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Dragon Valley (2012)

Players

2–4

Best: 4

Playing time

120–120 min

Age

12+

6.53

Average rating

232

Ratings

3.09/5

Weight

#10419

BGG rank

Outside top 5,000

Designer:CW Karstens

Artist:Kurt Miller, Karim Chakroun, CW Karstens

Publisher:Diamond K Games

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy7.0

Luck5.0

Interaction5.0

Complexity6.2

Theme7.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

FantasyExplorationCity BuildingFightingTile PlacementArea MovementI Cut, You Choose

Overview

Times are dire here around Dragon Valley. We're fighting off waves of orc armies, goblin war machines and even the flying lizards themselves. For now the mountain pass remains secure but our scouts have reported large gatherings in the valley and we're expecting a full scale assault before the season's end. If that wasn't enough to worry about, our neighbors are also preparing for war and petitioning the king for his troops and supplies which are already spread thin. It seems you'll not only be fighting a war of steel, but one of words as well.

In Dragon Valley, players take turns dividing items such as knights and archers, building materials for blacksmith shops and towers, special powers and even attackers. The attackers consist of dragons, orcs and battering rams that emerge from mountain passes into each player's lands. After dividing, other players select the group of items they prefer and leave the remainder with the player who did the dividing. After that, players use special cards to interfere with each others plans. The last step each round is for players to setup defenses, destroy the attackers or laying siege on the orc strongholds scattered throughout Dragon Valley.