Hamlet: The Village Building Game

Categories: City Building, Economic, Medieval

Mechanics: Market, Modular Board, Network and Route Building, Pick-up and Deliver, Solo/Solitaire Game, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Players: 1–4

Ages: 14+

Playtime: 25–100 Min

Hamlet is a medium-weight, competitive village-building game where players work together to transform their small Hamlet into a thriving town. In this tile-placement game, players construct buildings that everyone can use to produce materials, refine resources, earn money, and make crucial deliveries toward the construction of the village's grand landmark—the Church.

The game features irregularly shaped tiles that connect without a grid, creating a village layout that is unique in every playthrough. As players place tiles, they organically form interconnecting paths that villagers use to transport resources across the village. This dynamic tile placement ensures that no two games will ever feel the same. Since the buildings are communal, the game fosters a fluid economy where players must constantly adapt to provide the village with the most needed resources.