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Game Info
Year
2016
Players
1-6
Age
13+
Playtime
120 min
Collection
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Description
In a war torn land, a magical land of heroic feats and epic quests, there is a place that has never felt the wrath of the ongoing and everlasting war between the five realms. Hidden in the hills of Strongcliff , deep in the shadows of a cavern lies the best kept secret for many years.
This place is called the Cavern Tavern.
Cavern Tavern is a worker (dice) placement and resource management game that is set in a fantasy world. Each player assumes the role of a worker in the tavern. Your job is to serve drinks, work in the kitchen, do chores, and on top of that try to keep every guest happy, including the nasty and greedy barkeep.
On each turn, a player can assign his dice to 1 of the 21 locations in the tavern.
These locations are divided in 6 sections. The Main area, where the guests are located and from where each player must pick up an Order, Cellar where all the ingredients that are used to complete the Orders are located, Kitchen where players can work to receive different rewards, as well as the Chores section. Also, the board features the Wizards workshop where the players can seek help for completing the Orders and Nasty the Dwarf's office where the players can go and try to suck up to the boss and badmouth a coworker.
The players will have to complete the Orders as soon as possible, because for each round they are late, they’ll receive less points than the Order's original value.
Also, for being late with the Orders, your reputation with Nasty the Dwarf is affected, something that is vital in the game.
To stand out from other workers and gain your employers favor, you’ll need to skillfully manage the orders from your customers and the resource ingredients. You’ll have to carefully prioritize your moves, and choose from what kind of work you’ll profit the most out of the situation.
So… do you have what it takes? Get ready for the biggest challenge in your life, and start working in Cavern Tavern.
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Review at 25:32 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Neat dice mechanics
- Involves filling orders quickly
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Keeping a dwarf tavern owner happy, filling orders, doing chores
- A tavern
Comparison games
- Lords of Vegas
- Kingsburg
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dice mechanics — The game uses dice mechanics in a 'neat' way to fill orders and manage the tavern.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- "Marty it's our anniversary month so it's going to take a lot to drag me away from you there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do just move on to the intro you're so unromantic."
- "I don't know whether people like them or not but hey you know we're gonna do a couple of them."
- "I one day i will pay you back for this."
- "A card laid is a card played."
- "Why did you pick round tokens that just floors me I don't understand that."
- "I'm an old man it's a little small on cards people i know i know you got to get it in there yada yada yada whatever but the font was kind of one of those um Ignacio odds they're intense that's what we're gonna call it now yeah the annossy fine big na SI phan which now for from here on that would be known as a small small fun yes."
- "Everybody knows your gay oh dude that was pretty I was nice was that their slogan you just make that up it's actually on his business card dude."
- "I cannot believe that somebody hasn't come out with one of these before now."
- "You need to drop start craft on them one down man just do that just come drop that on the table and say go for it."
- "It's just it's a nagging gnawing type of feeling I have but I'm going to let those that are way smarter than me to tell me whether or not I'm wrong or right after they have a whole bunch of plays in their pros at these euro games."
- "I'm a blind hog and found an acorn and saw it come it just hit me a blind hog finding an acorn yeah that's a common expression blind squirrel is blind hog Google a hog a hug are you serious why would a hog find ok for squirrels find a core is it a hug Hyundai corns too but ok for this show it's a blind squirrel finding an acorn."
- "Anthony was possessed devil you know anyway I try to tie it together and you messed me up but that's okay I'm good with that."
- "That's only one third of a 20-ounce coke in the hotel i'm at right now."
- "It was abysmal dude it was like being releasing a horror flick in the middle of summer which you picked which idea which was an idiot pic but anyway."
- "Our Marty obviously did not pay attention to that very well because he has been sharing it with every other guy and not me."
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 331:24:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Amazing game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Merchants Cove
- Col
- Rise to Nobility
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I may have regret backing the latest Cthulhu Death May Die.
- Fabulous minis.
- I remember when they were cool mini or not, and and I liked that.
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The Dice Tower Analysis at 7:45 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- Good art
Cons
- misses the mark
- slightly underdeveloped
Thematic elements
- Serving in a tavern
- Tavern
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Worker Placement — a worker placement game
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- So, we have a game here called Sequoia. This is from 2022.
- It's It's fine. I'm giving it a six. Uh Beasty Bars is is is a fun style game where you're playing these different type of animals, and I think each additional expansion made it more complex and less fun.
- Trias is an old dinosaur game that originally came with cubes, and eventually they had little dinosaurs in it instead. And it's kind of grow out to different things. This is a very I have this ranked as a seven. Probably now, the next time I go through my rankings, I'll probably rank it as a six because it's fine, but it's showing its age.
- All righty, of all the games we talked about today, my favorite here is clearly David Goliath, although Hooky is a very close second.
- Either way, it's always good to talk to you all.
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Meeple University Rules Teach at 15:30 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Secret task cards provide combo potential for victory points.
- Secret chamber expansion adds new actions and components.
- Events deck adds variability to rounds.
- Mug tokens from secret chamber can be exchanged for victory points.
Cons
- Forgetting orders results in losing victory points.
- Moving down the nasty track incurs negative victory points.
- Nasty Says cards are a penalty that can cost actions or lost benefits.
- Nasty Says cards prevent visiting chores or kitchen areas.
Thematic elements
- Players play the role of bartenders
- an underground bar
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — On a player's turn a player must place dice into one of the dice slots on the board or take other actions like taking an order or playing an item card.
- Dice Placement — Players must place dice into one of the dice slots on the board placing either one die matching the number or multiple dice matching the number of the slot that gives the player the benefit of that slot.
- Push Your Luck — if you have an open order moves one space down here is or her nasty track next check for forgotten orders... lose the number of victory points shown in that oval
- Secret objectives — Take these secret task cards and one face down to each player
- Set Collection — Players will attempt to earn victory points by taking orders and then mixing drinks with the various ingredients in the game
- Track Advancement — As you move down the kitchen and chore tracks you will unlock certain benefits
- Variable player powers — Your character card has a power shown at the bottom of it which can be used twice during the game
- Worker Placement — A player must place dice into one of the dice slots on the board.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- hello and welcome to maple University's how to play cavern Tavern in Cabin seven
- Players play the role of bartenders in nasty the dwarfs underground bar
- players will attempt to earn victory points by taking orders and then mixing drinks with the various ingredients in the game as well as by completing chores and other tasks
- the game plays over ten rounds over the course of one night and the player with the most victory points wins
- once you fill a dice slot immediately take the benefit of space
- orders are worth fewer points the longer it takes you to complete them
- if a player still has an open nasty says card the player loses 10 points for each
- this would be an additional 12 to give a player's final score whoever has the highest score wins
- and thanks to final frontier games please subscribe to our channel if you'd like to hear more from maple university
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The Board Game Garden Discussion at 36:10 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Dice-placement flavor with shopkeeping vibe
- Appeals to players who enjoy tavern-themed games
Cons
- Dice-driven randomness may affect pacing
Thematic elements
- dice placement and worker-like actions
- Fantasy tavern environment
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Placement — Run a tavern by placing dice and managing resources to serve drinks, food, and tasks
- Dice placement with kitchen/tavern actions — Run a tavern by placing dice and managing resources to serve drinks, food, and tasks
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Skyrockets is a Cooperative game for two to five players
- two different colors on them and those colors represent the sand timers
- This is a real-time game where you will be playing through a bunch of different scenarios
- I love collecting coffee games
- I grabbed four different onverse games for 10 15 20 25 bucks what amazing
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