In Black Forest Board Game, you start out with a small domain in need of new buildings and livestock. You'll travel from village to village to enlist the aid of the best specialists. Exploiting the abilities of these specialists lets you collect resources, lay out new landscape tiles (e.g., ponds and fields), and build a variety of buildings, which come in four types: "Immediate" buildings with a one-time effect, "Processing" buildings, "Ongoing effect" buildings, and Buildings that provide bonus points at the end of the game for various accomplishments.