Dragon Wings Game
Transport to a world where dragons of all shapes, sizes and colours soar through the skies and take on the role of an amateur dragonologist to explore caves and transform them into a reserve for these majestic creatures. Remember, however, that creating the perfect place may not be enough - you still need to lure dragons to stay there longer!
In Dragon Wings, you build your own draconid reserve. You start with three excavated fields, one in each of the caves: the Scarlet Cavern, the Golden Cave and the Amethyst Abyss. During the game, you will excavate more fields and lure dragons to your reserve, activate powerful abilities and seek the favor of the Dragon Guild.
What does it involve?
- The game is played over 4 rounds. In each of them, we play several turns in clockwise order.
- As part of a turn, we choose one of the actions available on our reserve board, move our dragonologist there, pay the appropriate cost, and then perform the action.
- We can choose between digging, which allows us to play cards into caves, luring, which allows us to play dragon cards onto the board, and exploring the Scarlet Cavern, which allows us to activate selected abilities.
- The different types of dragons that we can lure to the reserve have different resource requirements and preferred caves, and they also provide different numbers of victory points and various effects. The key to victory is creating the best possible combinations from the available cards and using them at the right time.
- We play our turns until we pass. This usually happens when someone uses up all their coins or has no dragon cards in their hand that they would like (or could) play. When all players pass, the round ends.
- After the fourth round, players count their points for dragon cards, end-of-game abilities, saved eggs, resources, and more. The player with the most points wins.
Why will you love this game?
- The game is based on the basic mechanics known from Elizabeth Hargrave's On the Wings, but it is more complex, and every aspect of the game has been redesigned around the theme of dragons!
- The multitude of available elements makes individual games incredibly diverse and allows for trying out many new strategies. In turn, changes in the way resources are acquired, the addition of new cards, and the mechanism related to the Dragon Guild make the game a challenge even for veterans of On the Wings.
- The game has special rules that allow for a single-player game, in which we compete against an artificial opponent, the Automa. The rulebook also includes a solo variant, Tangled.