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The Guild of Merchant Explorers

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  1. 7 out of 10

    Pretty great new flip-and-place game. A little [b]Kingdom Builder[/b], a little [b]Cartographers[/b]. The art is a turn off and the box is bigger than warrants the design, so I may not buy it, but I'd happily play it. Nice job on the game design!

  2. 6 out of 10

    Broadly enjoyable experience is its best descriptor. The accrued special action cards bring a welcome layer of decisions and some formation of a power arc. That arc is reinforced by the persistent pieces that are established throughout the game. There's also the right amount of tension brought by the limited actions; there's more you want to do but can't. Still, there's a bit too much piece manipulation for the decisions presented and it utterly fails in creating a lasting impression.

  3. 9.5 out of 10

    This game came outnof.no where. The entire time everyone at the table was saying. Wow why is this so fun!? This is stupidly fun, right? Went from mildly interested to I must own this game in 3 turns.

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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.

Ages

14+
Players

Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Play Time

45m – 45m
Designer

Brett J. Gilbert, Matthew Dunstan
Mechanics

Hexagon Grid, Hidden Victory Points, Network and Route Building, Pattern Movement, Line Drawing
Theme

Nautical, Adventure, Exploration
Publisher

Alderac Entertainment Group
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