2021 · Fantasie

Merchants Cove: The Dragon Rancher

Players run a multi-generational dragon ranch, managing young dragons that need specific food, space to grow, and constant maintenance. Gameplay mixes bag-building with a mancala-style placement system: players draw food tokens from a bag and place them onto a personal board one by one to create feeding trails. As food is placed, hatchlings follow the trails and grow, changing their needs and value; feed management, barn layout, and growth sequencing determine success. The game emphasizes engine development through token circulation, spatial planning on the ranch board, and timing of growth actions.

groupSpelers

1–5 best met 2

scheduleSpeeltijd

60–90 min

cakeLeeftijd

14+

psychologyComplexiteit

2,8 / 5