Tonight we played a new game from BA’s collection. Dragon’s Gold is a card game where only the Dragon’s die and the loot is split between the players who battled the dragon. The tricky part is no defeating the dragon but negotiating how the treasure is split. If all of the parties can’t settle on the split within 1 minute the treasure is lost and no one gets any. There are ample special ability cards to throw some very interesting twists into the game. After all the dragons are disposed of the treasure is counted and a winner is decided based on point value of pieces and sets. If you really want to know more BoardGameGeek has a good write up with lots of pics.
I sat out the first game because its only a 6 player game. WO, CF, DA, JK, MR, and BA played the first round. All I can comment on the first game is you have to keep an eye on CF – don’t let him fool you into thinking he doesn’t have a good plan. He managed to win by a landslide because he read the point card and won with the black diamond and lots of gold, silver, and … umm red peices. Magic orbs I think. It was quite an upset but everyone had a good time.
The second game I joined in for. JK and DA stepped out so the 5 of us played again. There wasn’t much squabbling among the players about how to split the treasure in spite of some instigation on BA’s part. Of course he had other reasons for his “helping” other players divide up the treasure. He drew a special card that allowed him to steal treasure from the dragon’s pile as long as he doesn’t get caught. It didn’t last very long as I busted him in the act. He had a great game face trying to deny it; I almost felt bad turning him in because he was such a smooth thief. It was all for naught because MR managed to, dare I say, horde, most of the precious gems. He won with like 3 sets and the majority of 3 of the 5 precious gems. After such an impressive win with so many gems I think MR would have been sent out to spent it on a round of grog! (Or root beer depending on your persuasion)