Drakon (Fourth Edition)

Adventurers are released into a shifting labyrinth beneath a dragon’s lair and race to collect ten gold to buy their freedom. On a turn, a player either moves their hero through the maze or plays a chamber tile from hand to expand the labyrinth, placing beneficial rooms for themselves or traps for opponents. Chambers grant one-time effects (movement boosts, coin gains, forced moves, chamber removal, etc.) or impose penalties; coins are kept face-down with variable values so opponents’ totals stay hidden. Each hero has a single-use special ability that can be timed strategically, and certain rooms can move the dragon, which sends any hero in the same chamber back to the entrance and costs coins. Only the first player to reach ten gold escapes.

Players: 2–6 best 4
Playing time: 20–60 min
Age: 14+
Complexity: 1.5 / 5

6.6 on LudoyaFantasyMazeVariable Player PowersModular BoardTile Placement

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About the game

Design: Tom Jolly
Art: Henning Ludvigsen
Brian Schomburg

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Full stats in Ludoya

51
Plays logged: 83
Players: 41m 18s
Average play: 14
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6.6/10

from 11 Ludoya reviews

Mitchell C5.9
This is a good edition of Drakon. The reference cards, player cards, coins and minis are all great. I prefer the larger tiles from the third edition but the smaller tiles do make it take up less table space. Drakon is silly dungeon delving fun!

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