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patrick decarie
Simply wow

This game is simply spectacular, one of the most original and diverse game and amazing quality. So happy that I got all the extentions too! Just on a huntch.
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