FEED THESCORCHPOT

Feed the Scorchpot is a dice-driven roguelite where you place buildings, roll dice to create Marks, harvest ingredients, combine recipes, and feed a dragon across a 20-year run. The board has Catan-style adjacency, while the scoring and synergy chase has a Balatro-like feel.

Marks are the pairwise sums of your kept dice, and those sums activate matching board tiles. Three dice can create three pairwise Marks; four dice can create six, so dice choice and Mark coverage are central to every build.

Reach the Harbor or Dock milestone that increases your die capacity, then buy an additional die to fill the new slot. The fourth die is a major power spike because it can double the number of pairwise Marks from three to six.

Reach the Trade Post milestone shown in-game to increase the number of recipes you can activate in a season. Extra recipe slots matter because multiple recipe effects can combine into much stronger scoring turns.

Fodder is the raw food value you harvest, while Flavor and Essence act as powerful scoring multipliers. Prosperity rewards efficient years and helps your run snowball, so strong builds balance raw production with multiplier growth.

Early-game priorities usually revolve around Farmsteads for reliable production, Trade Posts for Flavor and recipe capacity, Harbors or Docks for die progression, and Shrines for more roll control. The best choice depends on your board and recipe direction.

Build a reliable Mark engine first, add Flavor and Essence before hunger scaling outruns your raw harvest, and use spare seasons to grow Prosperity. Later years punish narrow setups, so extra dice, recipe slots, and rerolls become increasingly valuable.

Beginner-friendly builds usually focus on a small set of repeatable Marks and one clear food or recipe synergy instead of chasing every tile. High-Mark setups, focused ingredient builds, and early Flavor scaling are good starting archetypes to learn.