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Dragons

Connect seven Dragons!

In this pretty placement game dragons are not enemies that must be defeated, but we want to unite groups of dragons of the same color.

The game comprises dragon cards in five colors - red, yellow, blue, green and black, but also multicolored Rainbow dragons, one Silver dragon, action cards and target cards.

The dragon cards and action cards are shuffled together; each player is dealt three cards and draws a secret target card. The Silver dragon starts the display, he represents all colors at the start of the game. In your turn you draw a card and then play either a dragon card or an action card. Dragon cards are placed with a minimum of one corresponding color and with corresponding border lengths next to one or several cards already displayed; you can turn a card any way before placing it and only one color must correspond to to color on adjacent cards. When you manage to place a card that corresponds to several colors on adjacent cards, you receive bonus cards for your hand. Rainbow dragons are jokers, and Rainbow dragons and the Silver dragon do not earn you bonuses.

With action cards you implement the action of the card symbol or change the color of the Silver dragon; possible actions are swapping of target cards, swapping of hand cards, relocating cards in the display or removing cards from the display. If you manage to create a display of seven connected dragons of one color and own the target card of this color, you win the game.

Using simple and well-known mechanisms Dragons offers quick fun for the whole family. Action card and bonuses offer a bit of tactic to balance the luck of the draw.

Players: 2-4

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Andrew Looney

Art: Larry Elmore, Derek Ring

Price: ca. 6 Euro

Publisher: Amigo Spiele 2012

Web: www.amigo-spiele.de

Genre: Card placement game 

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Standard mechanisms, very attractively combined

Action cards and bonuses allow some tactic

Compares to:

Card placement games with set formation

Other editions:

Currently none

My rating:

Statements:

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0