Build your tavern. Serve your guests. Outsmart your rivals.
Welcome to your tavern.
In Once Upon a Tavern, you take on the role of an ambitious tavern owner in a bustling fantasy town.
Over five rounds, you’ll:
- Buy and sell goods in a shifting market
- Upgrade your tavern with unique rooms
- Attract and serve a variety of patrons
- Compete to become the most successful tavern in the realm
Will you build a luxury haven for royalty… or a bustling hub for the common folk?
Not all guests are the same…
- 🍞 Common Folk – want simple food
- 🍖 Adventurers – crave hearty meals
- 🍷 Elves – demand refined drinks
- 🍺 Dwarves – love ale
- 🧪 Alchemists – seek potions
- 👑 Royals – expect the best of everything
Serve them well… or lose them forever.
🍺 Dynamic Market
Prices rise and fall based on player actions.
🏗 Build Your Tavern
Upgrade rooms to produce, store, and serve goods.
👥 Unique Patrons
Each guest wants something different.
🎯 Simple to Learn, Fun to Master
Perfect for casual and family game nights.
Day Phase
Night Phase
During the day, you’ll:
Buy and sell goods
Upgrade your tavern
Produce resources
Hire workers
💡 Every action affects the market — timing is everything.
At night, you serve your guests:
Patrons arrive in the town square
Players place them into queues
You claim one queue
Serve as many as possible
💡 Choose wisely — one good queue can win you the round.
After 5 rounds:
💰 Count your coins
👑 The richest tavern wins
Tie-breakers:
Most upgrades
Fewest leftover goods
