Guide a secluded mountain village and its monastery towards wisdom and prosperity in Snowcrest. Your community relies on priests, farmers and labourers who grow barley, harvest juniper, construct buildings, meditate and prepare offerings. These activities provide the resources and spiritual progress needed to face guardian challenges and recover the ancient scrolls that form the heart of the village's pursuit of enlightenment.
Each player develops a personal village as a three by three grid of Villager cards. On your turn, activate a face up resident, add someone new to the community or rest to recover previously used abilities. Card position matters because completing a row or column can force the villagers in that line to rest, making the timing and direction of expansion an important part of the puzzle.
Resources may be paid with physical tokens or through the abilities of villagers and constructed buildings, allowing flexible combinations when costs become demanding. Harvesting juniper can awaken shared forest spirits whose omens affect every player until they are appeased. As the village grows, achievements, scrolls and guardian encounters create competing routes to victory, while variable factions and dedicated solo rules change the priorities of each new community.
- Three by Three Village: Build a personal grid of Villager cards whose positions influence when your community must rest
- Activate Add or Rest: Choose one main action while managing face up abilities and the timing of recovery
- Flexible Resources: Spend tokens or use cards and buildings in place of specific materials when paying costs
- Forest Spirits: Harvesting juniper can reveal shared penalties that every village must appease
- Guardians and Scrolls: Present offerings, face mystical protectors and collect the knowledge needed for victory
- Variable Communities: Control distinct player factions and use basic or solo rules for different challenges
Includes:
- 1 Central Cloth Mat
- 4 Cloth Player Mats
- 210 Resource Tokens
- Farm Shrine and Forge Building Tiles
- 51 Scroll Tokens
- 24 Omen Tokens
- 35 Common Villager Cards
- 12 Guardian Cards
- 10 Achievement Cards
- 6 Forest Cards
- 56 Player Cards
- 4 Omen Tracking Tokens
- 4 Rest Tokens
- 1 Start Player Token
- 1 Rulebook
Specifications:
- Manufacturer: Grail Games
- Category: Board Game
- Subcategory: Mountain Village Card Grid Resource Management and Enlightenment Board Game
- Players: 1-4
- Age: 14+
- Play Time: 15-60 Minutes
