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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Players play the role of bartenders
- an underground bar
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.
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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
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