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From publisher blurb:
Our Hero
You are Our Hero, a renowned knight. The Princess convinced the King to betroth you. The country celebrated your impending union. The ladies of the court flew into wedding planning. But then the Princess was taken captive by the feared Dragon. Exactly according to plan.
The Princess
In truth, you have no interest in the Princess. She is a shallow, intolerable creature. And the wrong gender to boot. She is a bigoted thing and believes she can “turn” you on your wedding night. The thought filled you with dread.
The Dragon
Your love affair with the Dragon would never be accepted, so you arranged to be “defeated” by the Dragon and run away together to a faraway land. Unfortunately, plans rarely survive contact with reality. It turns out the Princess is a powerful witch and has taken the love of your life hostage.
A Runs On Motif mini-RPG intended for solo and duo play.
- Dragon embedding creates a dynamic spatial puzzle
- Queen/Princess and Fairy mechanics add tactical counterplay
- Beautiful visuals and thematic appeal
- Dragon can overpower other components if used too frequently
- Requires careful table management to track scoring bonuses
- Array
- Fantasy medieval
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dragon Movement — Dragon moves across the board and can gobble up adjacent pieces; players must adapt to its path.
- Fairy/Protection — Fairy tokens protect from dragon and grant points, adding a safeguarding layer.
- Princess/Removal Mechanic — Princess tiles allow removing opponents' pieces to shift majorities.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- this is really I think the game or at least one of the games that got me into modern board gaming
- it's basically necessary it's how you start you just got this big long river and those are going to be the first tiles you put out
- it's mean but it's clever mean
- we wouldn't even play this without the bag it'd be such a pain in the butt without the bag