- Dragonwood: Dice Card Game Review
- This is how the fantasy adventure plays out
- Information, evaluation and conclusion
The title “Dragonwood” and the atmospheric cover make young and old fighters want more. Whoever opens the box quickly realizes that it is a mixture of card collecting and dice game. There are adventurer cards, four lucky bug cards, event cards, booster cards, Dragonwood cards, and six dice numbered one through four.
How does Dragonwood play?
The hand cards are divided into five different colors, each of which depicts a character, such as an archer, amazon or magician. In a display there are always five Dragonwood cards in the middle of the table. These creatures, such as the hungry bear, or objects, such as a cloak or a bucket of spinach, can be conquered by attacks (punch, kick or battle cry). Cards in ascending order allow a punch, cards of the same number are required for a kick, and cards of the same color allow yelling at the creatures.
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Depending on how many hand cards that are suitable for the respective attack you play, how many dice you can use for your attack. The creature and item cards each specify the total number of points required for conquest.
If the sum of the dice shows the value of the card, the player can take it from the display and place it with him. The free space is filled with the top card of the Dragonwood deck.
A conquered object facilitates further fights, the conquered creatures give you victory points. The goal of the game is to get the most points at the end. A game of “Dragonwood” ends as soon as both dragon cards have been conquered or the adventure draw deck has been played through for the second time.
information and conclusion
The instructions are easy to understand, the moves are quick and easy, so there are no long waiting times in the round. Either draw a card or discard cards, i.e. start an attack and roll the dice, and it’s the next person’s turn. The cards are illustrated in a cheerful and child-friendly way, only the ladybird cards don’t fit into the nice series.
The dice in the fantasy look are extremely appealing, of course they bring a correspondingly high luck factor into play. The theme is well implemented and the game not only reaches fans of classic fantasy. This is another reason why “Dragonwood” is so much fun for us and we like to play several games in a row.
- Information about “Dragonwood“ at a glance:
- Number of players: 2 to 8
- Age recommendation: from 8
- Duration: 20 minutes
- Publisher: Game Factory
- Author: Darren Kisgen
- Per:
- quickly understood and quickly played
- attractively and child-friendly illustrated
- very nice dice in fantasy look.
- Topic well implemented
- Very appealing for fans of classic fantasy
- high fun factor
- cons
- Ladybug card design breaks with the rest of the style
- Editor’s rating: 9 out of 10 points
Conclusion: “Dragonwood” is a fast-paced, entertaining card-collecting game for fantasy heroes who enjoy battling ogres, dragons, and boars, but dare enough to live with the high luck factor involved in rolling the dice . For what it wants to be – an easy and fast adventure game for the whole family – the game convinces on all levels. Always happy to come to our table.
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transparency notice: To test the game, the publisher provided us with a review copy without further conditions.
