{"id":21744,"date":"2026-10-12T11:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/mecanique\/non-classifiee\/echoes-of-the-apostate-crown-time-bending-heists-from-the-designer-of-merchants-cove\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:48:07","slug":"echoes-of-the-apostate-crown-time-bending-heists-from-the-designer-of-merchants-cove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/news\/echoes-of-the-apostate-crown-time-bending-heists-from-the-designer-of-merchants-cove\/","title":{"rendered":"Echoes of the Apostate Crown: Time-Bending Heists from the Designer of Merchants Cove"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"p-rc_f3e5cd7ce0d5a498-32\" data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span data-path-to-node=\"3,0\">Fans of <i data-path-to-node=\"3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"8\">Merchants Cove<\/i> have something new to look forward to! Co-designer Carl Van Ostrand is back in the spotlight alongside Douglas Hettrick and publisher Pandasaurus Games<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,2\"> with a brand-new title slated for 2027: <b data-path-to-node=\"3,2\" data-index-in-node=\"41\">Echoes of the Apostate Crown<\/b><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,4\">. Designed for 2 to 4 players<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,6\"> aged 8 and up<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,8\">, this worker-placement adventure invites players to explore and loot a ruined palace across two distinct time periods simultaneously<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,10\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_f3e5cd7ce0d5a498-33\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span data-path-to-node=\"4,0\">The game\u2019s standout mechanism lies in its temporal dynamic\u2014every room on the board has two faces<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,2\">. In the present, you will battle monsters and dig through collapsed chambers<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,4\">; but by tethering back into the past, the room shifts to its former glory<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,6\">. Manipulating time changes the available actions for everyone at the table, allowing you to barter with the court, steal ancient treasures, and leave behind &#8220;echoes&#8221; that grant boons when rivals follow in your footsteps<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"4,8\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_f3e5cd7ce0d5a498-34\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span data-path-to-node=\"5,0\">On the management side, prepare to tightly optimize your inventory space! Stones, medallions, idols, scarabs, and annoying whisps all compete for the exact same slots in your pack<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,2\">, and only what you physically carry back can be sold for victory points<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,4\">. With a brisk playing time of 45 to 60 minutes<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,6\">, <i data-path-to-node=\"5,6\" data-index-in-node=\"2\">Echoes of the Apostate Crown<\/i> promises a clever, fast-paced tactical adventure<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,8\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/479706\/echoes-of-the-apostate-crown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/479706\/echoes-of-the-apostate-crown<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of Merchants Cove have something new to look forward&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21745,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21744\/revisions\/21745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}