Over the course of nine rounds, you can adopt up to four unique dogs into your pack, each with varying degrees of skills. Every round another activity option becomes available, where your myriad pups can expend energy for Joy (VP) – including training, which allows them to upgrade their skills, enabling Joy-boosting dog careers, like Sheepherder, Squirrel Patrol, or even as an Emotional Support Animal! 

Tabletop Simulator Version Available!

The challenging and adorable strategy board game for 1-4 players

The board game about dogs we've been waiting for...

Dogville Basics and highlights

Rulebook available as a PDF

Watch our Instructional Video here!

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The Hook

One of the more intriguing mechanisms is the deck of Event/Bonus Cards. Each player is dealt 4 cards, each of which helps the player plan a strategy for the game, influencing their decision in which dogs to adopt, and what game tactics will be most competitive. Three of the Event/Bonus cards are used for their Events, and the final card in your hand is your own Bonus card at the end of the game. Events occur on Road Trips where each player contributes one of their Event/Bonus cards, the reward or punishment affects all players.

Dogville Rulebook

Basic Rules

1: Adopt a New Dog! (Max 4) 

2: Assign her to an Activity Space where she’ll gain either Training, Energy, Food, Careers, and/or Joy (VP)!

3: Take turns to dispatch your varied pack members until everybody’s dogs are contently occupied!

4: After every 3 Rounds: ROAD TRIP! Time to:

    • Feed your dogs!

    • Reward dogs with extra added skills!

    • Experience random events!

5: Whoever has the most JOY at the end of the third Road Trip is declared... TOP DOG!

Dogs thrive with a purpose, and that’s really what Dogville is about. Dogville is a strategy game (tableau-building/ worker placement) with over 50 unique purebreds and mutts – each with custom, breed-specific traits. By adopting the ideal pack and matching each dog’s traits to activities and authentic dog careers that make their tails wag, their Joy (VP) will be your key to victory. Whichever dog pack has the most Joy after three stretches (get it… Stretches?) is declared Top Dog!

Designed by long-time gamer, and first-time designer, Kiff Scholl, Dogville is a strategy board game for ages 10-99

(2-18 in dog years)