Product Overview
Number of Players: 1-4
Playing Time: 60-120 Minutes
Recommended Ages: 12+
Merchants of the Dark Road is a highly thematic strategy game by rising-game designer Brian Suhre, brilliantly brought to life by acclaimed artist Andrew Bosley. Explore the city of Highreach where you will prepare your caravan with goods, contracts and heroes using a rondel style action system. When you're ready, head out beyond the safety of city walls alone or with other caravaneers to gain fame and fortune!
Contents:
• 1 Merchant rules & regulations
• 1 Kingdom of Lumi game board (separated into 6 puzzle pieces for easy assembly)
• 4 Player 'wagon' boards (and 6 upgrade tiles to improve your wagon)
• 81 Goods tiles (double-sided with foiled flip-side)
• 4 Sets of player markers (wooden Wagoneeples and thick cardboard prestige markers)
• 48 Hero cards (featuring unique art for every hero & 6 starting heroes)
• 10 Interchangeable building tiles
• 40 Resource tokens (blazing quartz & lanterns to light your way)
• 26 Event cards (each event uniquely illustrated by Andrew Bosley)
• 60 Coin tokens
• 18 Animal companion cards
• 4 Sets of 9 Action dice (7 night dice and 2 illuminated dice for each player)
• 1 Oracle of Lumi die
• 5 Metal dice (and Magically Magnetic Great Bazaar wheel)
• 1 Ruins of Yin die
• 19 Crown cards (end-game scoring objectives)
• 30 Commission tiles (5 specific to each neighboring town)
• 12 Lucky horseshoes (when the fates are against you...)
• 6 Trusty steed cards (rare is the bond of a merchant and their mount)
• 2 Rondel markers (illustrated markers for the Ruins of Yin and the Dark Market)
• 5 Travel dice (unknown challenges await you on the dark roads)
• 4 Player screens (any merchant worth their quartz knows you keep your purse hidden)
• 10 Solo play cards (and solo goods token)
• 1 Solo trader meeple (the trader needs a wagon too!)
• 6 Guild notice cards (spicing up solo play with a look into the activities and schemes of rival companies).