Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Send dwarfs to gather gems, trade for food, build a kingdom, and fight monsters before the long winter reaches the valley.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Worker Placement
Commit limited workers to action spaces before opponents occupy them.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Set Collection
Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
Take That
Use Take That as a recurring structure for player decisions and resolution.
Read the full game description
Dwar7s Fall asks rival clans to prepare their kingdoms before winter closes in. Players use a hand of building cards to extend a shared landscape, then place dwarf workers to activate locations, collect gems, trade resources for food, and confront roaming monsters. Goals reward different combinations of construction and achievement, so a clan must balance immediate resources against the map it is creating for every player. With only three actions on a turn, worker placement and tile placement remain tightly linked: a useful building can open a powerful route for its owner while also inviting rivals into the same neighborhood.
