a great light family game. just enough strategy to keep it interesting.
Arrived fast and in perfect condition
I like the large width of the bag so it can hold many games width wise.
(Also, what else will I do with 100 reward points?!)
Designer | Brent Povis |
Publisher | Pegasus Spiele |
Players | 2 |
Playtime | 30 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
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Additional Info |
122298/morels
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Note: This game is in both English and German
The woods are old-growth, dappled with sunlight. Delicious mushrooms beckon from every grove and hollow. Morels may be the most sought-after in these woods, but there are many tasty and valuable varieties awaiting the savvy collector. Bring a basket if you think it's your lucky day. Forage at night and you will be all alone when you stumble upon a bonanza. If you're hungry, put a pan on the fire and bask in the aroma of chanterelles as you sauté them in butter. Feeling mercantile? Sell porcini to local aficionados for information that will help you find what you seek deep in the forest.
Morels, a strategic card game for two players, uses two decks: a Day Deck (84 cards) that includes ten different types of mushrooms as well as baskets, cider, butter, pans, and moons, and a smaller Night Deck (8 cards) of mushrooms to be foraged by moonlight. Each mushroom card has two values: one for selling and one for cooking. Selling two or more like mushrooms grants foraging sticks that expand your options in the forest (that is, the running tableau of eight face-up cards on the table), enabling offensive or defensive plays that change with every game played. Cooking sets of three or more like mushrooms – sizzling in butter or cider if the set is large enough – earns points toward winning the game. With poisonous mushrooms wielding their wrath and a hand-size limit to manage, card selection is a tricky proposition at every turn.
Following each turn, one card from the forest moves into a decay pile that is available for only a short time. The Day Deck then refills the forest from the back, creating the effect of a walk in the woods in which some strategic morsels are collected, some are passed by, and others lay ahead.I had heard really good reviews about this game, and so had bought it for my wife and I, but after multiple plays we found it was not the game for us. There were definitely moments of meaningful decision making, but for some reason we found the majority of the game was not as engaging as we were hoping. The common cards on the table also require a lot of management throughout the game, which was a bit fiddly and frustrating. However, while it was not the game for us, this might still be the game for you. The art and theme are delightful and the game defintely helps fill the gap in the boardgaming market of games made for 2 players.
The best two player game my wifey and I have ever played! Love that BGB carries the European edition, the artwork and card layout is just so good. I had to buy several more copies as gifts. Highly recommended!
Right combination of simplicity, while making you think. Similar to Archeology (card collecting), but with harder mechanisms (max hand sizes, cards going to graveyard forever).
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a great light family game. just enough strategy to keep it interesting.
Arrived fast and in perfect condition
I like the large width of the bag so it can hold many games width wise.
(Also, what else will I do with 100 reward points?!)