Merv The Heart of the Silk Road Travel Guide and History

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1. Jcmu Verified Buyer – 2 June 2024

   El juego consiste en un rondel de acciones, 12 en concreto, a elegir entre 7 tipos. El potencial del juego se ve con 3, 4 jugadores, con menos, hay que usar y manejar un bot entre los dos jugadores o dos con un jugador.
   

2. Ivan K. Verified Buyer – 8 August 2024

   Game length is great (less than 3 hours for 3 players, whichbis good considering it was our first time playing so were still grasping many rules and mechanics. Artwork is amazing, as is components material quality. It should have a 1-pager player-aid summay to check easily during gameplay

   

3. John Morrison Verified Buyer – 11 November 2024

   Beautiful art direction combined with excellent game play! High quality components which are illustrated and designed gorgeously. Box insert would be nice, but what games wouldn’t. Ziploks for pieces are included, which is pretty standard. Game play features include modular board layout, resource production, card drafting, set collection, variable turn order, worker placement, some quasi-cooperative elements, and more. The rules seem overwhelming at first, but once you start actually playing it’s fairly straightforward and flows very nicely. On a scale of 1-5, I give Merv a score of 2.8 in terms of rules complexity. The rule book is decent and gets it mostly right, but it is a little vague about a couple of things that required looking up errata documents. That certainly isn’t a deal breaker for me as I don’t mind doing so, but newer gamers may get tripped up by such minutia. Overall, my family and I are thoroughly enjoying this game, and we look forward to playing it many times over the years to come. Personally, I give Merv: Heart of the Silk Road a perfect score (10/10) despite the minor shortcomings I cited above because it’s so dang fun! Every Euro style board game enthusiast should have a copy of this in their collection.

   

4. Anonymous Verified Buyer – 26 December 2024

   Excellent article and quality material.

   Fast and reliable shipping!
   

5. Jeremy Verified Buyer – 2 March 2025

   Received it with no damage to the game. Thank you !
   

6. Smita Chaudhry Verified Buyer – 5 March 2025

   Arrived in perfect condition. Got it from seller bookswagon
   

7. derynnaythas Verified Buyer – 13 March 2025

   Très bonne expérience ludique que ce Merv – the heart of the silk road, annoncé comme un 90mn mais pouvant sans mal tirer sur du 120. La dynamique et le rythme sont terribles, on frétille à l’arrivée, toujours trop rapide, des décomptes intermédiaires, on sanglote en voyant nos bâtiments mal protégés dévastés par les mongols, et à la fin, on piaille de frustration tandis qu’il faut décompter les points, disséminés un peu partout. Alors par contre, comme dans Great western trail par exemple (un article ICI), il y a des stratégies amenant plus de récompenses, elles ne sont pas forcément gagnantes, de ce que je vois après une poignée de parties, mais clairement, des écarts de points peuvent se faire rapidement. C’est le cas sur énormément de jeux experts, en particulier si l’expérience de jeu des ludovores autour de la table est différente, c’était flagrant avec Merv sur deux parties d’affilées. Jeu plombé comme tout ceux de chez Stonemaier? Je ne pense pas, et de toute manière, sa mécanique, et surtout son rythme, en font un jeu à découvrir sans hésiter!
   

8. lovetoread Verified Buyer – 4 April 2025

   We bought this game for Christmas and have really enjoyed it. It was kind of complicated to learn but once we figured out how to play, we love it. The instructions were quite good and the “how to play Merv YouTube video cleared up any lingering questions. Would buy again!
   

9. The Hampton’s Verified Buyer – 10 April 2025

   As board gamers, we love this game! It is so fun and definitely replayable! You will spend several plays finding the best way to win!!!