Welcome To Everdell

Step into the pristine, uncharted wilderness of a majestic forest valley, lead a small band of ambitious woodland critters, and lay the very first stones of a legendary civilization in a thrilling, highly immersive standalone prequel game that introduces a clean, card-driven grid-exploration and resource-scarcity mechanism.

Welcome to Everdell (designed by James A. Wilson and published by Starling Games) serves as a beautifully realized, standalone foundational entry that takes players back to the historical roots of the beloved woodland universe. Moving away from the dense, established meadow and towering Evertree of the original classic, this strategic board game plunges 1 to 4 players into the dangerous, untamed era of the valley's original settlement. The core objective is a high-stakes survival race: players must dispatch young, untried pioneers, forge safe paths through unpredictable terrain, and construct rudimentary shelters and essential early industries to secure their faction's legacy before the first harsh winter strikes the frontier.

The primary strategic hurdle centers around conquering the fog-of-war map grid while balancing a highly restrictive early-game resource economy. This design completely refocuses the traditional Everdell loop by introducing a modular, tile-based exploration board where your workers must physically clear thickets and scale cliffs to uncover vital resource deposits and ancient ruins. To build a sustainable outpost, players must manage a dynamic hand of specialized frontier cards, weaving rugged construction projects together with the unique talents of rugged survivalist critters. True tactical mastery requires adapting your expansion path to randomly distributed terrain hazards, managing strict hand limits, and outmaneuvering rival settlers to claim crucial public milestones across a tight and highly rewarding 45-to-75 minute session.

Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 10+ Years
Publisher: Starling Games / Tabletop Tycoon
Play Time: 45-75 Minutes
Player Count: 1-4 Players
Complexity: Medium (Modular Grid Exploration, Worker Placement, Hand Management, Engine Building, Network and Route Progress

What's in the Box?

• 1 Modular Frontier Board
• 64 Frontier Critter and Settlement Cards
• 16 Wooden Pioneer Meeples
• 80+ Raw Resource Tokens
• 30 Modular Terrain and Discovery Tiles
• 1 Founding Journal Rulebook