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Players
1-4
Community Snapshot
Categories
How It Plays
Contracts
You fulfill specific orders or contracts for rewards — choosing which ones to pursue is a big decision.
End Game Bonuses
Extra points are awarded at the end for meeting certain goals — keep an eye on those bonus objectives!
Follow
When one player takes an action, others can follow along with a weaker version — piggyback on good moves!
Pick-up and Deliver
You pick up goods from one location and deliver them to another for rewards — efficient routes mean big payoffs.
Resource to Move
You spend resources to move your pieces — managing what you have is just as important as where you go.
Set Collection
You're gathering matching groups of cards or tokens to score points — the more complete your sets, the better you do.
About This Game
Merkator is about the rise of Hamburg after the Thirty Years' War. You visit cities to collect goods or fulfill orders. The collected goods are added to the cities when a player visits a neighboring city.…
Source: BoardGameGeek
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Play Time
45-90 min
Complexity
3.0 / 5
Rating
7.0
Year
2010