Description

Pottery is as old as humanity, and many culture have left their mark on it. However, Persian pottery is known as the epitome of art, creativity, and practicality coming together. Along the history many people have tried their hands at pottery. But it takes a master potter to create a timeless vessel, and there can’t be more than one master potter in each generation. And now the time has come to choose the master potter of your generation.

The Master Potter is a competitive worker placement game, in which 2 to 5 players take on the role of pottery masters. Players must send their apprentices to different spaces across the board to collect the essential materials and form and decorate different pottery utensils which are among the available requests. Creating a pottery utensil will grant points to its creator, and the player that reaches 20 points first, will be the winner of the game.

The game is played in consecutive rounds. Each player has 4 meeples, representing their apprentices. Each round begins Each round begins by players putting all their meeples on the board to collect resources, one at a time, until they are all placed. At that point all players collect their meeples, the first player marker is passed to next player in clockwise order, and the resource spaces are refilled and prepared for a new round.

Each requested pottery consists of a basic shape and two sets of ingredients, each of which may include different number of colors and patterns or even additional clay blocks for ornamentation. Clay blocks can be collected from different parts of the riverbank, colors and minerals are up for grabs at the market, and artists can be hired to add different ornamentation to the pottery. However, remember that if you go to a space before others, you will get a better choice and a lower price.

What will your pottery collection look like when this fierce competition is over?