Merchants Cove: The Dragon Rancher

About this expansion

Merchants Cove: The Dragon Rancher is a merchant game for 1–5 players with an approximately 90-minute play time, released in 2021. You take on the role of Dwelma Draketooth, a seventh-generation dragon rancher whose family name is linked to the most sought-after serpents in the 5-Realms.

Dragons are the hottest steeds in demand, but raising young ones is far from easy. They are fussy eaters, need plenty of room as they grow, and leave behind huge, steaming piles. Maintaining the ranch while preserving the Draketooth Dragons pedigree is a demanding responsibility.

The Dragon Rancher is a new merchant you can play as, built around a distinctive combination of bag-building and mancala-style mechanisms. You draw food from a bag and place it on your board one piece at a time, creating the conditions for your young dragons to feed and develop.

• Play as Dwelma Draketooth, a renowned dragon rancher.
• Draw food and distribute it across your board piece by piece.
• Guide young dragons along food trails as they grow with every bite.
• Manage the challenges of fussy eaters, expanding dragons, and ranch upkeep.

Merchants Cove: The Dragon Rancher combines a memorable ranching theme with spatial food placement and growth-focused play. If you can keep the ranch maintained and raise dragons worthy of their celebrated pedigree, you may be able to meet the demand for these prized steeds.