The Western Lands are waiting to be charted but Dragul forces lurk beyond the horizon, ready to disrupt the Queen’s plans. Cartographers: Heroes is a fantasy flip-and-write strategy board game where you must transform unexplored wilderness into a carefully planned kingdom while completing royal edicts, outmanoeuvring monsters as well as making the most of powerful heroes.
 
Each round, Explore cards reveal new terrain shapes for you to draw onto your personal map. Forests, villages, water, farmland, mountains and other landscapes must be placed with care as you work towards the scoring conditions set by the Queen’s edicts. Your map is your battlefield, so every square matters when you are trying to create valuable regions while leaving yourself room for future discoveries.
 
But danger can appear without warning. Ambush cards allow your opponents to place monsters onto your map, disrupting your plans and creating awkward spaces that need to be contained. Fortunately, Heroes can come to your aid, giving you powerful new ways to defeat threats while adding another layer of tactical decision-making to your map.
 
Cartographers: Heroes introduces new map sheets, scoring cards, Explore cards, Ambush cards plus unique abilities while remaining compatible with the original Cartographers. Play it as a standalone game or combine both sets for even greater variety. With easy-to-learn rules, satisfying map building whilst offering a clever spatial puzzles with plenty of strategic choices, Cartographers: Heroes is a brilliant fantasy flip-and-write game for family game nights, solo play or competitive tabletop sessions.