Tavern Masters

About this board game

Tavern Masters is a fantasy tavern-building game for 1–6 players, with games lasting about 30 minutes. Each player takes on the role of a new tavern owner in a thirsty village filled with thugs, soldiers, mages, and nobles.

During the Day Phase, play Tavern cards from your hand and spend Gold to develop your establishment. Build up your tavern so that, during the Night Phase, more patrons visit and spend their gold. Turns are taken simultaneously in each phase, keeping everyone involved and avoiding player downtime.

Trading adds an important layer of interaction. Players can trade goods and staff cards from their hands or from their taverns, creating opportunities to shape their own establishments while working with the other tavern owners.

• Competitive, cooperative, and single-player modes
• Simultaneous turns during both phases
• Trading goods and staff cards from hands or taverns
• No player elimination
• No direct negative “take that” cards in the base game

The base game of Tavern Masters is designed for players who prefer a less confrontational experience, without cards that directly attack or negatively impact another player. Everyone can focus on building a successful tavern, attracting patrons, and earning Gold.

For groups that enjoy more aggressive interaction, the Dirty Deeds Expansion adds nasty tricks that can be played on other tavern owners. This expansion is mainly intended for competitive play, giving Tavern Masters an optional way to add more tension and direct interaction to the game.