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2017 Ranked #11,963

Dwarf

Competitive worker-placement game has dwarves gather wealth, forge legendary items, and defend them from monster attacks. A changing card-grid board creates fresh placement opportunities and cooperative pressures each round.

Fantasy Industry / Manufacturing Solo / Solitaire Game Variable Set-up

Players

1-5

Play time

15-20 min

Age

10+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.56

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Played on a dynamic board and featuring emergent cooperative elements, Dwarf is a competitive worker-placement and resource management game for one to three players, or one to five by integrating two copies.

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Played on a dynamic board and featuring emergent cooperative elements, Dwarf is a competitive worker-placement and resource management game for one to three players, or one to five by integrating two copies. Played on a 'board' made up of a grid of cards which changes every round, ensuring that every game is unique, players take turns to place their workers, with the aim of accumulating the most wealth and forging the most legendary items, whilst protecting them from monster attacks.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–5
Best with
1–5
Play time
15–20 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Lee G. Broderick

Artists

1
Lars Munck

Publishers

2
(Web published) Dragon Dawn Productions

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