Western Canada’s Largest Tabletop Gaming Convention! Join us March 14-16, 2025, at the Vancouver Convention Centre - East (aka Canada Place) in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road is an economic game charting the rise and fall of the greatest city in the world. In Merv, players are vying to amass power and wealth in the prosperous heart of the Silk Road. Through careful court intrigue, timely donations to the grand mosque, and favorable trade deals, players attempt to redirect as much of that prosperity as possible into their own pockets. Meanwhile, beyond the city walls Mongol hordes approach. If you help construct the city walls, you give up on precious opportunities to build up your own stature, but leave it unprotected and you will burn with the city. Every decision is weighty and the consequences of each misstep are dire. Will you rise to prominence or fade into oblivion? Learners are welcome.
Come for the ridiculously cute meeples, stay for the fun, light strategy game of card drafting and area control. If you are a fan of "Keep The Monsters Out" this is made by the same designer! A fairly simple game but planning available card streaks to match what you would like your meeples on the board to be able to do keeps it feeling strategic.
I played this game once at a convention and have been dying to play it again. It has been a little bit, so please bear with me for rules. I have added extra time to the play time to account for learning time.
