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Dragon Pets
Breeding dragons
Who says that breeding dragons is easy? You begin with two dragons in hand. 4x4 dragons are on display as a forest, the draw pile is made up from dragon cards and egg cards.
The starting player rolls all five dice and places four of them on the markers of the same color on his side of the grid. The white die is not placed. Then each player has a turn, comprising several actions of his choice, but always in strict, given sequence: Optional actions at the cost of one coin per action are: Catch a dragon with your seeker; all players take the card beneath their seeker and the seeker; eggs give you two coins instantly. If all your dragon seekers are in the forest, you must select this action - Refill the forest - Reroll all five dice and place them on markers on your side. As the last action of your turn, you must place a seeker; you select a die and place the seeker on the card determined by the die; with the white die, you can modify a dice value. If you place your seeker with another seeker, this seeker goes back to its owner and you pay the owner a coin. Used dice are set aside and become available again only if someone selects the reroll option. If you collected a male and female dragon of the same type, you receive coins equal value of the higher-valued dragon of the pair. When the draw pile is empty, the game ends immediately and all take the cards under their seekers, form pairs or get coins for eggs. If you have a pair of each color, you score a bonus and you pay penalty for single dragons.
A pretty game with a nice topic and family-friendly tactics; the optional actions are useful, often necessary and worth their cost.
Players: 2-4
Age: 8+
Time: 35+
Designer: Paolo Cecchetto, Christian Giove
Artist: Davide Corsi
Price: ca. 25 Euro
Publisher: Japanime Games 2017
Genre: Place, collect
Users: For families
Version: en
Rules: en it
In-game text: no
Comments:
Nice topic
Good collecting mechanisms
Optional actions are worth their cost
Compares to:
Very simple worker placement game
Other editions:
Currently none
Chance (pink): 2
Tactic (turquoise): 2
Strategy (blue): 0
Creativity (dark blue): 0
Knowledge (yellow): 0
Memory (orange): 0
Communication (red): 0
Interaction (brown): 2
Dexterity (green): 0
Action (dark green): 0