Overview
Merchants of the Dark Road uses a rondel-style action system that requires planning several steps ahead. Travel around in your wagon to buy and sell items, recruit heroes, and deliver your wares to the outlying cities of Lumi. Brave the dark roads and join your opponent’s caravans with careful timing to become the richest and most prestigious merchant.
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1-4Players
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12+Ages
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60 - 120Minutes
Merchants of the Dark Road, Deluxe Edition
Prepare for the dark season!
Travel the dark roads of Lumi in search of fame and fortune. Buy low, sell high, and give a hero a ride home. The lantern may fade, but the coin still shines.
Merchants of the Dark Road
Prepare for the dark season!
Travel the dark roads of Lumi in search of fame and fortune. Buy low, sell high, and give a hero a ride home. The lantern may fade, but the coin still shines.
Merchants Lumi Metal Coins
These upgraded metal coins are absolutely top notch and replace the cardboard coins in the standard game. They have stunning detail and use a dual masking technique to give each coin multiple metallic colors. You won’t believe your eyes! Contents: 30 x “1” coins, “candles” 18 x “5” coins, . . . Show More >
Merchants Coin Pouches
These deluxe coin pouch upgrades will significantly step up your game, replacing the blinds in the standard game. Made from soft velvet, each has one of the four colored player wagons embroidered on it. They also feature a flat bottom making them capable of standing on their own. This makes it. . . Show More >
Merchants Deluxe Player Wagon Upgrade
Enhance the feel of Merchants of the Dark Road with these player wagon upgrades. They feature unique wagons for each player with dual-layered boards and matching pawns. Contents: 4 dual-layered deluxe wagon boards 5 deluxe wagon pawns 5 deluxe prestige scoring markers All contents availabl. . . Show More >
Merchants Deluxe Resource Upgrade
Upgrade Merchants of the Dark Road with these deluxe components to replace and supplement some from the standard game. This upgrade includes beautiful, custom resin and metal tokens to bring an immersive, premium feel to your game. Contents: 12 metal horseshoes 16 lanterns 24 blazing quartz 1. . . Show More >
Merchants - Patron's Provisions Mini-Expansion
A mini-expansion for Merchants of the Dark Road! Add something extra to every part of your Dark Road experience, including a new type of commission and hero! Contents: 6 Priest Heroes 6 Watchers’ Words Commission Tiles 3 Companion Cards (Frost Squirrel), 2 Travel Event Cards 8 Deluxe Steed . . . Show More >
Merchants Card Sleeves
A set of 100 micron card, matte-finished card sleeves for cards found in Merchants of the Dark Road. Contents: 30 sleeves for 87x112m sized cards 79 sleeves for 44x67mm sized cards 52 sleeves for 59x91mm sized cards Show More >
Features & Components
The lantern may flicker and fade, but the coin still shines.
Components
- 1 Kingdom Board
- 1 Market Wheel
- 5 building tiles
- 2 district markers
- 16 lantern tokens
- 24 quartz tokens
- 12 horseshoe tokens
- 60 coin tokens
- 4 wagon boards
- 4 players screens
- 4 prestige markers
- 4 wagon pawns
- 48 hero cards
- 22 companion cards
- 26 event cards
- 7 steed cards
- 19 deed cards
- 30 commission tiles
- 6 wagon upgrade tiles
- 81 goods tiles
- 28 night dice
- 8 illuminated dice
- 5 market dice
- 5 travel dice
- 1 oracle die
- 1 ruins die
- 1 private concern wagon
- 1 private concern prestige marker
- 1 private concern goods marker
- 10 private concern action cards
- 6 guild notice cards
- 3 sarcophagus cards
- 6 delivery tiles
- 1 rulebook
- 1 solo rulebook/adventure book
- 70 cards size 44×67mm, 45 cards size 59x91mm, 26 cards size 87x112mm
How To Play
Learn how to play Merchants of the Dark Road with Good Time Society. Becca plays through a full, 3 player game and explains the rules as she goes along. If you need help learning the game or want to see it in action this is a great resource. (Please note that this video uses a prototype and is not a final version of the game.)