Dorfromantik: Game Overview
Hello fellow Hivians!
Recently in my spare time I've been playing this lovely little tile placement game called Dorfromantik. It is a seriously chill inducer and is a great way to pass a bit of free time relaxing on a tablet. The developer is German and has been open with the fact that they have largely also been influenced by board games. Fun fact: 'Dorfromantik' (DE) translates literally to (EN) 'Village Romanticization' which is a great name considering the feeling I get when playing.
Gameplay
The game plays similarly to Euro style board games, most notably Carcassonne if you are familiar. However in this one, you place tiles that contain some combination of land type for each tile edge: forest, field, village, water, railroad, or crops. You start off with 40 random tiles to be placed in a stack with only the top tile playable. Tiles generally have to touch another tile to be played and special types including water and railroad are required to either connect to an existing like tile or not touch an edge. Gameplay ends when you run out of tiles.
Example tile with 2 forest, 2 rail, 1 crop, and 1 field edge
Additional tiles can be acquired by obtaining a perfect placement (all six edges match) or completing various quests associated with some of the tiles that you draw. These quests either require a specific number of like tiles be attached or hit a minimum number of like tiles attached.
Score
You earn 10 points per side by placing tiles with like edges ie forest touches forest, crops touch crops, etc. Additionally, when completed, special quests yield large amounts of points which vary by the requirements.
As you continue placing tiles you'll end up building out villages sometimes spanning multiple biomes. In this example game below you can see the start of one of my villages that isn't quite going well. That said most of these tiles so far have had perfect placement so as long as I get a bit lucky I could end up with countless more tiles to come.
Where to buy?
The game is played on PC currently though there is talk it might be ported to other consoles. If you are interested, check it out on Steam for $14.
Closing Thoughts
This is definitely not a game for everyone but if you also enjoy tabletop games this is a fantastic solo player for the PC for those nights when you crave a board game but find yourself without a mate to play with.
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I have not tried this game so far, but sometimes it is indeed good to play a peaceful and relaxing games. I checked its Steam page, and currently the all time reviews are Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 14 249), so probably this is a very good game.
Good luck and have fun.
It is really fantastic. The mechanics are simple enough for just about anyone to play it but have complex enough strategy to really dive in if you want.
I love the art style. Shame it’s not my kind of game.
Yeah, the art style was what initially drew me in to looking at it. I'm excited to see what this dev puts out next.
Really liked your review! @khazrakh had a series like this in the past, which I really enjoyed, as well!
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I have always been curious msea games from other countries, if I can get it in the play store I will download it, thank you very much for the recommendation.
My absolute pleasure. I hope they bring it to 'Play' and you get to experience it.
This sounds like a
funchill game. I think I may have played Carcassone with my nieces when visiting for Christmas. They love board games and it's fun with family and friends around a table. That said - this is probably single player, right? I'll check it out anyhow. Wish it were available on my iPad...Yes, it is single player and honestly the iPad would be a perfect setup for the game. I'm really hoping to see it launch on the mobile stores.
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