You may not have heard of Merv as a city… but once, it was the most thriving metropolis in the world. Now Merv sits in ruins, faded away due to the destruction of its great dam after a Mongol invasion. But in Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road, 1–4 players compete during the 12th century, in the city’s heyday. You’re vying for wealth and power in this gateway city between the east and the west. Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road is one of the latest designs from Osprey Games and Fabio Lopiano. (Sound familiar? Lopiano’s also designed other superb Euro-style games such as Calimala, and Rugusa.) Merv too, is a medium-weight Euro-style strategy game, and it’s interactive as it is pretty. Ian O’Toole’s artwork oozes class, as we’ve come to expect. In Merv, your turn consists of moving around the city’s 5x5 grid, and picking to activate a tile along that row/column. You can construct permanent buildings in this location, acting as a game-long investments. Because later on, if you – or, fingers crossed, your opponents – trigger the row/column with your building in it, this tile pays out again! There’s lots of things to chase. Gaining Favours helps you spend them to score points in the Palace. Placing servants in the Palace itself strengthens this! Deploying Soldiers helps you gain influence in the city, fulfil better contracts, and collect more spices. Claiming Caravansary cards aids towards set collection. Claiming scrolls in the Library provide unique boons. You can buy goods in the Marketplace. Donating goods to the Mosque provides additional boons. But, instead, you might want to build a wall around the city… At the end of the second and third round of the game, the Mongols invade Merv! And that’s bad news if there are no walls to prevent them entering. You don’t want to lose any of your precious buildings! Will you thrive within the glorious city of Merv? Or will these invaders tear down the businesses you worked hard to create?
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Great singles from a great band
Arrived on time, well packaged and items as described... so happy with the products. Thank you
great service from order to getting the kit and when arrived it was what i expected 1st class
Absolutely delighted with this extremely cute, well made little fox figurine, with his bonnie wee smiley face, he's irresistible.🦊 Great service,as always, from Yachew and good price, too. Many thanks, again, from a satisfied customer. ☺️
Expansion arrived sealed and in good condition.
Delivery was quick and the price was great.
Will certainly use again, thanks
Schleich models are very good and this one did not disappoint.
I like Schleich models because of the detail and buy them for my grandchildren to add to their collection.
Received my order in good time, in good condition
Good price.
Very cute !!! Granddaughter loves it!
The colour is so cute, and it actually looks like the queen, with the way they have done the hair. Very impressive and will look great with my others.
Brilliant shop, chuffed to bits with the purchase, excellent packaging very safe.
A really great and underrated game, and this book does a fantastic job of explaining the world and the system in an engaging and digestible way. Highly recommended.
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