Salamandra

About this board game

Salamandra is a definitive worker-placement game for 1–4 players, played in about 60 minutes. Across four rounds alternating between day and night, you send apprentices to gather ephemeral and magical resources while seeking to become the Great Druid.

The scholars are preparing for Litha’s festival, and every apprentice has an important task. Place your available apprentices and put them to work, generating resources and Veneration Points, the victory points of the game. Your resources are ephemeral, so they must be used during the current turn to advance your plans.

Salamandra offers several ways to turn your temporary resources into rewards:

• Build new tiles to obtain the blessings of the Bear and Eagle divinities.
• Activate Cauldron tiles to generate Veneration Points and scrolls.
• Use scrolls to gain points at the end of the game.
• Pray to the Salamanders goddesses for powerful bonuses.
• Pass and study Groves.

Each round gives you a set number of apprentices, making the placement of each one an important part of your approach. You must manage the resources available in the current turn and connect your actions so your strategy can reach its conclusion.

Everything in Salamandra can become a source of rewards, from apprentice placement and tile building to divine blessings, Cauldron activations, prayers, and Groves. Restore life to the sacred vegetation, prove yourself worthy of the goddess Salamandra, and pursue the Veneration Points needed to win.