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Emerald

Game ID: GID0112619
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Description

From the box:
"Brand new baby dragon! The news spreads like wildfire! And everyone knows what this means: the mother dragon must have acquired a large hoard of gold and gems for the nest of her brood. All knights in the area want a chance at the treasure and race to her mountain. To protect her young, the mother dragon is looking for those who would attack her baby and her new hoard. If she catches a knight, he will spend the rest of his life polishing gold and then finish by feeding the baby dragon. Those knights that can avoid the mother dragon will carry off their share of gold and gems!"

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BrettspielWelt (real-time)

Year Published
2002
Transcript Analysis
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Video EaPZS6CPXwI Adam's Board Game Wales top_10_list at 2:32 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Great gateway game
  • Interesting movement rules
  • Simple rules but interesting
  • Short playtime
  • Easy to pick up
  • Attractive when laid out
Cons
  • Odd thin box
  • Not particularly enticing artwork
  • Dull name
Thematic elements
  • Treasure hunting
  • Dragon's cave
  • Light fantasy
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Movement mechanics — Move knights exactly as many spaces as there are knights in starting space
  • negotiation — Bribe the dragon or let knight be eaten
  • set collection — Hold majority in four gem colors
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
  • if you're German you may well have heard of some of these games but for everybody else hopefully some of them will be new to them
  • it's surprising that no one really seems to know about it
  • I love the push your luck mechanic
  • this is a game that I think loads of people should be playing
  • I would love to see this game reprinted
  • I can't Rave about it enough
  • excellent abstract strategy game
  • I've never realized that before I love both these games
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