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Dragorun

Dragon Race with ownership change

Five dragons are placed at the start in random order and each player selects a starting dragon by taking the corresponding marker, surplus dragon markers are set down as stock.

The active player can Roll Dice or Switch Dragons. If you Roll, you roll the color die and the movement die and can re-roll one or both dice once. Then you move the dragon indicated by the color die according to the movement die, white on the color die is a dragon joker. For a number the dragon moves as many cases, for -1 it goes back to the next empty case; for the cup, you place it on the case in front of the leading dragon; for the snail, you put it back behind the dragon in last place.

If you Switch dragons, you take a dragon egg and swap your dragon marker for that of another player or one from stock and set it down face-down, it is now secure. When it is your turn again, you turn the marker over and the dragon is available for movement or switching. The action of the dragon egg you took is resolved: A dragon is moved to the next free case. For the snail the newly select4ed dragon goes to the last position. If you took the toadstool egg, you cannot win the race while you hold it. If someone takes the last egg, all give back all their eggs; if the active player is last in the race, he alone gives back all his eggs.

When the first dragon crosses the finish, you win, if you own its marker, unless you have a toadstool egg. When its marker is in stock, nobody wins.

Nothing spectacularly new, but nice mix of good mechanisms; swapping dragons is a nice tactical detail and the toadstool egg is nicely nasty and a chance for the dragon in second place.

Players: 2-5

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Sven M. Kübler

Artist: Marek Bláha, atelier198

Price: ca. 16 Euro

Publisher: HUCH! 2018

Web: www.hutter-trade.com

Genre: Racing

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr nl

In-game text:  no

Comments:

Nice topic

Good mix of mechanisms

Switching dragons and toadstool egg are cute details

Compares to:

Race games with pawn switch

Other editions:

Currently none

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