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What is River Dragons

In Dragon Delta, you want to move your pawn over a system of bridge-like planks to the other side of the board. An easy task! Or at least it would be if everyone were working together, but alas you're not. Instead you're all working on your own right next to one another, each convinced that your way is best.

In game terms, players simultaneously select five action cards to be performed from the nine actions available and lay them down in order they are to be played. The turn is then resolved one card at a time. The actions allow players to place plank foundations, place planks, move their pawns, cancel other players' actions, or remove planks or foundation stones. As can be expected for a design with simultaneous action selection, the game is rather chaotic.

The 2012 edition of the game, River Dragons, includes a double-sided game board not present in earlier editions, with one side of the board featuring rock piles on which you place stones (as in the original Dragon Delta), while the other side has a featureless river on which players can place stones in any location.

Specs

Game details

Players: 2–6
Age: +8
Duration: 30 min
Difficulty: Light
Type: Board game
Year: 2000
Mechanics: Action Queue · Point to Point Movement · Simultaneous Action Selection
Categories: Abstract Strategy
Designer: Roberto Fraga
Publisher: Asmodee · Asterion Press · Pegasus ToyKraft Pvt. Ltd. · Surfin' Meeple China

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eugeniosarcino7/10

Esp) River Dragons en un bellísimo juego familiar diseñado por Roberto Fraga. La mecánica principal es la de programación de acciones mediante cartas, aunque tb tiene un poco de destreza (cómo la mayoría de juegos del autor). Creo que funciona bien para todo tipo de público dada la extremada simpleza de las reglas. Muy recomendable para jugar con niñes y, sobretodo, para 4, 5 o 6 jugadores. A 2 y 3, creo que no funciona muy bien. Estéticamente es muy impactante, sobretodo cuando ya se han tendido buena parte de los puentes y el tablero adquiere una sensación espacial muy interesante.