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Caverna (board game)

January 01, 1970

Caverna: The Cave Farmers is a 2013 board game designed by Uwe Rosenberg. It is a complex worker placement strategy game that shares similarities in gameplay and theme with his earlier board game, Agricola,[2] The game's theme revolves around helping a small dwarf family to settle a cave and nearby woodlands and to develop the setting through furnishing caves as well as converting forests into meadows, fields and pastures.[3] Caverna received positive reviews from critics, and two major expansions have been released for the game.

Caverna
DesignersUwe Rosenberg
IllustratorsJavier González Cava, Klemens Franz
PublishersLookout Games
Publication2013
GenresWorker Placement
Players1-7
Playing time30-210 minutes
ChanceLow
Websitelookout-spiele.de/en/games/caverna.html
Related games
Agricola, Civilization, Dominant Species, Le Havre, Caylus
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Gameplay edit

Caverna is chiefly a worker-placement game with engine building elements for 1–7 players that play over 12 rounds. Each player begins the game as dwarfs seeking ores and rubies to develop their home spaces, which includes a forest to be converted to fields and meadows (the latter can store animals by modifying it into pastures) and two caverns that can be expanded. During each round, a new action space is added, accumulated spaces are replenished, and players take actions. This is done by placing a dwarf worker on one of the twelve action space cards, which give benefits such as twin tiles, family growth, goods and mines, animals, weapons, starting player and imitation. For instance, the "drift mining" action allows stones accumulated there to be taken. There are action spaces for twin tiles, family growth, goods and mines, animals, weapons, starting player and imitation. At the end of each round, dwarves must be fed through food gained. The game has two resources: ore is used to undertake expeditions for adventure, which provides beneficial loot items, whereas rubies is a flexible good that can be traded for landscape tiles and other goods.

At the end of the game, each farm animal, dog, vegetable, ruby and dwarf worth one gold point whereas grain is worth half of a gold point. Furnishing tiles, pastures and mines provide additional points; parlours, storage and chambers may also reward bonus points. Unused boars spaces and missing farm animals (each player is expected to have one sheep, donkey, cattle and wild boar) penalise one and two points, respectively.[4]

The gameplay of Caverna is similar to Agricola, but redesigns elements of the original, including replacing the set of cards in the preceding game with a set of buildings with diverse abilities, the cave part of the game board, where mines can be constructed and rubies can be discovered and new weapons with strengths determined by forged ore, and two new animals.[5]

Expansions and reimplementations edit

The game received two major expansions, Caverna: The Forgotten Folk in 2018 and Caverna: Frantic Fiends in 2022. Originally a fan project on BoardGameGeek, Forgotten Folk was designed and refined together by Alex Wilber and Uwe Rosenberg.[6] The expansion implements eight additional species, each with variable, distinctive abilities, and was nominated for the Gra Roku Best Expansion award for 2020.[7]

A stand-alone two-player variant, Caverna: Cave vs. Cave, was released in 2017 as an accessible version of the original.[8][9] The game received generally positive reviews, with The Opinionated Gamers describing it as a "streamlined, quick-playing version of Caverna".[10]

 
Uwe Rosenberg, the designer of Caverna.

Reception edit

Caverna received favourable reviews, winning numerous awards including Board Game Quest Awards Best Strategy/Euro Game and Guldbrikken Best Adult Game Winner.[5][11] Comparisons to Agricola are generally positive, with The Boardgame Detective stating, "In contrast to Agricola, Caverna feels like much more of a ‘sandbox’ game, with many options and many paths to victory."[12] Similarly, Board Game King also believed Caverna to be distinctly different and more enjoyable, calling it "a better-balanced game" than Agricola.[13] Hexagamers praised both games, but noted that Caverna "is a lot looser and free in what you can do".[14] Caverna's worker placement mechanism and its complexity have also been met positively, with The Cardboard Quest describing it as "the quintessential modern Euro" and praised its diversity of actions; however, it was also criticised for a lack of tension.[15] The game also ranks as one of the top games on Board Game Geek.[16]

In a review of Caverna: The Cave Farmers in Black Gate, John ONeill said "the game is simple at heart, but with a delicious opportunity for play complexity — and a very different take on traditional fantasy."[17]

References edit

  1. ^ Goodridge, Michelle; Rohweder, Matthew J. (November 15, 2021). Librarian's Guide to Games and Gamers: From Collection Development to Advisory Services. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9798216110958.
  2. ^ Appelcline, Shannon (18 May 2015). "Anatomy of a Revision: Caverna". Mechanics & Meeples. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  3. ^ "Caverna: The Cave Farmers". Shut Up & Sit Down. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  4. ^ "How to play Caverna | Official Rules | UltraBoardGames". www.ultraboardgames.com. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  5. ^ a b "Caverna: The Cave Farmers". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  6. ^ "Caverna: The Forgotten Folk". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  7. ^ "2020 Gra Roku Best Expansion Nominee | Board Game Honor | BoardGameGeek". boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  8. ^ "Caverna Cave vs. Cave Is a Solid Two-Player Experience". pastemagazine.com. 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  9. ^ "The PLAYlist 11: Caverna Cave vs Cave". www.undertheradarmag.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  10. ^ Wray, Chris (2017-08-14). "Caverna Cave vs Cave (Game Review by Chris Wray)". The Opinionated Gamers. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  11. ^ Mastrangeli, Tony (2014-05-22). "2013 Board Game Award Winners". Board Game Quest. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  12. ^ Jeremy (2018-06-19). "Caverna Review". The Boardgame Detective. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  13. ^ "Caverna: The Cave Farmers review | Board Game Reviews | Board Game King". www.boardgameking.com. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  14. ^ "Agricola vs Caverna: Which Game Should You Buy?". HexaGamers. 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  15. ^ "Caverna: The Cave Farmers Review". Cardboard Quest. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  16. ^ "Caverna: The Cave Farmers". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  17. ^ "Caverna the Cave Farmers: The Most Fun You'll Have Managing Animals, Minerals and Vegetables – Black Gate". 2 June 2018.

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Rosenberg It is a complex worker placement strategy game that shares similarities in gameplay and theme with his earlier board game Agricola 2 The game s theme revolves around helping a small dwarf family to settle a cave and nearby woodlands and to develop the setting through furnishing caves as well as converting forests into meadows fields and pastures 3 Caverna received positive reviews from critics and two major expansions have been released for the game CavernaDesignersUwe RosenbergIllustratorsJavier Gonzalez Cava Klemens FranzPublishersLookout GamesPublication2013GenresWorker PlacementPlayers1 7Playing time30 210 minutesChanceLowWebsitelookout spiele wbr de wbr en wbr games wbr caverna wbr htmlRelated gamesAgricola Civilization Dominant Species Le Havre Caylus 1 Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Expansions and reimplementations 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksGameplay editCaverna is chiefly a worker placement game with engine building elements for 1 7 players that play over 12 rounds Each player begins the game as dwarfs seeking ores and rubies to develop their home spaces which includes a forest to be converted to fields and meadows the latter can store animals by modifying it into pastures and two caverns that can be expanded During each round a new action space is added accumulated spaces are replenished and players take actions This is done by placing a dwarf worker on one of the twelve action space cards which give benefits such as twin tiles family growth goods and mines animals weapons starting player and imitation For instance the drift mining action allows stones accumulated there to be taken There are action spaces for twin tiles family growth goods and mines animals weapons starting player and imitation At the end of each round dwarves must be fed through food gained The game has two resources ore is used to undertake expeditions for adventure which provides beneficial loot items whereas rubies is a flexible good that can be traded for landscape tiles and other goods At the end of the game each farm animal dog vegetable ruby and dwarf worth one gold point whereas grain is worth half of a gold point Furnishing tiles pastures and mines provide additional points parlours storage and chambers may also reward bonus points Unused boars spaces and missing farm animals each player is expected to have one sheep donkey cattle and wild boar penalise one and two points respectively 4 The gameplay of Caverna is similar to Agricola but redesigns elements of the original including replacing the set of cards in the preceding game with a set of buildings with diverse abilities the cave part of the game board where mines can be constructed and rubies can be discovered and new weapons with strengths determined by forged ore and two new animals 5 Expansions and reimplementations editThe game received two major expansions Caverna The Forgotten Folk in 2018 and Caverna Frantic Fiends in 2022 Originally a fan project on BoardGameGeek Forgotten Folk was designed and refined together by Alex Wilber and Uwe Rosenberg 6 The expansion implements eight additional species each with variable distinctive abilities and was nominated for the Gra Roku Best Expansion award for 2020 7 A stand alone two player variant Caverna Cave vs Cave was released in 2017 as an accessible version of the original 8 9 The game received generally positive reviews with The Opinionated Gamers describing it as a streamlined quick playing version of Caverna 10 nbsp Uwe Rosenberg the designer of Caverna Reception editCaverna received favourable reviews winning numerous awards including Board Game Quest Awards Best Strategy Euro Game and Guldbrikken Best Adult Game Winner 5 11 Comparisons to Agricola are generally positive with The Boardgame Detective stating In contrast to Agricola Caverna feels like much more of a sandbox game with many options and many paths to victory 12 Similarly Board Game King also believed Caverna to be distinctly different and more enjoyable calling it a better balanced game than Agricola 13 Hexagamers praised both games but noted that Caverna is a lot looser and free in what you can do 14 Caverna s worker placement mechanism and its complexity have also been met positively with The Cardboard Quest describing it as the quintessential modern Euro and praised its diversity of actions however it was also criticised for a lack of tension 15 The game also ranks as one of the top games on Board Game Geek 16 In a review of Caverna The Cave Farmers in Black Gate John ONeill said the game is simple at heart but with a delicious opportunity for play complexity and a very different take on traditional fantasy 17 References edit Goodridge Michelle Rohweder Matthew J November 15 2021 Librarian s Guide to Games and Gamers From Collection Development to Advisory Services Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN 9798216110958 Appelcline Shannon 18 May 2015 Anatomy of a Revision Caverna Mechanics amp Meeples Retrieved 2015 10 05 Caverna The Cave Farmers Shut Up amp Sit Down Retrieved 2021 08 25 How to play Caverna Official Rules UltraBoardGames www ultraboardgames com Retrieved 2022 01 23 a b Caverna The Cave Farmers BoardGameGeek Retrieved 2022 01 24 Caverna The Forgotten Folk BoardGameGeek Retrieved 2022 01 24 2020 Gra Roku Best Expansion Nominee Board Game Honor BoardGameGeek boardgamegeek com Retrieved 2022 01 24 Caverna Cave vs Cave Is a Solid Two Player Experience pastemagazine com 2017 08 04 Retrieved 2021 08 25 The PLAYlist 11 Caverna Cave vs Cave www undertheradarmag com Retrieved 2021 08 25 Wray Chris 2017 08 14 Caverna Cave vs Cave Game Review by Chris Wray The Opinionated Gamers Retrieved 2022 01 23 Mastrangeli Tony 2014 05 22 2013 Board Game Award Winners Board Game Quest Retrieved 2022 02 07 Jeremy 2018 06 19 Caverna Review The Boardgame Detective Retrieved 2022 01 23 Caverna The Cave Farmers review Board Game Reviews Board Game King www boardgameking com 17 May 2015 Retrieved 2021 08 25 Agricola vs Caverna Which Game Should You Buy HexaGamers 2017 04 12 Retrieved 2022 01 30 Caverna The Cave Farmers Review Cardboard Quest 2015 09 15 Retrieved 2022 01 26 Caverna The Cave Farmers BoardGameGeek Retrieved 2022 10 02 Caverna the Cave Farmers The Most Fun You ll Have Managing Animals Minerals and Vegetables Black Gate 2 June 2018 External links editCaverna at BoardGameGeek Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Caverna board game amp oldid 1212677404, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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