Dragonwood

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Dragonwood
Game data
author Darren Kisgen
graphic Chris Beatrice
publishing company United StatesUnited States United States : Gamewright , Netherlands : White Goblin Games , Germany : Game Factory
NetherlandsNetherlands 
GermanyGermany 
Publishing year 2015
Art Card game, dice game
Teammates 2 to 4
Duration about 20 minutes
Age from 8

Awards

Dragonwood (with the subtitle "A game of luck and daring") is a card and dice game by the American game designer Darren Kisgen , which was first released in 2015 in the United States by Gamewright and in 2016 by White Goblin Games . A German version of the game has been available from the Swiss game publisher Game Factory since 2018 . The game is a reduced dungeon crawler game with a combination of a card game, in which combinations of cards have to be collected, and a dice game, in which the highest possible dice values ​​have to be achieved. Thematically, the other players have to defeat as many dangerous monsters as possible as adventurers in a forest and thus win the game.

Theme and equipment

In the game, players try to defeat as many valuable opponents as possible in the style of a dungeon crawler in a fantasy forest by using card combinations and using dice and equipment. The game combines the mechanics of a card game such as phase 10 (combinations of numerical values ​​and series of numbers) with a game of chance in which the highest possible number of pips must be thrown using dice.

In addition to instructions, the game material consists of:

  • 64 adventurer cards, of which 12 each in 5 colors with the values ​​1 to 12 and four Glückskäfer cards,
  • 42 Dragonwood cards with reinforcements for the players, opponents and events, and
  • 6 dice, each with the values ​​1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4 and
  • 2 quick guides for the game.

Style of play

Before the game, the cards are sorted according to their different backs. Put the two dragon cards from the green Dragonwood cards to one side and shuffle the remaining cards. Depending on the number of players, 8, 10 or 12 cards are removed from the stack and taken out of the game. The top 5 cards of the pile are laid out face up. Since no event may be present in the first display, such an event is shuffled back into the stack when it is displayed. Then the two dragons are mixed into the lower half of the deck of cards and this comes as a draw pile next to the display. The adventurer cards are also shuffled well and each player receives 5 cards from them, which he puts into hand; if there is a lucky bug, it is put back in the deck and the player receives a new card. The remaining cards are also placed in a draw pile next to the Dragonwood cards.

Starting with a starting player, the game is played clockwise. The active player can either try to draw an adventurer card or to conquer one of the Dragonwood cards on display. If the player chooses the first option, he draws a card from the adventurer pile and ends his turn. If the player draws a lucky bug, he discards it and then draws two new cards. However, at the end of his turn, each player may only have 9 cards in hand and must discard excess cards.

If the player decides to conquer a Dragon Wood card, he begins this by saying which card he wants to attack and how this should be done. There are two different types: the creatures and the reinforcements. The creatures give victory points when they are defeated and are collected by the players. The reinforcements correspond to special pieces of equipment that a player can use to his advantage in later rounds. In both cases, the attack occurs in the same way. The player has three options for attacking a card: by punching, kicking, or shouting. Depending on which attack he chooses, he needs a different combination of cards:

  • Stroke: A row of numbers of any color
  • Kick: Cards with the same number
  • Scream: cards of the same suit

The number of cards in this combination determines how many dice the player may use for the attack; he may use one die for each card he discards, the maximum number is six. After the throw, the result (plus any reinforcements from the previous rounds for creatures; no other reinforcements may be used to conquer reinforcements) is compared with the value on the card that corresponds to the attack type. If the player reaches an equal or higher value, he has captured the card and can take it. In the event of success, all played adventurer cards are discarded; in the event of failure, the player can take them back into hand and then discard a card. At the end of the turn, the landscape is replenished from the Dragonwood pile. If an event card is revealed, it is executed and discarded and this gap is also filled again.

The game ends when either both dragons have been defeated or the adventurer stack has been played twice and the players have made one more move each. The players count their victory points and the player who has defeated the most creatures receives an additional bonus of three victory points. The winner is the player with the most victory points or, in the event of a tie, the player with the most creature cards.

variants

The Dragonwood rules of the game give several variants:

  • For a faster game, more Dragonwood cards can be removed from the game at the start.
  • the dragon cards can also be shuffled normally with the other cards. In this case the game ends as soon as the second dragon is revealed or the adventurer deck has been played twice.
  • as an advanced variant, two adventurer cards are placed next to the draw pile at the beginning. The active player can decide whether he wants to draw a face-up or a face-down card when drawing. If he decides on a face-up card, this is then supplemented by a card from the draw pile.
  • Dragon spell: The dragon spell is an additional type of attack to defeat a dragon. In this case, the dragon can be attacked with a combination of three consecutive cards of the same color, but the player may only throw two dice. If he reaches 6 or more points, he has defeated the dragon. If he fails, he must discard two cards.

History and reception

The game Dragonwood was developed by Darren Kisgen and published in 2015 by the American publisher Gamewright . In 2016 a version in Dutch was published by White Goblin Games , a German version of the game has been available from the Swiss game publisher Game Factory since 2018 .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Dragonwood , Game Factory Instructions, 2018.
  2. ↑ Dragonwood , versions at BoardGameGeek. Retrieved July 8, 2018 .

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