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Immerse yourself in the world of Here be Dragons!
Explore, build, battle and survive a fantasy world that is unique to each time you play.
Here be Dragons combines the tactical play of a strategy game with the character building of a roleplaying game to create a brand-new adventure.
Compete with other explorers by earning victory points and survive the consuming darkness of the Devourer.
Players start to explore a brand-new world based on placing hexagons. Then you build/upgrade a settlement and try to expand your territory. Players can also upgrade the character and chose which equipment the character will have. The players win by collecting 10 victory points and do so by defeating monsters, upgrading and expanding settlements and completing quests.
Elements in the game.
Tile placement
The game board is completely modular and terrain tiles are picked randomly making every playthrough unique.
Dice Rolling
Battles in Here be Dragons are fought with the help of dice. The amount of dice that a player or monster have indicates how dangerous they are in battle. Besides this, every monster has traits to make encounters with them feel unique.
Survival
Besides surviving the monsters of the wilderness, the game also includes boss scenarios. In the core game players will have to face the Devourer, an otherworldly creature bent on corrupting the world that the players have built. Players will have to survive the growing corruption until they are powerful enough to face the creature in battle.
Take that
Players have access to a load of Event cards that can be used to help or sabotage for other players.
—description from the publisher
- Nice production for a small budget game.
- Unique and different from other games played.
- Clever movement and exploration mechanics.
- Unique combat system.
- Good variety of monsters.
- The quest book adds another level to the game.
- Enjoyable for those looking for an adventure and something unique.
- Very random.
- Player versus player combat rules are wonky and unclear.
- The bag for drawing tiles is frustrating as tiles don't move.
- adventure exploration
- an unknown land
- quest book
- Dwellings of Elder Veil
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players can take control of different areas to gain resources and grow their settlement.
- Combat — Combat involves comparing dice rolls, highest dice knocking out lower dice, in a back-and-forth system until one side is defeated.
- event cards — An event card is flipped each turn, providing positive or negative effects.
- exploration — Players explore an unknown land, drawing new tiles and encountering monsters and areas to expand influence.
- questing — Players can draw quest cards and use an included quest book for a storyline.
- Set Collection — Gathering resources is a key part of building the settlement.
- Settlement building — Players build up their settlement by gathering materials and expanding their influence on the board.
- Skill Tree — Players advance on a dual-layered skill tree to buff themselves for combat.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- And this is a game that to my shame I haven't made my video on yet.
- It's very clever the way that works.
- Combat, the way that that works is a little bit unique.
- Yet, at the same time, you're doing this thing where you're building your settlement and expanding your influence, kind of taking over different areas.
- Well, it's very random. It's very, very random.
- So to me that's just a little bit wonky, a little bit weird.
- But really overall, I think one of the games greatest strengths is also perhaps its greatest weakness in that it doesn't really fit any genre.
- I regretful I waited as long as I did to play this game because it's unique and I legitimately have enjoyed every single game that I have played.