ONLINE Nidavellir

Time to revisit Nidavellir.

Nidavellir, the Dwarf Kingdom, is threatened by the dragon Fafnir. As a venerable Elvaland, you have been appointed by the King. Search through every tavern in the kingdom, hire the most skillful dwarves, recruit the most prestigious heroes, and build the best battalion you can to defeat your mortal enemy!

The basics of Nidavellir are simple. There are three taverns and you’ll go around recruiting one dwarf from each tavern to assemble your bravest team to fight off the dragon threatening your city. Recruiting the best and bravest takes a bit of convincing—in the form of gold.

You’ll always have five gold coins and at the start of the game they are valued 0, 2, 3, 4, and 5. After dwarves are added to the tavern (one per player) you’ll secretly choose which gold coin to assign to which tavern. The highest value gets first dibs. Two coins won’t get used and stay in your bag. Bidding 0 (zero) is a powerful way to upgrade the value of one of your other coins.

Getting a variety of dwarves can be useful. Once you have one of each of the five different types you can recruit a hero for free. Some of the heroes work like normal dwarf cards but are just more powerful. Others have completely unique abilities.

After three rounds you’ll have recruited nine dwarves and the first age will come to an end. There are bonuses for having the majority of each suit at the end of the age. After giving those out you’ll jump right back into three more rounds for age two. Then the game ends and whoever has recruited the best group of dwarves wins and is off to defeat the dragon.

Here's a quick video to give you highlights of the game:
**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH4G61SV60M**

Each game can play from 2-5 players. Playing time is about 45 minutes.

As usual, we will meet on Zoom by clicking the link below the date and time of this event.

Once everyone has arrived, we will begin 1 or more games on Board Game Arena, depending on player count. If you are new to Board Game Arena, please go to **boardgamearena.com** to create an account.