- Publisher : Funforge
- Designer : Uwe Rosenberg
- Artist(s) : Javier González Cava, Klemens Franz
- Players : 1–7
- Playing time : 30–120 Min
- Weight BGG : 3.78
What's this?
In the same vein as its predecessor (Agricola), Caverna is primarily a worker placement game that emphasizes farming. In this game, you play as the bearded leader of a small family of dwarves living in a modest cave nestled in the heart of the mountains.
How do you play?
In Caverna, each turn allows players to select an action. Here are some of the actions:
– Cultivate fields: Players place field tiles on their game board and grow grains or vegetables by planting them.
– Raise animals: Players can build enclosures and stables to house animals such as sheep, pigs, and cattle, and breed them to increase their herd.
– Dig in the mountain: Players extract valuable resources like iron ore and gold by digging caves in the mountain.
– Develop the cave: Players can expand and furnish their cave by building living spaces for family members, storage rooms for resources, and workspaces to develop new items.
– Harvest wood, stone, and ores: Players collect wood and stone to build new structures and improve their cave.
– Forge weapons and go on expeditions: These actions allow players to forge weapons and participate in expeditions to earn unique rewards.
– Trade resources: Players can trade resources at the market.
At the end of each round, players must ensure they have enough food to feed all their workers.
By wisely choosing among these actions each turn, players aim to develop their cave and farm to score the most points and win the game.
Is it good?
If you enjoyed Agricola, you’ll definitely love Caverna! This game incorporates the mechanics that made its predecessor successful while adding its unique touch, particularly in managing dwarves that you can send on expeditions or into the mines.
Caverna is a captivating management and strategy game offering a multitude of options and synergies to explore. The variety of dwelling tiles, resources, and animals, combined with different possible strategies, ensures exceptional replayability. You’ll have plenty to keep you occupied and thinking through numerous games!
Watching your farm and home evolve over the turns is always a real pleasure. Be careful, the competition can be fierce! Players must meticulously plan their actions to optimize efficiency and feed their dwarves.
The components are of high quality and generously fill the box. You’ll find many wooden pieces and beautiful illustrations. Only the round tokens representing the dwarves are a bit disappointing, as they lack immersion.
In summary, Caverna is an exceptional resource management board game that will appeal to experienced players looking for a challenging intellectual game. Its depth, replayability, and quality components make it a must-have for fans of management and worker placement games.
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My review on Caverna
Positives
- Deep and diverse strategy
- High replayability
- Quality components
- Works well solo
Negatives
- Long game duration with more than 4 players
- Slight lack of player interaction
- Be careful not to let one player go on expeditions alone
